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Albania enjoys the freest economy in the region

TIRANA, Jan 20؁lbania has region’s freest economy, Bosnia the least free, while Bulgaria is sole country in region whose score has dropped. All but one country of the Balkans registered an improvement
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Flooding Heats Up Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 13 – While floodwaters cover most of northwestern Albania, both government and opposition are competing to make political gains from the disaster. The government on one side insists that the
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Cabinet meeting in Shkodra

SHKODRA, Jan. 13 – In a sign of the government’s commitment and concern on the situation resulting from the floods, Prime Minister Sali Berisha held its emergency cabinet meeting Wednesday in northern
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2 Italians arrested for stealing bank cards

TIRANA, Jan. 13 – Police arrested two Italians, Luca Maria Calvi, 25, and Gabriele Pasqualino, 25, both residents in Genoa, after they allegedly withdrew large amounts of money in an illegal way
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Flooding in Shkodra

SHKODRA, Jan. 12 – Prime Minister Sali Berisha met Monday with the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Civil Emergencies in Shkodra Prefecture to discuss the floods in the region. The premier insisted that so
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Greece offers assistance

TIRANA, Jan. 12 – Foreign Minister Ilir Meta had a telephone conversation with Greek Alternative Foreign Minister Dimitris P. Droutsas who expressed his country’s solidarity in these difficult moments, stressing that “The
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FYROM party gets first public post

TIRANA, Jan. 12 – Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has started to fulfill part of his promises to appoint ethnic people from FYROM to top positions in Albania, according to the media
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Spain says it supports further EU enlargement

MADRID, Spain, Jan. 12 – Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos said last week that Spain would continue talks on the EU accession with Balkan countries. Moratinos, who will preside over the European Foreign
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