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Bays of old ammunition cleared in Albania

TIRANA, April 27 – A joint NATO-Albanian mission cleared about 36 tonnes of old ammunition from the bays of Vlora and Karaburun in the Ionian Sea. The operation “Clean Beaches” started last
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Ombudsman asks no children for political campaign

TIRANA, April 28 – Ombudsman Ermir Dobjani loudly called on the political parties in Albania to avoid exploiting children for their political purposes. Dobjani asked the political parties not to exploit children
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30 political parties at the polls

TIRANA, April 28 – The Central Electoral Commission passed a decision allowing 30 political parties to take part at the June 28 parliamentary elections. All the main political parties are to take
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Prosecutors complain of political interference

TIRANA, April 28 – The top criminal or civil cases mentioned during these days are also those in which political interference is more present, according to a report the prosecutor general’s office
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Electoral pledges fight poverty

TIRANA, April 28 – The government increases salaries and pensions May 1st, only two months ahead of the June 28th polls while the opposition pledges to double the unemployment payment if it
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Czech president to visit Albania this year

TIRANA, April 29 – Prime Minister Sali Berisha, in Prague to hand over the EU candidate status application, invited Czech president Vaclav Klaus for a visit to his country. Klaus accepted the
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Albania gets ready to cope with swine flu

TIRANA, April 29 – Albanian authorities started a series of steps to prevent any case of the swine flu in their country. That meant stopping importing pork and also increasing checks at
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Drug network traffic blocked

BERAT, April 29 – Police arrested two persons and declared at large six others for being involved in a drug traffic network in central Albania. Police stopped and sequestered 90 kilograms of
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Berisha at the European People’s party forum

WARSAW, April 29 – Prime Minister Sali Berisha went to Warsaw, Poland to participate in the Extraordinary Congress of European People’s Party, held on April 29-30. Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli and Democratic
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Milan to play Albania in a friendly match

TIRANA, April 29 – Milan have confirmed that they will play the Albanian national team in a friendly match in two weeks’ time. The Rossoneri will return to Tirana for the second
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