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CEC complains about local authorities

TIRANA, June 19 – The Central Election Commission (CEC) complained that the local authorities were preventing the holding of a free and fair election process. The CEC accused local authorities of an
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Wanted Chinese arrested in Albania

TIRANA, June 19 – A Chinese man was arrested by the Albanian police while he was trying to leave the country from the Mother Teresa Tirana International Airport. An arrest warrant had
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ODIHR says pre-election situation calm

TIRANA, June 19 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ Election Observation Mission issued its third interim report covering the beginning of June and the last one ahead of
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Street money dealer killed

TIRANA, June 22 – A street money dealer was killed Sunday downtown in the capital Tirana after he was robbed. Astrit Cubaj, 40, was going to his apartment when two persons first
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Suspect in previous murders handed to police

TIRANA, June 22 – Police reported that Erjon Duda, suspected in the killing of Fatjon Cela, 30, and injuring two other persons a week ago in the capital Tirana, handed himself in
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Italian arrested with false documents

TIRANA, June 22 – Police arrested an Italian named Gianfranco Calabretti, 26, after it was learned that he was using a false identity card and drivers license. Calabretti was stopped at Tirana
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Meta fails to join other leftists

TIRANA, June 22 – Leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration, Ilir Meta, convened Monday a roundtable with some leftist leaders, including former Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano, but not the current
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Visa liberalization is a top electoral issue

TIRANA, June 22 – Albania has allegedly failed the EU liberalization exam and will not be included alongside the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia that may have a visa-free
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Opposition threatens none can touch the vote

TIRANA, June 22 – The opposition has been insisting and continuously repeating every day that no one, that is, the governing coalition, can touch the Albanians’ vote, or in other words can
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Some candidates not fit to run, says research

TIRANA, June 22 – A research conducted from a coalition of some non-governmental organizations led by former President Alfred Moisiu published a ‘black list’ of 21 candidates who were not fit to
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