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Albania opposition protests to demand vote recount

Reuters US Online Report World News 81 days ago

TIRANA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversial June 28 election or hold another. Socialist Party leader Edi Rama accused Prime Minister ...

European ministers agree Albania should be EU candidate

AFP Global Edition 85 days ago

European foreign ministers on Monday agreed that Albania should be considered for official EU candidate status, a key step forward for the small southern nation's membership ambitions. The decision now moves to the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, for consideration and ...

Pieces of WWII-era UK warship apparently found

AP News 100 days ago

Pieces of British destroyer mined in 1946 apparently found near Greece Pieces of a British destroyer that was badly damaged by Albanian mines in 1946, straining relations between the two countries for decades, appear to have been discovered in a waterway near ...

Albania wants remains of Mother Teresa, king

AP News 123 days ago

Albania wants remains of Mother Teresa, exiled King Zog to be returned Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa and the only post-independence monarch to be returned to the country, the prime minister said Friday. Mother Teresa's remains are ...

Albania-King's Remains

AP News 123 days ago

In this image taken on June 25, 2002 Leka Zog I, son of Albania's exiled late King Ahmet Zog waves to wellwishers at Tirana International Airport . Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Friday Oct. 9, 2009 the country wants to repatriate ...

US praised for helping countries escape poverty

AP News 140 days ago

US government and taxpayers win rare praise for helping countries escape poverty In words of praise rarely heard at the United Nations, leaders of several poor countries thanked the U.S. government and American taxpayers Tuesday for helping with economic development. The presidents ...

Quake in Albania causes damage no injuries

AP News 156 days ago

Moderately strong earthquake strikes in eastern Albania, causes damage, no injuries Albanian authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 in the northeast of the country caused some damage but no injuries. The Albanian Institute of Seismology says the quake ...

Police: Skipper detained in Macedonia boat sinking

AP News 157 days ago

Police: Skipper detained in boat sinking that killed 15 Bulgarian tourists The skipper of an overloaded sightseeing boat that sank in a western Macedonian lake was detained on suspicion of causing the deaths of 15 Bulgarian tourists, police said Sunday. The Ilinden ...

Drill results in for Tirex Resources (TXX)

Stockhouse 162 days ago

Company restarts drilling in the Letitna zone, Albania Shares of Vancouver-based Tirex Resources (TSX: V.TXX, Stock Forum) climbed 5% to 83 cents Monday, after the company announced that after recent equity financing, drilling is restarting in the Letitna zone at the Mirdita ...

Fla. man agrees to plead guilty in ammo sales case

AP News 162 days ago

Fla. man accused of illegally supplying Afghans with Chinese-made ammo reaches plea deal A U.S. military contractor accused in a scheme to illegally ship nearly $300 million in Chinese-made ammunition to Afghan soldiers has agreed to a plea deal that could send ...

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