Sali Berisha

Sali Berisha

• OSCE observers start mission for Albanian election

  Electoral observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have launched their monitoring mission for Albania's June 23 national ... 

• Albania poll crisis escalates amid committee spat

  A political crisis affecting Albania's Central Election Commission has escalated after two members resigned in protest over the removal of another ... 

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  EU foreign policy chief warns Albania on election

  The European Union's foreign policy chief warned Albanian leaders Tuesday that the conduct of forthcoming parliamentary elections would be a major ... 

• US, EU concerned over Albania election body

  The United States has expressed concern over plans by Albania's conservative government to replace a member of the country's election watchdog ahead ... 

• Hundreds of OSCE monitors to observe Albanian vote

  The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it will send hundreds of monitors to observe June's national elections in Albania, where ... 

• Albania coalition party to quit before poll

  Albania's prime minister has promised his conservative-led government will operate normally up until general elections on June 23, despite the ... 

• Piece of Berlin Wall used in Albanian memorial

  A memorial containing a 2.6-ton piece of the Berlin Wall was unveiled in Albania on Tuesday to honor former political prisoners who suffered under the ... 

• Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected

  An Iranian opposition group on Saturday turned down Albania's offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living at a former U.S. military base near ... 

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  Albanian court clears police in protesters' deaths

  An Albanian court acquitted two senior police officers on Thursday of shooting dead four opposition supporters during an anti-government protest in ... 

• 2 Albanian police to be jailed over protest deaths

  Prosecutors have asked a court to hand out heavy sentences to two senior police officers accused of fatally shooting four people during a violent ... 

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  Albanian opposition honors shot demonstrators

  Some 3,000 supporters of Albania's main opposition Socialist Party have held a peaceful march to honor four people killed two years ago in an ... 

• Albania to offer all ethnic Albanians citizenship

  Albania's prime minister has announced plans to grant citizenship to ethnic Albanians worldwide — including millions in Kosovo and other neighboring ... 

• Albania, Kosovo urge probe of prosecutor Del Ponte

  Albania and Kosovo have called for an independent investigation into former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Carla del Ponte for her "tendentious and illegal ... 

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  Spat with neighbors sours Albanian century party

  Albania celebrated 100 years of independence Wednesday with a military parade, festive cavalcades and an 18-ton cake. But the celebrations were soured ... 

• Macedonia: Minority marks Albanian independence

  More than 1,000 ethnic Albanians marched in the capital of Macedonia on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of Albania's independence from the ...