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Miners go on strike

TIRANA, Feb. 20 – Miners held a strike Saturday asking the government to give them a specific labour status offering higher pensions and earlier retirement, at age 50 instead of 60. They
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Drugs found at border with Greece

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – Albanian border police seized last week some 250 kilograms of marijuana close to the border with Greece. The amount of marijuana was found packed hidden at the cemetery
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Child labor, trafficking and more have work to do

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – Child labor and trafficking remain Albania’s Achilles’ heel in its post-communist transitory and integration process as far as the children are concerned. That was another issue remembered last
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A mine-free Albania

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – More than a decade after the 1999 Kosovo conflict left behind a trail of mines and unexploded ordinances along Albania’s northern border, the country has been declared officially
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Tirana to complete EC questionnaire soon

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that his cabinet would soon hand over the completed 2,280 question questionnaire from the European Commission for Albania’s application for candidate status. Public
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Tirana and Budapest hold diplomatic consultations

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – Diplomatic consultations between the Albania and Hungarian foreign ministries were held last week in Tirana. Both sides, Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi and Hungarian State Secretary Jen
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EU Mediates Politics

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – The European Union on Wednesday issued a strong warning that political crises may have a negative impact on Albania’s integration efforts into the bloc. The governing Democratic Party
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Laborer dies in Greece in failed police raid

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – Greek media reported that a 25-year-old Albanian plumber was killed Tuesday afternoon in the eastern Athens district of Vyronas after getting caught in a shootout between two criminal
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Delegation present at Kosovo ceremonies

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – A big delegation from Albania, headed by Culture Minister Ferdinand Dervishi was present in Kosovo capital Prishtina Wednesday to take part in the celebrations for its second anniversary
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Cluster bomb ban to enter into force on Aug. 1

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 16 – Albania was among the first group of countries ratifying an international convention banning cluster bombs making it possible to enter into force Aug. 1. UN Secretary-General Ban
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