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Kosovo and Albania Ponder Unified Basketball League
Elvira Dushku, the secretary-general of the Kosovo Basketball Federation, said on Tuesday that the basketball governing bodies in Pristina and Tirana are discussing ideas for a potential league merger.
"For many years, we have discussed the creation of a common league at our meetings, but intensive discussions have started since last year," Dushku said.
672,300 People have Acquired Citizenship in One of the 27 EU Member States
In 2018, around 672 300 persons acquired citizenship of one of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU), down from 700 600 in 2017 and 843 900 in 2016.
Albanian, Kosovo Football Chiefs Plan Joint Cup Honouring Saint
Albania's governing football body, the FSHF, together with Kosovo's Football Federation, the FFK, has filed a request to UEFA to form a joint a new joint football competition named after the Catholic saint of Albanian origin, Mother Teresa. It will be called the "Mother Teresa Cup".
UEFA fines Turkey football body for military salute
UEFA fined the Turkish Football Federation on Dec. 20 for performing military salute goal celebrations during the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifiers.
Kosovo Teacher Probed for Turkish Military Salute with Pupils
The Ministry of Education said on Tuesday that it is looking into the incident at a school in the southern town of Prizren after the photo taken of the teacher and pupils holding a Turkish flag and saluting - an alleged tribute to the Turkish troops currently engaged in military action in Syria - went viral on social networks in Kosovo.
Turkey beat Albania 1-0 in Euro 2020 quals
Turkish national football team beat Albania 1-0 in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers on Oct. 11 to top Group H.
Football: Romania to host 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
After analyzing the candidacy file of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF), the UEFA Executive Committee, which had a meeting in Ljubljana (Slovenia), announced its decision to have Romania as the host of the 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, reads a press release of the FRF.
Mitroglou out, Sokratis in for Greece
Greece will miss talismanic striker Costas Mitroglou in its key clash with Bosnia on Tuesday due to his injury in the game at Liechtenstein, but at least it will welcome back captain Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
Mitroglou picked up a leg injury that is ruling him out of the game at Zenica, so coach Angelos Anastasiadis has called up Panionios striker Fiorin Durmishaj to replace him.
Turkey blanks Albania 2-0 in EURO 2020 Qualifiers
The Turkish National Football team shutout Albania in its first match on March 22 in the European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020.
Turkey eyes Euro 2020 berth under new coach
Turkey starts its campaign to qualify for the 2020 European Football Championships on March 22 against Albania under a new coach.
FIFA investigates Serbian FA head, coach, Swiss players
Lichtsteiner joined teammates Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri, of ethnic Albanian origin, who celebrated during Switzerland's game against Serbia on Friday by making a hand gesture meant to represent the double-headed eagle found on Albania's flag.
EU, Western Balkan leaders discuss integration, security
Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama (left) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron as they and other heads of state get ready for a family photo at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia Thursday. The summit focused on enlargement and integration in the bloc while leaders broke off for talks on the sidelines.
Serbian contestants through to Eurovision final/VIDEO
The second semi-final featured 18 countries, and Serbia's entry, "Nova Deca" ("New Children"), finished third.
Other countries that qualified last night include Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, Sweden, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Slovenia, and the Netherlands.
Bulgaria has Qualified for the Eurovision Finals (Video)
Bulgaria qualified for the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The Equinox song Bones was among the 10 elected from the first semi-final of the competition, which this year is held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The five artists forming Equinox include Zhana Bergendorf, Vladimir Mihailov, Georgi Simeonov-JJ, Johnny Manuel and Trey Campbell.
UEFA Bans Albania's Skenderbeu for Match-Fixing
UEFA's ethics and disciplinary body has banned Albania's top soccer team Skenderbeu for ten years and fined it a million euros after finding it guilty of running a large-scale betting scam following a two-year investigation.