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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
1 month ago
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Four charged with stealing electricity

TIRANA, Sept. 30 – Four people have been charged by the prosecutor’s office of stealing electricity, after power corporation staff gave prosecutors proof of the theft. Energy theft in Albania is rampant,
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Red and Blacks to play friendly with Italy

TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Albania’s national football team will holds its first friendly match against Italy next month, an event that had been long awaited by Albanian football players and officials. Albania,
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Police operations net drugs worth 6.2 billion

Albania no longer a country of origin for drugs, says interior minister, applauding police’s success against marijuana growers TIRANA, Sept. 23 – Following a year-long massive anti-drug campaign that saw the destruction
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Crackdown on smoking working, officials say

DURRES, Sept. 25 – Fearing tougher penalties spelled out in the new law that bans smoking indoor in all public places, waiters at restaurants and cafes in Albania’s second largest city have
12 years ago
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New ICT vocational school opens in Tirana

TIRANA, Sept. 24 – A new vocational training high school has opened in Tirana specializing in information and communications technology in an effort to bring down youth unemployment currently standing at a
12 years ago
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Systemic change sought to stamp out corruption

Prime minister calls Albania’s justice system ‘a national shame,’ as he vows action to fight graft and change attitudes toward corruption. TIRANA, Sept. 23 – Fighting corruption is the only way for
12 years ago
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Socialists seek to replace two HCJ members

TIRANA, Sept 23 – The governing Socialist Party-led coalition collected signatures from 39 parliamentarians to ask for the removal of two members of the High Council of Justice, one of them the
12 years ago
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Prosecutors indict three MPs

Two MPs are accused of punching a fellow MP from the opposition, one is accused of building without a permit Video footage from the parliament’s close circuit television cameras clearly shows at
12 years ago
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