Albania News

TIRANA, Albania -- Bloated rivers in Gramsh, about 60km from Tirana, have killed two people, while heavy rains have caused floods in the northwest regions of Lezha, Kurbin and Shkodra.

In a letter dated January 26, 1948, and delivered by Yugoslav General Milan Kupresanin, Tito tells Albanian leader Enver Hoxha that Greece, aided by the British and Americans, is about to invade Albania, so Yugoslavia wants to quietly station a division and supporting soldiers in the Korca region.

Tirana Besar Likmeta Mero Baze A businessman with close ties with Prime Minister Sali Berisha viciously assaulted publisher and journalist Mero Baze on Monday evening in Tirana, following a series of reports accusing the businessman of tax evasion.

The million-dollar question that's been puzzling me for a while is whether our Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, is really considering a compromise with Greece over Macedonia's name or just bluffing.

An Albanian court has ordererd the arrest of the owner of the country's only oil refinery on assault charges in connection with an attack on a journalist in a bar, police said on Thursday.

The million-dollar question that's been puzzling me for a while is whether our Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, is really considering a compromise with Greece over Macedonia's name or just bluffing.

Assailants badly beat Mero Baze, chief editor of the independent Albanian daily Tema and host of the prime-time television show "Faktor Plus," at a bar in the capital, Tirana, on Monday, according to news reports.

TIRANA, Albania -- Authorities and journalist associations condemned on Tuesday the beating of journalist and publisher Mero Baze the previous night in Tirana.

A prominent journalist and newspaper editor has been hospitalized after being beaten, police said, in an incident condemned by the country's government and the United States embassy here.

Pieces of a British destroyer that was badly damaged by Albanian mines in 1946, straining relations between the two countries for decades, appear to have been discovered in a waterway near Greece, U.S. and Albanian researchers said Monday.

Chine's Vice Primier Zhang and Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said the two countries were facing new opportunities for further development.

TIRANA, Albania -- The position of women in Albania must improve in order to give them a more important role in society, a national conference held in Tirana on Wednesday concluded.

Albanian President Bamir Topi on Friday met with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, with both sides vowing to enhance traditional relations between the two countries.

No man is a prophet in his own country. As a keen churchgoer and Catholic convert, Tony Blair must be familiar with those words from the Bible a ' a proverb that applies closely to his own situation this week.

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.

EBU: Kosovo's RTK is "Media Arm" of PM Lawrence Marzouk more Macedonian Premier Nikola Gruevski will hold a short informal meeting with his new Greek counterpart, George Papandreou, on Thursday in Brussels.

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

Following a request by Minister of Interior Lulzim Basha, Albanian police general director Ahmed Premci has been replaced from the post he held for two years, MIA reports from Tirana.

Albania Business Insight Tirana Gjergj Erebara The supervisory board of Albania's Central Bank has cut the institution's main interest rate by 0.5 points, from 5.75 to 5.25 per cent, in an effort to boast lending in lek, the national currency.

How could you do it Mr. Tadic? 26 October 2009 Belgrade Insighta TMs food critic, Trencherman, offers his unique view on the Medvedev visit EBU: Kosovo's RTK is "Media Arm" of PM 26 October 2009 Lawrence Marzouk The European Broadcasting Union on Monday attacked Hashim Thaci, Kosovoa TMs prime minister, for turning public service broadcaster RTK, ...