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First promotion of Belgrade held in Tirana
TIRANA - The Tourist Organization of Belgrade has brought together tourism companies from the Serbian capital and organized the first promotion of Belgrade for the Albanian market, a TOB statement said.
First promotion of Belgrade held in Tirana
TIRANA - The Tourist Organization of Belgrade has brought together tourism companies from the Serbian capital and organized the first promotion of Belgrade for the Albanian market, a TOB statement said.
Kosovo-Croatia Match Marred by Anti-Serbian Chants
The football match between Kosovo and Croatia played on Thursday evening at the Loro Borici stadium in Shkodra, Albania was marred by racial chants against Serbs.
In its second qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup since the country was accepted into UEFA and FIFA earlier this year, Kosovo's football team lost 0:6 to Croatia.
Jazz Singers Add Voices to Albania's Green Protests
Albanian singers are helping to raise awareness of two hot environmental issues - the planned construction of hydropower plants on the Valbona river, one of Europe's last wild rivers, and the adoption of law once again allowing waste imports.
Albania Forms Commission on Mystery Spy Device
Albania's parliament on Thursday approved the request of 35 opposition MPs to create a commission of inquiry into the mysterious electronic device "IMSI Catcher", which some claim has been used to illegally intercept communications.
Bulgaria Ranks 1st in Europe, 3rd Worldwide in Direct Foreign Investments in Outsourcing
According to the annual ranking of Business Process Outsourcing and Shared Service Location Index 2015, Bulgaria is third in the world in terms of direct foreign investments attracted in the outsourcing sector and ranks first in Europe, stated Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski at the opening of the annual conference of the leaders of the European Outsourcing Association.
Asylum Requests in Albania Used 'To Buy Time'
Only 13 of the 416 people who sought asylum in Albania between 2014 and September 2016 really intended to stay in the country, Interior Ministry data on asylum claims obtained by BIRN shows.
In 2014, the number of asylum seekers in Albania was 134. In 2015, the number fell to 106, while it grew again in 2016 to 176 citizens so far.
Greek Foreign Ministry denies discussing Chams with Albania
The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday to deny that it is involved in any discussion with Albania regarding the claims of the Cham community to property in Greece.
Greek-Albanian exchange of non-papers on ‘Cham’ matter causes uproar!
Revelations made by the Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati that Greece and Albania had exchanged non-papers on the issue of ‘Tsamouria’, lands located in a region of western Greece that Albanian argues belong to citizens of Albanian descent who had been expelled from the area after collaborating with nazi-occupying forces in the second world war, have caused an uproar.
Kotzias rejects claims by Albanian counterpart
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has denied claims by his Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati that the two countries submitted a non-paper to the European Union that included a reference to claims by the Cham community in Albania.
"The only reference in the non-paper," Kotzias told Alpha radio on Wednesday, "was that the issue is not negotiable for the Greek state."
Albania Prepares for Historic Royal Wedding
On April 27, 1938, Albania hosted its first royal wedding, when King Zog married Hungarian aristocrat Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony.
Enri Canaj's personal journey in photographs
Photographer and photojournalist Enri Canaj's solo exhibition "Parallel Ways," currently on display in Monte Carasso, Switzerland, to a great extent represents a personal journey to find his own identity.
Dacic: There can be no referendum in Vojvodina
BELGRADE - There can be no referendum in Serbia's Vojvodina province as those who are proposing a referendum do not have the majority for the decision to call one, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Friday.
Albania Fears Joining New Refugee Route
A steady trickle of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa refugees make their way toward West Europe through Albania - now the former "Balkan route" through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary has all but closed.
Kosovo to Raise Albanian Unification Issue After RS Referendum
BELGRADE - The international community, in an attempt to put pressure on Serbia and Republika Srpska after a recent referendum, is behind Kosovan calls for a referendum on unification with Albania, the former head of Serbia's Military-Security Agency (VBA) Momir Stojanovic told Sputnik Serbia.