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ODIHR official meets with Ristani

TIRANA, July 13 – Head of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights mission in Albania Audrey Glover made a meeting with head of the Central Elections Commission Arben Ristani
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Socialists open penal case against Ristani

TIRANA, July 14 – The denial from the Central Elections Commission to recount the votes in Berat urged opposition Socialists to sue the head of the electoral authority Arben Ristani and other
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No talks on forming the government yet

TIRANA, July 14 – Albania’s voting count has yet to be completed, likely to go until the end of the month. But the governing Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha and
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Father, son imprisoned for human traffic

TIRANA, July 14 – A father and his son were sentenced to 31 years imprisoned and also fined with 13 million leks for trafficking women for prostitution. Astrit and Nelgert Pata were
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Drug traffickers sentenced to imprisonment

TIRANA, July 14 – Five persons were sentenced with imprisonment after proved they had tried to traffic to neighboring Greece some 100 kilograms of cannabis sativa. Ervin Hoxha was sentenced to nine
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Tough police fight against cannabis

TIRANA, July 14 – Police continue their tough fight against the cannabis sativa all around the country. They are trying to stop its cultivation and also continue checking to find traffickers. In
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Drug fight injures two waiters

DURRES, July 13 – The drug-related conflicts between two persons resulted with the injury of two waiters who happened to be when they fought with pistols against each other. Leonard Lusha, 32,
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OSCE/ODIHR see flaws in Albania vote count

TIRANA, July 11 – Albania is looking forward to having a positive report from the international observers monitoring its parliamentary election. That seems unlikely for this tiny Balkan country. A day after
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Albania’s election and polls

TIRANA, July 13 – Albania held this year’s parliamentary election amidst increasing international monitoring and ‘pressure’ to hold them free and fair but also noting considerable attention from the worlds polling companies.
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