News
Partizani out of the Champions League adventure
Champions of Albania, Partizani could not progress any further in the Uefa Champions League qualifiers following a defeat away from …
POLITICS
President willing to review decree on elections
President of Albania, Ilir Meta has commented the statements made by PM Edi Rama yesterday in relation to the president’s decree about holding …
Political crisis: US senior official slams opposition
Albanian opposition has received another slap on the wrist by the US State Department regarding the decision to relinquish parliamentary mandates …
Finnish PM in favour of the opening of negotiations in October
Prime Minister of Finland, Antti Rinne says that he’s in favour of the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in …
Opposition hails court ruling
Leader of the second largest opposition party, Socialist Movement for Integration, Monika Monika has considered the June 30 local …
SOCIETY
Shkodra mayor presses charges against regional election commissions
Shkodra mayor, Voltana Ademi, has pressed criminal charges today against the four regional election commissions in this part of the country, …
France repatriates 29 Albanian nationals
29 Albanian nationals have been repatriated from France after authorities there had turned down their asylum applications. Albanian Border …
Albania and North Macedonia to collaborate for the management of airspace over Lake Ohrid
The head of the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority, Krislen Keri held a visit to North Macedonia at the invitation of his counterpart, Tomislav …
Citizenship in an EU country: Albanians, among the main beneficiaries in 2017
The year 2017 has marked a decrease in the number of foreign citizens who have benefited from citizenship in an EU member state. There are about …
TOURISM
Why Gjirokaster is Albania’s best kept secret
By Holly Baxter, The Independent Don’t go to Gjirokaster. You’ve never heard of it anyway, and who would want to give up a couple of weeks of …
22 Ancient Amphoras Found Off Albanian Coast
Source: The Associated Press A joint Albanian-American underwater archaeology project says it has found amphoras that are at least 2,500 years …
Lake Ohrid, Albanian side becomes part of UNESCO
The Albanian side of lake Ohrid, which is shared between Albania and the Republic of Northern Macedonia has become part of UNESCO world heritage, …
Albanian Part of Ohrid Lake Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku announced that the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Lake (extension of “Natural and …
ECONOMY
PM wages war to informality
The operation against informality, which aims at penalizing all those businesses that damage the competition, has continued today. Prime …
Norwegian government allocates 880 thousand USD for Albania
The Norwegian government has finalized the allocation of a 880 thousand USD fund to deliver Sustainable Development Goals through an agreement …
Finance minister reacts following accusations by opposition
Finance Minister Anila Denaj reacted following accusations launched today by opposition regarding a government contract which outsources the …
Revenues from cigarettes and beer go up
Revenues from excise on cigarettes continue to mark a progressive increase. Based on the data released by the Customs Department, revenues for …
CULTURE
Why Gjirokaster is Albania’s best kept secret
By Holly Baxter, The Independent Don’t go to Gjirokaster. You’ve never heard of it anyway, and who would want to give up a couple of weeks of …
Lake Ohrid, Albanian side becomes part of UNESCO
The Albanian side of lake Ohrid, which is shared between Albania and the Republic of Northern Macedonia has become part of UNESCO world heritage, …
‘Aga’s House’: Karlovy Vary Review
Source: Screen Daily As a first feature from a Kosovan writer-director with a reputation in short and experimental films — and a woman telling …
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 …
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 …