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Albania’s religious leaders call for Gaza ceasefire
Gazeta Tema
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August 28, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 28 (TemA) – Albania’s Interfaith Council, representing the country’s five main religious communities, called on Thursday for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of all hostages. The council aligned its voice with...
An effective immigration system needs effective access to justice
Politics Home
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September 2, 2025
4 min read4 hr Greater access to justice will help, not hinder, the immigration system. Last month, the government announced three new policies that reform the UK’s immigration system by speeding up deportations. First, it began piloting the...
Decrease in Applications for Renouncing Albanian Citizenship
Euronews Albania
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September 2, 2025
The number of Albanians who have applied to renounce their citizenship has dropped significantly this year. Data shows that by June, there were 103 citizens who requested to give up their Albanian passport, compared to 315 applications in the...
Saudi Cultural Week to Bring a Taste of Arabia to Tirana
Tirana Times
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September 2, 2025
Change font size: - + Reset Tirana will soon open its doors to the sights, sounds, and flavors of Arabia. From 16 to 20 September 2025, the Palace of Congresses will transform into a vibrant stage for Saudi Cultural Week, a five-day celebration of...
Why Annabelle McDonnell puts spotlight on PH textiles in Miss Globe 2025 journey
Rappler
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September 13, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – No matter how cliche it sounds, highlighting Philippine culture on an international stage has always been important for Binibining Pilipinas queen Annabelle Mae McDonell. So that’s what she intends to do again as the pride of...
Iranian Opposition Group’s Stay in Albania Turns Sour
Balkan Insight
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September 2, 2025
Between 2013 and 2016, Albania welcomed around 2,500 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, resettled from Iraq after coming under attack from pro-Iranian groups in the wake of dictator Saddam Hussein’s fall. Albania says that, under the...
Can Albania really become a cashless economy?
Deutsche Welle
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September 1, 2025
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama won a fourth mandate in May, promising Albanian citizens that he would lead the country into the European Union by 2030. In mid-July, he announced another major plan for the same timeframe: "We have an ambition:...
Bosnia’s Banja Luka, My Ethnically Cleansed Hometown
Balkan Insight
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September 2, 2025
Almost all of Banja Luka’s Muslims and Croats – about 30 percent of the prewar population – had left the city, the vast majority already in the first year of war, in 1992. During this campaign of systematic violence, many of my closest childhood...
Tributes pour in for Albanian filmmaker Dhimitër Anagnosti
Gazeta Tema
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September 1, 2025
TIRANA, Sep 1 (TemA) — Tributes poured in across Albania on Monday for Dhimitër Anagnosti, the country’s most revered film director, following news of his death. Prime minister Edi Rama called him “the father of Albanian cinema,” citing his 1976...
Albania seizes its moment in the sun
Kathimerini
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In southern Albania, practically swimming distance from the Greek island of Corfu, the city of Butrint has stood for thousands of years. Its crumbled remains are a history buff’s dream: an open-air theater from when the city was a Greek colony, a...
Albanian MP in Serbia seeks €10m for Preševo Valley
Gazeta Tema
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August 26, 2025
BELGRADE, Aug 26 (TemA) – Serbia’s only ethnic Albanian lawmaker has demanded a €10 million annual fund for the development of the Preševo Valley, accusing Belgrade of decades of neglect. Shaip Kamberi said the money should be used for...
Prominent Albanian Filmmaker Dhimitër Anagnosti Dies, Age 89
Albanian Daily News
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Prominent Albanian filmmaker, Dhimitër Anagnosti passed away this Monday at the age of 89. The news was made public by his daughter, Juna Anagnosti, through a post on social media. “Farewell Dhimitër Anagnosti, the director of our lives! After a...
Albanian man in Greek court for wife’s murder
Gazeta Tema
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August 26, 2025
VOLOS, Aug 26 (TemA) – An Albanian man accused of stabbing his wife to death in front of their children appeared in a Greek court on Tuesday, refusing to answer reporters’ questions. Pandeli Nakoleci, 40, stayed silent when asked “Why did you do...
Egypt’s FM meets with Slovenian, Albanian PMs, EU’s Kallas at Bled Forum
Daily News Egypt
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September 1, 2025
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a series of high-level meetings on Monday on the sidelines of the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia, discussing bilateral cooperation and regional issues, with a focus on the Gaza crisis. Abdelatty met...
Among outcasts, a church moves in
The Christian Chronicle
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August 31, 2025
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — A once-mighty fortress stands atop a mountain overlooking this southeastern European city. Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, led a guerrilla war here against the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1400s — a rare example of...
I predict trouble ahead if activist judges continue to subvert the will of the people on immigration: STEPHEN GLOVER
Daily Mail
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September 1, 2025
Last Friday three senior judges in the Court of Appeal decided to put the interests of migrants living in the Bell Hotel, Epping, before the interests of local people living nearby. The three judges set aside the ruling of a slightly less senior...
Albania breaks Balkan pattern on jobless rates
Gazeta Tema
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August 25, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 25 (TemA) – Albania stands out as an exception in the Western Balkans, where unemployment rates are usually highest among people with low education, a World Bank and Vienna Institute report said. Across the region, less-educated...
Albania lags Balkans in labour productivity
Gazeta Tema
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August 25, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 25 (TemA) – Albania again posted the lowest labour productivity in the Western Balkans in 2024, ILO data show, despite an 18% annual rise. GDP per hour worked stood at $16.5 in international dollars, well below Bosnia ($26.5), Serbia...
Albania: We raise alarm over non compliance with a recent decision by Court in Tirana affecting media freedom
European Federation of Journalists
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August 25, 2025
To: Ministry of Interior Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation (MEKI) Ministry of Justice State Police Bailiff Service (Zyra e Përmbarimit Shtetëror) Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) (Avokat i Popullit)...
Albanian 'people-smuggler' claims Labour could stop small boats but 'doesn't want to'
GB News
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August 25, 2025
A self-confessed people smuggler claims the Government could easily stop small boats crossing the English Channel - and immigrants are not Britain's "main problem". The Albanian man also said he believes the Labour party is not stopping migrant...