Tirana

BELGRADE - Serbia has a lasting commitment to developing bilateral relations with Albania as a significant partner in the region, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with Albanian counterpart Edi Rama Thursday, expressing the belief the development of Serbia-Albania ties was contributing to overall stability in the Western Balkans, which he said was a mutual interest.

"Rama wants – why wouldn’t we believe him – another and different Albania, surely better than the one that he evokes with huge pride and pain."

After broadcasting only three episodes, the investigative TV show "Publicus" aired on Vision Plus TV station was scrapped on Sunday, sparking accusations of political censorship.

In its brief lifespan, the show had built up a reputation after exposing the government's lack of preparedness to monitor waste imports into the country - a hot issue in Albania.

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.

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.

Samizdat has published a book “Sacrifice“ by Edi Rama, who was one of the protagonists of bringing down communist regime.

He was elected Tirana Mayor by a convincing majority as he based his program on the clear vision that the city can and have to solve massive usurpations and devastations.

Tony Blair Associates, which is closing down, has also announced that it has completed and finished its tasks with the Albanian government, ending a period of collaboration that started in 2013.

Mystery - and a thick web of conspiracy theories - surrounds the circumstances under which a small plane with an Italian pilot crashed on Thursday in the Ishem area north of Tirana, leaving the pilot who was flying alone slightly injured.

Villagers in Lazarat in southern Albania fear they are going to be prejudged and stereotyped in a new movie by the Canadian movie company Mercury Films, which is due for release in June 2017.

The small village gained worldwide notoriety for the large-scale of production of cannabis for almost a decade, during which time it was virtually off-limits to Albanian police.

Xhelili was arrested on Monday night after being shown on a local television station last week asking for sex from a 20-year-old woman who had recently been employed by the municipality.