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Albania’s EU candidate status request postponed

Albania should also continue reforms before expecting the visa-free regime, says Austrian minister TIRANA, Oct 8 – Albania will likely not be discussed on its candidate status request to the European Union
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Albanians stopped in Montenegro bound for Italy

PODGORICA, Montenegro, Oct 7 – Montenegrin police say they have arrested 21 people who were trying illegally to cross the Adriatic Sea to Italy. The group was arrested Tuesday after police stopped
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NATO Secretary General hails Meta in his new post

TIRANA, Oct 7 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta has received a message of congratulations for the new post from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Albania
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Albania ‘flirts’ with Serbia

TIRANA, Oct 7 – Albania’s Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic met earlier this week while on an international conference in Budapest, Hungary. Both ministers talked on how
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US hails new government

TIRANA, Oct 6 – US President Barack Obama sent a congratulatory letter to Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha for his victory in the parliamentarian election, the new government emphasizing strong relations between
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Former presidents support election transparency

TIRANA, Oct. 7 – Two former presidents, Alfred Moisiu and Rexhep Meidani, supported the efforts of the opposition Socialists that the government of the Democratic Party’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha should make
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Scotsman denied appeal of imprisonment

TIRANA, Oct 7 – David Brown, the Scotsman convicted of sexually abusing children in an Albanian orphanage, lost his appeal to be set free. Brown, originally from Edinburgh who ran an orphanage
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Klaus cools down Albania’s EU optimism

TIRANA, Oct 6 – Czech President Vaclav Klaus made a two-day visit to the country to meet with all top officials and also promote one of his books. Klaus’ visit came only
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Berisha invites Czech investors

TIRANA, Oct 5 – Premier Berisha welcomed the Czech President in his first visit to Albania, considering it an historical day for relations between Albania and the Czech Republic. Premier Berisha expressed
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