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Berisha pledges free and fair elections

TIRANA, Jan 19 – Last week, after the president set June 28 as the date for parliamentary elections this year, Prime Minister Sali Berisha pledged he would guarantee that the upcoming general
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Albanian NGOs complain of taxes

TIRANA, Jan 19 – A group of Albanian non-governmental organizations have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Sali Berisha to protest against the application of value-added tax, VAT, on non-profit organizations,
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Italian police arrest Albanian drug traffickers

BOLOGNA, Jan 19 – Eighteen Albanians and Italians were arrested by the Italian police in Bologna, in what police called a dismantling of a criminal group engaged in international drug trafficking capable
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Albania has a Kosova ambassador

TIRANA, Jan 20 -Albania has, at last, appointed an ambassador to Kosova. Though more than 11 months after Kosova’s declaration of independence have passed, Albania had not yet officially sent its ambassador
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Albanians killed in Italy, Greece

TIRANA, Jan 20 – An Albanian immigrant was murdered in Naples, Italy last Saturday. Gazmend Bici was shot with a pistol near a coffee bar in Corso Umberto by two persons. Italian
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5 Romanians arrested for theft and deceit

TIRANA, Jan 20 – Five Romanian citizens were arrested last weekend and accused of trading fake gold items, including jewelry. People later reported them to the police. Ion Miclescu, 32, Nemes Miclescu,
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Fake documents’ producers arrested

TIRANA, Jan 20 – Police reported arresting 20 persons who were part of a countrywide gang producing fake documents to allow Albanians to cross into Greece. The network produced fake Greek visas
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