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SPAK Brings New Charges Against Former Deputy PM Balluku

Tirana Times, August 07, 2026 — Albania’s Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime has brought new allegations against former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, widening one of the most politically sensitive
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Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

Ethnic Cleansing Remark Tests Serbia’s Claim to Have Broken With Milošević A Serbian minister’s declared willingness to expel Kosovo Albanians has drawn condemnation across the region and Europe. Belgrade’s refusal to remove
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Police destroy marijuana plants across Albania

TIRANA, July 14 – Thousands of marijuana plants have been detected and destroyed in fields across Albania in the past couple of weeks, authorities said. On July 3, police destroyed 1,042 cannabis
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Caritas helps create traffic victims’ shelters

TIRANA, July 13 – Caritas, the Catholic humanitarian agency, has agreed to assist the Albanian Interior ministry and police in funding the opening of a shelter for the victims of human trafficking.
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The disputed border area in the Ionian Sea, (Photo: Wikimedia)

Tirana, Athens agree on maritime border expert group

TIRANA, July 15 – Albania and Greece have agreed to put together a group of experts that will reassess the issue of the maritime border between the two countries, the first step
11 years ago
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Sokol Mjacaj, a repeat offender, faces life in prison, if found guilty. He turned himself in to police following a massive manhunt (Photo: MoI)

Mjacaj charged in killing of Czech tourists

TIRANA, July 7 – A Shkodra court has charged a 20-year-old man in police custody accused of killing of two Czech tourists who were gunned down late last Friday in a mountainous
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Albanians mourn Czech visitors

TIRANA, July 5 – Hundreds of Albanians have held vigils in Shkodra and Tirana to honor two Czech visitors who were killed in rural northern Albania last week. Michal Svatoš, 27, and
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