Albania

  • Jan 24, 2005
  • 7 min read

ALBANIA: PS rebels may stop Berisha's return to power

This year's parliamentary elections are expected to produce the closest result since the fall of...

Albania
  • Dec 29, 2004
  • 1 min read

BALKANS: Premiers agree Black Sea-Adriatic pipeline

The prime ministers of Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria yesterday signed an agreement to build an...

Balkans
  • Dec 24, 2004
  • 7 min read

EASTERN EUROPE/EU: States combat people-trafficking

Trafficking in human beings is a major issue: 120,000 women are trafficked into the EU each...

Eastern Europe
  • Dec 22, 2004
  • 2 min read

ALBANIA: Parliament passes election-year budget

Parliament yesterday approved the 2005 budget by 74 to 50 and eight abstentions: despite...

Albania
  • Dec 15, 2004
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2005: Balkans to focus on ties with EU

The critical issue for all of the countries of the Balkans is how to advance their aim of...

Balkans
  • Sep 23, 2004
  • 6 min read

BALKANS: Reform will end poverty -- in the long run

Widespread poverty in the region has been exacerbated by both the economic transition and a...

Balkans
  • Sep 7, 2004
  • 1 min read

ALBANIA: Ex-premier forms rival socialist party

Former Prime Minister Ilir Meta yesterday announced the formation of the Socialist Movement for...

Albania
  • Feb 23, 2004
  • 1 min read

ALBANIA: Opposition holds peaceful Tirana protest

Thousands of demonstrators angry at utility price rises paraded in Tirana on Saturday in one of...

Albania