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Efforts to get up to NATO standards

TIRANA, Feb. 15 – Albania became a NATO member in April last year and it is already trying to show it is a valuable member in that big strong club. But besides
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UK helps Albanian young people

TIRANA, Feb. 14 – The British Ambassador to Albania, Fiona McIlwham, attended the awards ceremony for the Albanian 2010 Innovative School of the Year awards. 10 schools from across Albania submitted proposals
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Census in 2011

TIRANA, Feb. 15 – Albania, which has a population of around 3.2 million, will hold a fresh census in 2011. “Only a small percentage of 700,000 Albanians living abroad return to cast
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USAID continues help to health system

TIRANA, Feb. 15 – U.S. Peace Corps Director Hill Denham, as well as Peace Corps staff and volunteers met last week with Minister of Health Petrit Vasili to discuss current and future
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A Failed Start?!

TIRANA – In mid-February Albania’s President Bamir Topi managed to hold round-table talks with the government and the main opposition party to end a seven-month political crisis over alleged electoral fraud. Prime
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Turkish arrested for alleged drug traffic

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – Police reported Wednesday they had arrested a Turkish citizen traveling to Germany. Muhamet Omer Goek, 29, born in Germany, had double citizenship, Turkish and German. Albanian police arrested
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Bank robbery

TIRANA, Feb. 17 – A National Commercial Bank branch in the capital Tirana was robbed Wednesday morning by two masked and armed persons, police reported. The two men entered the branch office
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