By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga TIRANA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – An Albanian actor is suing the government for using her face and voice to create the avatar…
Read more Albanian Actor Sues Government for Using Her Image as ‘AI Minister’BELGRADE, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The European Union could withhold funds from a 1.6 billion euro allocation of loans and grants to Serbia, after Belgrade passed laws that…
Read more EU Reconsidering Funds for Serbia as Justice Laws ‘Eroding Trust’ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that her government was “determined” to continue sending sea migrants to Albania, despite judicial opposition to the scheme.…
Read more Italy’s Meloni Says Albania Migrant Camp Scheme Will ContinueOne year after Italy opened migrant camps in Albania intended to hold people intercepted at sea, the legally contested centres lie almost empty. Numerous NGOs have criticised living…
Read more One year on, Italian migrant camps in Albania near-emptyAfter experiencing a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, 37-year-old Sam Correll decided he was “just done” with the U.S. It was the summer of 2024, and 60 days…
Read more Couple flees gun violence in US—now they’re thriving n EuropeWITH two bodyguards on patrol permanently outside his office, chief prosecutor Kreshnik Ajazi sums up why the Albanian drug gangs he targets are so ruthless. “In Albania, we…
Read more Albanian gang war to control drugs market that’s spilling onto UK’s streetsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in the Middle East…
Read more Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next?LONDON — It was the gleaming smiles and mutual backslapping of two 40-something banker bros which signalled a new era of U.K.-EU relations. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and…
Read more After Brexit, Britain and Europe embrace ever-closer unionPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron missed the boat on Ukraine. Faced with Russia’s military build-up and…
Read more Macron’s slow but bold U-turn on UkraineIn an unusual diplomatic move, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni settled a restaurant bill of four Italian tourists who left a restaurant in Albania without paying. Albania’s Prime…
Read more Italy’s Meloni covers unpaid bill of tourist ‘idiots’ in AlbaniaSprinkle the sequins and pump up the volume: The annual Eurovision Song Contest reaches its climax on Saturday with a grand final broadcast live from the United Kingdom’s…
Read more Time for Eurovision: Here’s how the exuberant song contest worksRussian President Vladimir Putin taking on the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member United Nations Security Council came just after a young boy was killed by artillery launched…
Read more ‘Absurd and destructive:’ Zelenskyy slams Russia’s UN Security Council presidencyTIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government on Wednesday formally designated the Vjosa River and its tributaries a national park, starting with an investment of some $80 million…
Read more Albania declares new national river park, backs airport planNew York CNN — The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office was charged in two separate indictments Monday for allegedly working with a…
Read more Former high-level FBI official pleads not guilty in alleged schemes to help sanctioned Russian oligarch | CNN PoliticsCNN — After over twenty years in captivity, Mark, the last of Albania’s “restaurant bears,” has safely arrived at his new home, an animal sanctuary in Austria, according…
Read more Mark, Albania’s last ‘restaurant bear,’ arrives at sanctuary after over 20 years of captivity | CNNTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s president on Sunday granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa for what he said was the artist’s role in…
Read more Music superstar Dua Lipa granted Albanian citizenshipSHKODER, Albania — Torrential rains in the Balkans over the past two days led to floods that killed at least six people, prompted widespread evacuations and caused significant…
Read more Heavy rains in the Balkans cause flooding, killing 6 peopleTIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters on Saturday protested the country’s cost-of-living crisis, blaming it on the center-left government. Opposition supporters gathered in front of the…
Read more Anti-government protest held in Albania over rising costs
