By Marko Čadež As of 1 March this year, citizens of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia will FINALLY be able to live and work in any of the three countries as in
If Albania needed a sign that the European Union is still serious about its enlargement in the Western Balkans, it has received it in a special way: College of Europe, a renowned
The virtual Thematic Event on Road Safety, organized by the EU-funded Twinning Project “Strengthening the capacity of the Albanian Road Authority in applying good governance practices for planning, managing, procuring, implementing and
By Robert Wilton* Justice systems, like justice careers, are a journey. In my country, the UK, we have just celebrated the 800 year anniversary of one of our greatest justice system milestones.
By Hellmut Hoffmann* Twenty five years ago today, on 3 October 1990, after nearly half a century of division, the reunification of Germany took place. After the fall of the wall in
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After being selected among more than 1,000 candidates, the 250 nurses will work to learn German for a year before heading to jobs in the northern European country. (Photo: GoA)
TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Germany has agreed to employ 250 Albanian nurses, featuring the legal employment opportunity as a contrast to about 40,000 Albanians who have sought political asylum in Germany since
By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Having already secured a historic place in the play-offs of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, Albania will play its last two group matches at home
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The new monument site is located behind the Interior Ministry and would serve as the entrance to an underground museum. (Photo: PDP)
TIRANA, Oct. 1 – A new monument depicting a bunker, which the authorities had planned to build as the entrance to a new museum on the communist era, has sparked anger among
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Albania has been a member of the OSCE since 1991. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
TIRANA, Sept. 23 – Albanian authorities are not seeking the ousting of the OSCE from Albania, a government spokesman said this week, after the publication of a letter from the foreign ministry
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Laura Mersini-Houghton, a physicist born and raised in Tirana, has become an official candidate for the Nobel Prize for her daring theories and complicated mathematical calculations on the existence of black holes. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
As members of a people small in number, Albanians instinctively become interested when other Albanians make news internationally, either in the homelands or anywhere in the world. Albanians in America are particularly
TIRANA, Sept. 21 – Government-proposed changes to the tax procedures law, which increase penalties on tax evasion up to 50-fold, sparked debate at the parliamentary economic commission this week, with the opposition
TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Festivities commemorating the Conference of Peza, a WWII anti-fascist event, have been accompanied by controversy after nostalgic supporters of the late communist dictator, Enver Hoxha, appeared with his
TIRANA, Sept. 14 – Canada-based Bankers Petroleum and the Albanian government have reached a deal to hire an international audit firm to settle a dispute over $57 million in claimed taxes by
Under the radar of most Albanian media, a report was recently released, containing a wealth of data about the beliefs of Albanian youths. Among the findings, there was an astounding figure: 85