Albanian police say demonstrations planned by the opposition for Friday in Tirana pose a threat for national security, public order, human rights and freedoms. At the same time, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha stated that everything is under control.
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Albanian opposition calls for new protest
January 24th, 2011 |
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Albanian opposition leader Edvin Rama called on his supporters on Sunday to gather for “a new peaceful protest” on Friday. This would come a week after the clashes between protesters and police in Tirana which claimed three lives.
Reports: Three dead in Tirana riots
January 21st, 2011 |
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Three demonstrator were killed today in Tirana, Albania, during a protest organized by the country’s opposition parties, according to reports. The clashes that left scores of others injured broke out when demonstrators pelted PM Sali Berisha’s residence “with stones, sticks and umbrellas”, and the police responded by using teargas and water canons.
EULEX prosecutor travels to Albania
January 18th, 2011 |
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Prosecutor of the EULEX Mission in Kosovo Isabelle Arnal conferred Monday in Tirana with Albanian colleagues, said reports. They talked about starting an investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania in the late 1990s, allegedly organized by Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci at the time he was one of the leaders of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
CoE rapporteur again accused of “racism”
January 14th, 2011 |
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Albanian PM Sali Berisha and Kosovo Albanian Acting President Jakup Krasniqi have accused Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty of “racism”.
Berisha and Kransiqi held consultations in Tirana ahead of Marty’s testimony before the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee.
Arms trafficking accusations described as “racist slander”
December 27th, 2010 |
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Albanian PM Sali Berisha today in Tirana said a report linking him to arms smuggling in Kosovo was tantamount to “racist slander”. Belgrade daily Politika on Monday ran an article based on information it received from the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution, linking Berisha, then an opposition politician and former Albanian president, to selling arms illegally to the KLA in Kosovo in 1998.
Daily: Serbs’ organs sold in Europe, U.S.
December 22nd, 2010 |
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There were 37 Serbs in a prison in Tirana who were taken to a private property of then Albanian President Sali Berisha, a witness told daily VeÄernje novosti.
The woman, identified as Lj.K., told the daily about what she saw at the time she visited prisons while looking for Serbs kidnapped from Kosovo.
U.S. “expects cooperation from PriÅ¡tina”
December 21st, 2010 |
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A U.S. state department official says his country expects both Priština and Tirana to cooperate with any possible organ trade investigation.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Thomas Countryman spoke in reference to accusations of organ trafficking in Kosovo and the involvement of Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, which were published in the report of Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur Dick Marty.
Tirana to donate weapons to Afghanistan
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Albania will donate weapons and ammunition to Afghanistan, so as to contribute to the efforts of the international community in the fight against terrorism.
This was officially announced in Tirana.
Incidents aimed at “postponing dialogue”
October 18th, 2010 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac commented on the burning of Serbian flags in Tirana and the attempt to remove the flag from the Serbian embassy in Brussels. He stated that the “prevention of a dialogue between Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina is an attempt to create an insecure situation and cause a feeling of despair among citizens.â€
Tirana: Albanians burn Serbian flag
October 14th, 2010 |
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Several dozen Albanians gathered last night in front of the Serbian embassy in Tirana to set a Serbian flag on fire. They said they did so in protest, after football hooligans burned an Albanian flag during unrest ahead of the Italy-Serbia match in Genoa.
Albania won’t be submitting Kosovo resolution
September 6th, 2010 |
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Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that Tirana would not be submitting its own Kosovo resolution to the UN General Assembly, despite such rumors.
He told Vienna daily Standard that the Kosovo question has been a question between Belgrade and the international community.
Priština, Tirana coordinate ahead of UNGA
September 4th, 2010 |
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Albanian and Kosovo Prime Ministers Sali Berisha and Hashim Thaci met in Tirana to coordinate activities ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Kosovo. The session, scheduled for September 9, would include discussion an voting on the Kosovo resolution submitted by Serbia.
Fourteen die in bus accident in Albania
July 18th, 2010 |
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At least 14 people have died and 16 were injured in a bus crash some 140 kilometers north of the Albanian capital of Tirana.
Albanian officials warned, however, that the number of victims could grow, because there are three children and one adult in very serious condition.
Albanian TV fined for showing harassment tape
June 24th, 2010 |
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Reports from Albania this week said that a court in Tirana ruled in favor of a claim filed by former Albanian Minister of Culture Ylli Pango. In March 2009, Top Channel TV aired recordings made during the investigative program Fisk Fare showing Pango having private meetings with female job applicants. One of the meetings was held at his private villa in Tirana, Albania. During the meeting the recording appears to show a woman being repeatedly asked to take her clothes off.
Romanian president on Kosovo in Tirana
June 9th, 2010 |
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Romania has not changed its official stand on recognizing Kosovo, Romanian President Traian Basescu told his hosts in Tirana, Albania. Romania continues to support its previous official stand on Kosovo, said Basescu at a joint press conference after his meeting with Albanian President Bamir Topi, Romanian national news agency Agerpres reports.
Energy minister on trip to Albania
May 31st, 2010 |
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Serbia’s Mining and Energy Minister Petar Å kundrić today met with Albanian Economy, Trade and Energy Minister Dritan Prifti in Tirana. The two discussed improvement of the two countries’ economic cooperation and especially cooperation in the field of energy.
DaÄić: Cooperation necessary to fight drug trafficking
March 5th, 2010 |
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Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić said in Tirana on Thursday that cooperation between region police is needed to prevent drug trafficking. “All reports, including the report of U.S. security services, say that the Balkans are a major transit area, and that almost 80 percent of all heroin which comes to Europe from Afghanistan crosses this territory,” DaÄić said at the Annual Ministerial Conference on Cooperation in the Field of Border Security in Southeast Europe.