News
“BILD” wiretaps, Rama sues journalist Peter Tiede: Authorizing the lawyer, let Albanians know the truth from German justice
Prime Minister Edi Rama reports that he has authorized lawyer Matthias Prinz to prosecute the case against German journalist Peter …
POLITICS
Former president urges political sides to find long-term solution
Former president of Albania, Alfred Moisiu has urged political sides to engage in dialogue, in order to take the country out of the crisis. Moisiu …
Opposition leader meets chief of OSCE/ODHIR mission
The chairman of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, has received in a meeting today the head of OSCE/ODIHR monitoring mission, Audrey Glover. The …
OSCE-ODIHR observers ignore Meta, attend meetings with June 30th candidates
Despite the President’s stance, the OSCE / ODIHR observer mission in our country seems to have ignored Ilir Meta's statements for canceling the …
“BILD” wiretaps, Rama sues journalist Peter Tiede: Authorizing the lawyer, let Albanians know the truth from German justice
Prime Minister Edi Rama reports that he has authorized lawyer Matthias Prinz to prosecute the case against German journalist Peter Tiede. Even …
SOCIAL
32 Albanian asylum seekers repatriated from France and Belgium
32 Albanian nationals who had sought asylum in France and Belgium have been repatriated today. Albanian Border Police, French and Belgian police …
Albania reports less road accidents
The number of road accidents in the first five months of 2019 decreased by 11.5 percent year on year, registering a total of 583 accidents, the …
For Albania and North Macedonia, are the European Union’s doors half-open or half-closed?
Source: Global Voices Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU), meeting at the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on June 18, postponed to …
Albania pins hopes on judicial reforms for EU accession
Source: Financial Times The dais of Albania’s Supreme Court hall is piled high with cardboard boxes and the clock on the wall has stopped. …
TOURISM
Kala Festival 2019
Source: Resident Advisor Shortly after 7 PM this past Monday, John Gómez gradually faded out Ramsey Lewis's "Tequila Mockingbird." A throng of …
FORBES: Inside Anjunadeep’s Explorations Festival On An Albania Beach
Source: Forbes Above & Beyond’s label Anjunadeep is curating a six day and five night festival dubbed Explorations that will be set in …
Tourist season opens in the beach of Darzeza
In an atmosphere with numerous sports activities in Fier, the new tourist season was opened today. The mayor of Fier, Armando Subashi, said that …
The curious concrete legacy of Albania
By Garth Cartwright, The New European Some five summers ago I wandered the southern Balkans researching a book that remains to be written. In …
ECONOMY
The Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria top the list of foreign investments in the first quarter
EU member countries continue to head the list of foreign investors in Albania. According to the country’s central bank, the Netherlands was on top …
Tirana leads with the highest number of foreign companies
Foreign direct investments have grown in the first months of this year. Bank of Albania reports that in the first quarter of the current year, …
New measures to be introduced against money laundering
A package of bills introduced by the Ministry of Finance and Economy aims at boosting fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism as …
Textile industry generated 123 million euros worth of revenues in the first quarter
The textile industry has generated 123 million euros for the Albanian economy during the first half of the year. According to the data released by …
CULTURE
Refugee Food Festival tries to bridge the gap between cultures by way of food
Source: Euronews Even though the wave of mass immigration has decreased in Europe, many of the refugees who did find safety in the old continent …
Italy’s ‘genius’ film director Franco Zeffirelli dies
Source: AFP The world of cinema was in mourning Saturday after Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli, feted for his lavish productions, …
Home of Albanian author Kadare becomes a museum
Ismail Kadare draws the curtain to bring a shaft of light into the Tirana apartment where he wrote furiously during the dark days of …
Albanian Festival celebrates culture with festivities, food in Worcester
The Albanian Festival taking place this weekend has a family-friendly feel to it. “Family is the most important part of our culture,” said …
HISTORY
Lasting legacy of Albania’s Cold War paranoia
Lasting legacy of Albania's Cold War paranoia: The 175,000 bunkers which dot the country's landscape and have been transformed into homes, hostels …
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism’s victims
Source: Channel News Asia After years of scouring documents, tapes and then the slopes of a mountain above Tirana, Jovan Plaku found the remains …
Egypt uncovers Old Kingdom cemetery
Source: AFP Egypt's antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden …
In war-torn Syria, an ancestor of Notre-Dame still stands
Source: AFP An arched entrance flanked by two towers, elaborate carvings and a broad-aisled nave: a 5th century limestone church in northwestern …