Albania News

Albania's new government, led by Sali Berisha, has joined the list of nations around the world that have offered assistance to the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.2.9

New Orleans showed the first rays of recovery from Hurricane Katrina as engineers pumped water out of the corpse-littered city to clear the way for months of cleanup operations.2.7

A candidate proposed by the Democratic Party was elected Saturday as the new assembly speaker of Albania.2.7

Albanian President Alfred Moisiu appointed former president Sali Berisha as prime minister and asked him to form a government following the victory of his centre-right coalition in the July 3 elections.2.1

Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini says his country expects to continue good co-operation with the new Albanian government.2.7

This capital of a country that shut itself off to the world for more than 50 years under xenophobic communist rule is becoming an open-space contemporary art gallery under the direction of its eccentric mayor, ...

President Alfred Moisiu on Saturday appointed Sali Berisha as prime minister-designate, following the official announcement of the election results which gave the Democratic Party and its allies a majority of ...2.7

Turkey-EU debate Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, campaigning yesterday for September 18 national elections, attacked as "criminally blind" conservative challenger Angela Merkel's opposition to ...

BACK in the arms of his loving family, teenage asylum seeker Elton Ismaili today spoke of his joy at returning to Suffolk, declaring: "It feels great to be home." The 19-year-old Kosovan is back in Ipswich ...2.7

From a highpoint in the 1990s, popular support for restoring the autonomy that Vojvodina enjoyed in the pre-Milosevic era has declined.

Treat for Maltacom girls Maltacom female employees celebrated the second anniversary of their association at the Corinthia Palace Hotel, Attard.2.7

Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced on Monday that he is replacing four of his ministers, citing poor performance.2.7

A new immigration law, enabling thousands of immigrants who have been living in Greece since 2001 to become permanent residents next year, was voted through Parliament yesterday.

CSKA Sofia are now the only obstacle in the way of defending European champions Liverpool in their ... The Dublin-based Shels had drawn 0-0 with the Romanian champions at home but were no match for Steaua away, even though the Romanians finished with nine men.3.3

Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said on Tuesday that the government and the army are united in their stance against terrorism.2.7

NYON, Switzerland: Everton avoided a clash with Merseyside rivals Liverpool in yesterday's Champions League third qualifying round draw.2.7

Elidon Gani's parents moved to New York from Albania just in time to see their son graduate from the Police Academy.1.3

Police on Monday arrested a man who claimed his cousin sent him a text message from a doomed ... Speaking on national radio, Manasievski repeated that Macedonia -- along with Albania and Croatia -- expects an invitation to join NATO during the Alliance's next summit.2.7

Nowadays, there is an International Festival of Theater, already in its sixth year, in Butrinti.

PAGE , A warm day greeted local residents as the annual Independence Day celebration commenced.1.3

The UN tribunal on Wednesday ruled against a former Bosnian Serb politician appealing the 10-year sentence he received in 2004.2.7

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World in Brief: 5 July 2005, Tuesday. Two men were killed in Albania, as the country moved beyond the elections held last week.

He added that a total of 11,000 naturalised Bosnians of foreign origin were registered in the ... (Dnevni avaz, RTRS - 21/07/05) Zagreb Court Hears From Witness on Alleged War Crimes in Osijek ...3.1

CHARLOTTESVILLE , There they were, 76 men and women from around the world, standing together on the steps of Monticello, ready to make a pledge.1.3

Large quantities of weapons and ammunition from eastern Europe have been flown by UK-based companies into parts of Africa's Great Lakes region devastated by conflict and human rights violations, Amnesty ...2.7

In a media interview, Vujanovic said organising a referendum was the constitutional right of Montenegrin citizens, adding that the EU has vowed to accept the results of a democratic poll.2.7

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq Jul 4, 2005 , There was little more than roast pig and a "Happy July 4th" ... Soldier Located in Afghan House Albanian election gets qualified blessing "When you come over here, you've got a new respect for the holiday," said Army Spc.1.3

It had taken years, so Marie Faucher could wait an hour more to be granted a right most of us hold by birth.

Albanians went to the polls in legislative elections seen as a crucial test for the former communist state's fledgling democracy, amid fears extremists from rival parties will reject the result.1.3

Last week, a tearful Marsela Nasr sat down in a Balkan cafe and poured out her woes to a journalist.

The Canada Council for the Arts has embarked on a unique partnership with PEN Canada to fund a ... The Canada Council will contribute $25,000 to PEN Canada to allow Genc Tirana, originally from Albania, to spend a year at King's College in Halifax (affiliated with Dalhousie University.2.7

PARIS, FRANCE.- Twenty-nine documentary collections in 24 countries have been inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.