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Journalists rewarded with end of year prizes

TIRANA, Dec. 24 – The Albanian League of Journalists on Wednesday distributed a series of prizes for the best journalists. It started with the Vangjush Gambeta prize for career accomplishments which was
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Tirana pledges to help Kosovo Serbs

TIRANA, Dec 23 – A delegation of minority Kosovo Serbs, headed by Slobodan Petrovic, visited Albania to meet with Prime Minister Sali Berisha and also Foreign Minister Ilir Meta. Minister of Communities
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Tirana police focus on community policy

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – Fighting organized crime and preventing criminal activities, especially against property, remain the main priorities of Tirana’s police. The capital’s police held its annual evaluation meeting insisting that police
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Launch of swine flu vaccinations

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – On Tuesday health authorities started the vaccination against the H1N1 virus at a time when six people have already died due to the flu. Vaccination started with health
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Politics waiting for international intervention

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – The country’s politics is a mess. The opposition has boycotted the parliament. The opposition is holding continuous protests asking for the investigation of the June 28 parliamentary election.
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Opposition ends annual protests

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – Socialist Party leader Edi Rama declared on Monday there would be no dialogue with the government on a partial recount of the June 28 parliamentary election ballot. Speaking
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British Council projects at schools

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – The British Council and Microsoft – Partners in Learning announced the joint project “Future Schools” that will be running across FYROM, Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro. The project aims
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Meta urges opposition to end boycott

TIRANA, Dec. 21 – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta told journalists at the end-of-the-year meeting that 2009 would be remembered in Albania’s history as the NATO Year, “Šas the
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Albanian heads the anti-mine conference

TIRANA, Dec. 22 – The Second Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of the Anti – Personnel Mines and
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Convicted killer to stay in Britain

LONDON, Dec. 21 – An Albanian father facing murder charges in his home country has won the right to stay in Britain, according to the British media. An international manhunt was launched
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