Latest News from Albania

Cotric: Albania has no law to regulate status of Serbs

BELGRADE - Albania does not have a law on national minorities and this is why Serbs and other minorities in the country are not recognised as a national minority, Aleksandar Cotric of the Serbian parliament Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region said on Friday.

Russian envoy: Ethnic strife persists in Kosovo

Russian envoy: Ethnic strife persists in Kosovo

NEW YORK -- Violence against Serbs in Kosovo and desecration of Orthodox monasteries "are a clear evidence of persisting ethnic strife in the Kosovo Albanian society."

Police and customs seize ton of marijuana

Police and customs seize ton of marijuana

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police and customs service on Friday confiscated a ton of marijuana, Tanjug is reporting.

The seizure took place at the Presevo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia.

The drug 's origin was Albania. The Interior Ministry (MUP) is expected to soon reveal more details.

Summit of China, Central and Eastern Europe in Belgrade

BELGRADE - High-ranking officials of Serbia, China and 15 more countries will be brought together in Belgrade on December 16-17 for the third summit of leaders of Central and Eastern European countries and China.

An economic forum of the participating countries will be held on the sidelines of the summit, reads a statement on the Serbian government's website.

Albania rejected proposal to play new match

Albania rejected proposal to play new match

BELGRADE -- The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) said their Albanian counterparts have rejected a proposal for a replay of the EURO 2016 qualifying match.

Kosovo, Albania ‘Most Corrupt Countries in Region’

According to the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog on Wednesday, Albania and Kosovo are ranked joint 110th out of 174 countries around the world that were assessed in the report.

FSS: Proposal for replay rejected by Albania

BELGRADE - The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) said on Wednesday that top officials of the Football Association of Albania have rejected a proposal for a replay of the EURO 2016 qualifying match between the two countries' national teams.

Novi Sad designer awarded for best startup

NOVI SAD - Owner and director of the design studio Salt and Water from Novi Sad Svetlana Mojic has won this year's Balkan women's entrepreneurship award for the most successful startup company, the company said on Wednesday.

Montenegro Prosecution Charges Tabloid With Hate Speech

The Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday filed an indictment accusing the editor-in-chief of the Montenegrin editions of the Belgrade-based paper, Novak Uskokovic, of the criminal offence of violating the reputation of minority people.

UEFA rejects appeals, Serbia still down 3 points

NYON - The UEFA appeals committee has rejected the appeals to the penalties given out regarding the incidents that occurred at a cancelled match between Serbia and Albania.

It means Serbia will remain 3 points short in the fight to qualify for the next European championship. The points were taken away in the original decision by the UEFA disciplinary committee.

Albania to Slash Independent Electricity Purchase Price

Energy minister Damian Gjiknur said on Monday that Albania expected major savings after the government announced last week a new formula for the purchase price of private electricity produced by a hydropower plant built through a number of concessionary agreements, aiming to cut the costs for the state-owned Albania Power Corpororation, KESh.

Italian Stars Flock to Albania-Based TV Station

The new channel, which will was launched on Monday and airs in Italy through the Digital Terrestrial Platform, will feature Sabrina Ferilli, the 50-year-old actress and TV personality, better known for her role in the Oscar-winning drama 'The Great Beauty'.

Road sign to greater Albania appears in Kosovska Vitina

KOSOVSKA VITINA - A road sign listing the distances from Kosovska Vitina to cities that should come under a greater Albania has been put up in the downtown of this eastern Kosovo-Metohija municipality to mark the Albanian Flag Day, observed in Albania on November 28.

Nikolic: EP instrumentalised by Croatia

BELGRADE - The European Parliament (EP) has let Croatia instrumentalise it for pre-electoral purposes, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday in the wake of an EP resolution on Vojislav Seselj, an indictee of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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