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Albania Society Tirana Besar Likmeta Ina Rama Albanian General Prosecutor Ina Rama unveiled the directors and staff of six new anti-corruption units to fight economic crime on Thursday.

Chinese vice Premier Zhang Dejiang arrived in Albania on Thursday for a three-day visit at the invitation of his Albanian counterpart, Ilir Meta.

A deal between Greece and Albania that aimed to settle a longstanding disagreement between the two countries over their sea borders and continental shelf rights could be scuppered by a legal challenge being mounted by opposition parties in Tirana, it emerged yesterday.

"By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun.

Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaci, left, and Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha review Kosovo's Security Force honour guard during an official welcoming ceremony in Pristina, October 6 2009.

India has rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.

On Sunday, October 10, 2009, tens of thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana demanding a recount of votes from June's general election, which they believe were stolen by the ruling Democratic Party .

New Delhi News.Net Tuesday 13th October, 2009 Mother Teresa was a Kolkatan, part of the city's heritage and one could not give history away - be it intellectuals, Christian organisations or the common person, Kolkatans reacted as one to Albania's proposal that the remains of the Nobel laureate be returned to her country of origin.

Kolkata, Oct 12 : The Missionaries of Charity today said it had not received any request to transfer Mother Teresa's mortal remains to Albania, but felt such a proposition may not be 'fair or tenable'. '' We have not received any such specific request so far.

Albaniaa s Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic, have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their two countries.

Mother Teresa's remains are in India and King Ahmet Zog's in France. Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government has asked India for the Roman Catholic nun's to be returned by the 100th anniversary of her birth in August.

Regional reactions to the Macedonia Academy of Arts and Sciences' two-volume encyclopedia have the organisation stopping distribution to "correct" several sections.

Russia will defiantly support Serbia at the International Court of Justice's hearing on Kosovo's declaration of independence, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

Albanian and Kosovo Prime Ministers Sali Berisha and Hashim Thaci have signed a number of agreements in Pristina.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha has come out of the closet as sceptical of the euro but says the penetration of the EU's currency in the local economy is already too deep and we must surrender to its might.

Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Monday sent a congratulatory message to Sali Berisha upon his stay in office as Albanian Prime Minister.

UNACCEPTABLE: Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha said that the content of Macedonia's encyclopaedia was "unacceptable" and asked Macedonian authorities to adopt a clear position on the issue because "no one's identity can be based on false history". A few weeks after Macedonia was told by European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn that it could ...

Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha talks to Chinese Ambassador to Albania Wang Junling during a reception to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Tirana, Albania, on Sept.