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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Tirana at the start of a regional tour. (TT Photo)

Merkel visits Tirana

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TIRANA, July 8 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Tirana at the start of a regional tour, meeting with the country’s top officials and discussing economic cooperation at a business forum.
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“We have gotten used to call them ‘Greek banks’, but they are Albanian banks ... that have no direct link to Greece other than shareholder shares in them,” Albania's Finance Minister Shkelqim Cani said in parliament this week. (Photo: MoF Handout).

Neighbours brace for outcome of Greek debt crisis escalation

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TIRANA, July 2 – As the Greek financial crisis dominates global headlines this week, Albania and other countries in the region are bracing to cope with further negative effects to their economies.
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Ballot boxes used in the elections. With most votes counted, the Socialist led coalition has won the majority of municipal council seats. (Photo: CEC)

Socialist-led coalition wins 45 out of 61 mayoral races

TIRANA, June 25 – Albania’s ruling leftist coalition has won 45 out of 61 mayoral races and the majority of seats in municipal councils across the country in last Sunday’s local elections,
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Qazim Sejdini, the Socialist mayor of Elbasan, Albania’s fourth largest city, said he made the comments a year ago. They were first released this week ahead of the election. (Photo: Elbasan Municipality/Handout)

Mayor tells journalists they will get fired for asking the wrong questions

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TIRANA, June 17 – An incumbent Albanian mayor who is seeking reelection has told reporters they risk getting fired for asking hard questions, which he said are not in the interest of
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