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German Ruling CDU/CSU Slams Albania Opposition Decision to Abandon Parliamentary Mandates

February 27, 2019 0

Berlin, Germany | 27 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Germany’s ruling CDU/CSU right wing coalition has criticized Albania’s opposition decision to quit their parliamentary mandates, asking other candidates on electoral lists to fill empty seats […]

Albania Police Tear Gas Disperse Opposition Protest Parliament
Albania

Albania Protest – Ruling socialists push through crucial vote as opposition MPs accuse police of using tear gas on their supporters

February 27, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 27 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Albania’s ruling socialists have pressed ahead with a crucial justice reform vote as they slam opposition representatives accusing the State Police of using disproportional poisonous tear […]

Albania Tear Gas Police Opposition Protests Tirana parliament
Albania

Albania Crisis – Fresh clashes as police use tear gas against protesters trying to storm parliament

February 27, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 26 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Fresh violent clashes between opposition supporters and police forces in Albania have ended in tear gas thrown by police as they battled with hundreds of protesters […]

Albania

Russia alarmed by Albania plans to unite with Kosovo

February 27, 2019 0

Prishtina, Kosovo | 26 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Russia has called comments made by Albanian PM Edi Rama that Kosovo is part of Albania as ‘absolutely inadmissible’, adding that Moscow expects the West to […]

Albania

EU renews calls on Albania opposition to return to parliament and avoid damaging the start of EU membership talks

February 26, 2019 0

Brussels | 26 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – The European Union has renewed its calls to Albania’s opposition parties to engage in talks with the socialist majority and return to parliament, following their collective decision […]

Albania

What’s going on in Albania? and a message for those who don’t get the West – by Ralf Gjoni

February 25, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 25 Feb 2019 – It’s almost impossible to be indifferent to such a flamboyant period of Albania’s politics, when in fact, simply lifting the provincial dark glasses would suffice to clearly see […]

Albania

Albania Protests – Ex FBI agent points out Russian link

February 23, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 22 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – A former FBI agent has pointed out Russia may be behind the latest wave of opposition protests, accusing former PM Berisha of being Putin’s puppet in […]

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Albania

Albania – Thousands protest in Tirana as opposition MPs officially give up their parliamentary mandates

February 21, 2019 0

Tirana, Albania | 21 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Thousands have protested against Edi Rama’s socialist government as opposition MPs formally resign their parliamentary mandates en-block, further spiraling the political crisis in the small Balkan […]

Mogherini Hahn Brussels Albania Crisis
Albania

Brussels critical of Albanian opposition decision to give up their parliamentary mandates

February 21, 2019 0

Brussels | 21 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – The European Union has criticized a decision by Albania’s opposition parties to resign their parliamentary mandates en-block, and cautioned against any violent acts during a mass protest […]

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North Macedonia arrests former Speaker of Parliament and two former Ministers from VMRO-DPMNE party

February 21, 2019 0

Skopje, North Macedonia | 21 Feb 2019 (Tirana Echo) – Police have arrested former speaker of parliament and two former ministers in North Macedonia, on charges of violent acts against parliament in 2017. Prosecutors issuing […]

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Italian IMSI-Catcher may have threatened national security says head of parliamentary investigative committee

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November 1, 2016 0

Tirana, Nov 1 (Tirana Echo) – An Italian IMSI-Catcher tapping device may have been used to spy on the highest state officials of Albania and could have endangered national security, says head of investigative parliamentary […]

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The Economist – Media freedom is dwindling in the Balkans

Op-Ed
November 11, 2016 0

Media freedom is dwindling in the Balkans says The Economist says as it points out that too many ex-Yugoslav broadcasters are either threatened or threatening in countries across a region which hopes to be part […]

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Serbia Presidential Elections – Nikolic withdraws from running, will support Vucic

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February 21, 2017 0

Belgrade, Serbia | Tirana Echo – Serbian President Tomislav Nikolichas announced his withdrawal from the presidential race supporting the candidacy of PM Aleksandar Vucic instead. Nikolic made the announcement after a meeting with PM Vucic, […]

Businesses Use Loopholes to Avoid Taxes in Bulgaria – Report

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March 5, 2017 0

Big corporations manage to avoid paying taxes in Central and Eastern Europe even when rates are as low as they are in Bulgaria, a report by several NGOs in the region has shown. Bulgaria enjoys […]

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Slovak FM Lajčák: EU getting further away from Western Balkans

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March 24, 2017 0

BELGRADE – The EU is getting farther away from the Western Balkans, an area that is natural to it, with growing popular frustration in the region over the lack of a tangible EU, says Slovak […]

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