17

Apr

2-8 year jail terms for coronavirus quarantine rule-breakers in Albania

Albania amended its penal code on Thursday to punish anyone breaking coronavirus quarantine and self-isolation rules and infecting others with up to eight years in jail as it slowly prepares…

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02

Apr

Albania extends lockdown

Albanian schools, cafes, restaurants and other public venues will remain shut and restrictions on social and economic activity will stay in place till the end of the coronavirus outbreak, Health…

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28

Mar

Albania sends 30 doctors and nurses to Italy

Albania has sent 30 doctors and nurses to Italy, the worst-hit country in Europe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Albanian Prime minister announced on Saturday. The Albanian medical team was…

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28

Mar

Albanians will need a permit to leave the house

Albanians will need a permit to leave the house to get necessities as part of stricter measures to contain the outbreak there. Permission can be obtained by app or text…

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22

Mar

Albanian Army prepared to use force to enforce curfew

Albania's Government has deployed its Army to enforce a strict 40-hour curfew. The curfew is hoped to slow the spread of coronavirus and follows people flouting previous measures. go out…

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10

Mar

Albania cancels flights and ferries to Italy until April 3

Albania's government has shut down schools for two weeks and cancel flights and ferries to Italy until April 3. Just before midnight, the health ministry said a 28-year-old man and…

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27

Feb

Albania President warns his country could become the ‘North Korea of Europe’ again

Albania risks becoming once again “the North Korea of Europe,” its own president Ilir Meta warned on Thursday as he defended his role in a constitutional clash that threatens to…

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20

Feb

Albania and Kosovo considering shared embassies

The Albanian Minister-in-office for Europe and Foreign Affairs Gent Çakaj and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Glauk Konjufca met to discuss the establishment of common economic space for free movement…

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12

Jan

EU to host international donors’ conference for Albania to help with reconstruction after earthquake

The European Union will organise an international donors' conference on 17 February in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts in Albania after the earthquake that struck the country at the…

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31

Dec

The Year in Pictures – November: Earthquake in Albania

Locals look at a destroyed house after an earthquake in Durres, Albania, 27 November 2019. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the country on 26 November 2019, leaving at least 50…

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20

Dec

Another earthquake rocks Albania

A new earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck Albania on Thursday evening. The Albanian seismological institute said the epicentre was nine kilometres north of Durres.  The American USGS gave the intensity…

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01

Dec

Search ends for survivors of Albanian earthquake as death toll reaches 51

Albania ended its search on Saturday for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 51 people, and buried more victims of the disaster including toddler twins and their mother. The…

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29

Nov

Death Toll Rises in Albania, Prime Minister’s future daughter-in-law among victims

The death toll in earthquake-ravaged Albania is set to surpass 50, after more bodies were pulled from the rubble and hope faded for finding additional survivors from Tuesday's earthquake as…

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28

Nov

Rescuers keep working in Albanian town as death toll hits 40

Rescue teams desperately sought survivors under rubble in Albania’s western town of Durres on Thursday hoping to pull out toddler twins alive, two days after a 6.4 magnitude quake killed…

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28

Nov

Albania rocked by another earthquake as rescue efforts continue

Albania was rocked by a 5.5-magnitude tremor on Wednesday, a day after its strongest earthquake in decades killed at least 26 people and injured over 650 more. The latest quake…

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27

Nov

Rescuers search into the night after deadly Albanian earthquake, at least 20 dead

Rescuers are searching the rubble of buildings into the night in Albania, where a strong earthquake killed over 20 people and injured 600 on Tuesday. Hours later, another quake rattled…

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01

Nov

Strong earthquake rattles Albania

Early Friday morning an earthquake with the intensity of 4.7 rocked the southern part of Albania. The tremors were felt mostly in the city of Korca where initial reports indicate…

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24

Oct

Albanian police say they foiled Iranian ‘terrorist’ plot

  Albanian police said they had thwarted a planned attack by a Tehran-backed “terrorist cell” against opponents of the Tehran regime in the Balkan country last year involving three Iranians…

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23

Sep

Albania rocked by 340 aftershocks, schools kept closed in Tirana, Durres and Elbasan

Albania’s Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment said more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Saturday afternoon near Durres. Education Minister Besa Shahini said…

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22

Sep

Albania in shock after massive earthquake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and an aftershock only slightly weaker shook the Albanian port town of Durres on Saturday, rocking buildings there and in the capital…

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20

Sep

Albanian ex-minister guilty of abuse of office

An Albanian court found former interior minister Saimir Tahiri guilty on Thursday of abuse of office but innocent of trafficking drugs and sentenced him to three years’ probation. Prosecutors wanted…

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04

Jul

Joint foreign policy for Kosovo and Albania

Kosovo and Albania signed a landmark agreement to coordinate their foreign policies and which will include joint embassies. The agreement was signed after Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli visited his…

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03

Jul

Win for Albanian Socialists in municipal elections

  Preliminary results show that Albania’s ruling Socialist Party won all but two districts in last weekend’s municipal elections that were boycotted by the opposition. Counting on the website of…

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30

Jun

Tension as Albania goes to the polls

  Albania is set for an election like no other since emerging from half a century of communism in 1990. Prime Minister Edi Rama has campaigned hard for Sunday's local…

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21

Jun

Photo Story: Protests in Albania

Riot police throws pepper spray on supporters of the Albanian opposition during a protest in Shkoder, Albania. Opposition has called to boycott the local election process on 30 June. Photo:…

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19

Jun

EU delays accession talks with N. Macedonia and Albania

EU ministers have decided to delay opening accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia. The European Commission last month recommended that accession talks should begin with the Balkan countries after…

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10

Jun

Pressure continues on the government of Albanian Prime Minister Rama to quit, local elections cancelled

The streets of Tirana were once more paralyzed Sunday as Albanian opposition leader Lulzim Basha again brought thousands of his supporters onto the streets of the Albanian capital in his…

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22

May

Frontex border agency deployed for the first time outside the EU

  Frontex officers for the first time were deployed out the borders of the European Union. The European Union's border agency on Tuesday, for the first time stationed officers along…

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12

Apr

Illegally sold public land in Albania confiscated

Prosecutors have confiscated public land on the western Albanian coast that was illegally sold or owned by a former lawmaker and other officials. The land is estimated to be worth…

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10

Apr

Deadly shootout at Albania’s airport

A gang of thieves broke into Tirana International Airport and grabbed bags of cash as they were about to be loaded onto an Austrian Airlines plane flying to Vienna. As…

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07

Apr

Joint European police action against Albanian drugs traffickers

Police in five European countries carried out a huge strike against a gang of Albanian drugs traffickers, making 67 arrests. A total of about 650 police officers in Belgium, the…

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