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In Albania, a Worrying Rise in Drug Gangs Hiring Minors
Under questioning, he admitted selling drugs for a dealer who paid him a fixed monthly wage of 10,000 leks, or roughly 82 euros. He refused to name the dealer.
The boy is one a growing number of minors used as distributors by organised drug gangs operating in densely-populated districts of Tirana, in exchange for a meagre wage.
Shrinking Balkan Populations Give Neglected Roma Their Chance
The example of Kotez is replicated in other towns and cities in Serbia, and in the Balkans, and explains the noticeable rise in the employment rate of Roma people, mainly in lower-paid service sectors, due to a shortage of labour.
Femicide in Montenegro Sparks Outcry Over Official Negligence
Protests on murder in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro. Photo: Courtesy of TV BOIN
Gjokaj had been on the run since September 30, after he killed his 19-year-old wife and wounded her father in the mainly Albanian-populated towni.
Resorts or Refugee Camps: Fleeing Afghans Get Mixed Reception in Balkans
Some 111 Afghan evacuees arrive at the Pristina International Airport airport in Pristina, Kosovo, August 29. Photo: EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
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Key Workers Told to Get Vaccinated in Some South-East Europe States
Serbia was the first country that made vaccination mandatory for police officers and members of the armed forces in May, followed by Greece and Hungary, which made jabs compulsory for the healthcare sector.
Albania then made vaccination mandatory in late August for health workers, teachers and students.
‘Debate’ on Women Ministers Has Revealed Albania’s Sexist Mindset
Sexist attacks also came from all categories and age-groups owning a social networks account. Memes were also shared, focussing not only on the women in the new government but also conveying the message that they "will be used and exploited".
Thousands Protest Against Femicide That has Shaken Albania
Thousands of activists and citizens joined protests on Wednesday in Tirana and Fier over the murder on September 10 of a young woman by her ex-husband - and over official failures to prevent violence against women more generally in Albania.
Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban Arrive in Albania
The refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan were flown in to Tirana airport on Friday morning, where they received medical check-ups before being sent onwards to the city of Durres.
"I am a Catholic, my wife is a Muslim, and my two children are Orthodox"
I am a Catholic, my wife is a Muslim, my two older children are Orthodox, said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, explaining that the decision to accept refugees from Afghanistan is not related to religion.
Milanovic: I will not back down, I am asking Serbia...
"I don't intend to back down on that. We can't ask for war compensation from Serbia, but there are human souls, not bodies. They have that information and they will have to give it to us. We need to focus on the essentials, and those are missing persons. The team in Belgrade can give us the requested information if they want", Milanovic said in Kijevo, a place in Sibenik-Knin County.
Afghan Asylum Seekers - Bargaining Chip in Balkan Politics
Afghanistan is the hot news on everybody's foreign policy agenda right now and the ramifications of the debacle are being felt far and wide.
Take for example the Balkans, where there are three key impacts.
The first concerns Balkan countries providing housing to Afghans who collaborated with the US.
"Pristina receives Afghans and violates Resolution 1244. Danger"
According to daily "Politika", Serbia has reasons to worry and be careful.
Balkan Countries Offer Refuge to Afghans After Taliban Takeover
Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia have expressed readiness to temporarily host an undefined number of Afghans fleeing their country after Taliban forces seized control over the weekend as the United States pulled out.
August 13, 2010: 11 years since the murder of Aristotelis Goumas at Himara of Northern Epirus (video-photos)
Albania has yet to be held accountable for the “velvet ethnic cleansing” of the indigenous Greek Minority of Albania
‘They are Humans’: Albania Memorializes Dramatic Exodus to Italy
This wasn't the first mass escape from Albania. A few months before, on March 6, 1991, several thousand more Albanians reached Italy after seizing cargo ships in the ports.
A year earlier, on July 1990, some 5,000 others took refuge in foreign embassies in the capital, Tirana. Thousands more crossed the land border to Greece.