http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21620-albania.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21620-albania.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090300-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:50:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090300-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:50:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087344-osce-observers-start-mission-albanian-election.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Electoral observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have launched their monitoring mission for Albania's June 23 national polls. Previous elections in Albania have been marred by violence, vote-rigging and intimidation. The first 15-member OSCE team is in the capital Tirana, and up to 400 more short-term... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087344-osce-observers-start-mission-albanian-election.html 2013-05-15T14:55:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put them both on a solid path to European Union membership. The tentative deal culminated months of tense negotiations and showed determination of both Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosov... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:44:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2031246-serbia-kosovo-reach-tentative-deal-relations.html 2013-04-19T18:44:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2025808-albania-poll-crisis-escalates-amid-committee-spat.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A political crisis affecting Albania's Central Election Commission has escalated after two members resigned in protest over the removal of another commission member earlier in the week. The resignations raise tensions and potentially could undermine the legitimacy of a process in a country with a poor election record. The commission... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:51:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2025808-albania-poll-crisis-escalates-amid-committee-spat.html 2013-04-17T15:51:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022300-eu-foreign-policy-chief-warns-albania-election.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief warned Albanian leaders Tuesday that the conduct of forthcoming parliamentary elections would be a major test for the country, which hopes one day to join the 27-nation bloc. Catherine Ashton's comments came in the wake of a dispute between the government and the opposition over the make-up ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:25:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2022300-eu-foreign-policy-chief-warns-albania-election.html 2013-04-16T15:25:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2021280-us-eu-concerned-albania-election-body.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The United States has expressed concern over plans by Albania's conservative government to replace a member of the country's election watchdog ahead of national polls on June 23. The government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced the plan after a junior partner in his government recently left the coalition. The member Berisha w... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:49:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2021280-us-eu-concerned-albania-election-body.html 2013-04-15T19:49:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2013690-albania-northwest-under-floodwaters-month.html OBOT, Albania (AP) — Villagers in northwestern Albania are running out of patience after their homes have been surrounded by floodwaters for a month. They blame their ills on the operators of major hydropower dams that discharged vast quantities of water to keep levels manageable, and said Thursday the government has done little to ease their plight. ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:19:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2013690-albania-northwest-under-floodwaters-month.html 2013-04-11T19:19:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2007990-albania-to-trash-import-plan-to-referendum.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania pledged Tuesday to hold a historic referendum on whether to scrap waste imports, a money-making program strongly opposed by environmentalists who say the poor Balkan country is already buried under its own trash. A law passed in 2011 allows the import of non-radioactive waste for destruction or recycling in factories. But li... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:14:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2007990-albania-to-trash-import-plan-to-referendum.html 2013-04-09T17:14:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2005714-albania-rain-hampering-flood-response-effort.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities say continuous rainfall is hampering efforts to address severe flooding that has left hundreds of homes swamped and without electricity or drinking water for the past three weeks. Up to 8,000 acres of land in the northwestern Shkoder area have been submerged in up to three feet of water following weeks of heavy ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:18:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2005714-albania-rain-hampering-flood-response-effort.html 2013-04-08T18:18:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000050-hundreds-osce-monitors-to-observe-albanian-vote.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it will send hundreds of monitors to observe June's national elections in Albania, where political tensions are running high. An OSCE report says an initial mission has heard concerns that longstanding conflicts among Albania's fractious political parties could affect the ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:26:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2000050-hundreds-osce-monitors-to-observe-albanian-vote.html 2013-04-05T09:26:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1994840-1-dead-rubble-collapsed-building-albania.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian rescuers have found the body of a scrap metal collector in the collapsed ruins of an abandoned power company building in Tirana. Police say the 33-year-old man was found dead early Wednesday after a seven-hour search in the rubble of the three-story building. It is unclear what caused Tuesday's collapse, which occurred as t... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:49:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1994840-1-dead-rubble-collapsed-building-albania.html 2013-04-03T08:49:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1993398-building-collapses-albania-1-missing.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Police in Albania say an abandoned power company building has collapsed in the capital, trapping a 32-year-old man who was collecting scrap metal. The incident occurred Tuesday, and it was not immediately clear whether the man had survived the collapse of the three-story building in Tirana. Rescuers were looking through the rubble f... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:48:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1993398-building-collapses-albania-1-missing.html 2013-04-02T17:48:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1993396-albania-coalition-party-to-quit-poll.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's prime minister has promised his conservative-led government will operate normally up until general elections on June 23, despite the expected departure of one of his coalition partners. The left-wing Socialist Movement for Integration Party, or LSI, runs the foreign, economy and health ministries, but is seeking to distanc... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:41:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1993396-albania-coalition-party-to-quit-poll.html 2013-04-02T17:41:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1979766-piece-berlin-wall-used-albanian-memorial.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — 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 late dictator Enver Hoxha's Communist regime. The ceremony occurred at a residential area in Tirana, the capital, that is known as the 'Bllok,' where senior members of the Hoxha regim... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1979766-piece-berlin-wall-used-albanian-memorial.html 2013-03-26T15:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1963480-un-urges-iranian-opponents-to-take-albania-asylum.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging members of an Iranian opposition group living at a former U.S. military base near Baghdad to accept Albania's offer of asylum. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, which oversees the opposition Mujahedeen-e-Khalq known as the MEK, has rejected the offer because Albania is only willing to... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:10:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1963480-un-urges-iranian-opponents-to-take-albania-asylum.html 2013-03-18T22:10:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1959594-albania-offer-asylum-to-iranian-group-rejected.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — 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 Baghdad. Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha made the offer after meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf, U.N. envoy in Iraq Martin Kobler, and other offi... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:16:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1959594-albania-offer-asylum-to-iranian-group-rejected.html 2013-03-17T00:16:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1957472-flooding-albania-forces-hundreds-evacuations.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes after heavy rains caused flooding in the west of the country. Interior Minister Flamur Noka says some 8,000 acres of agricultural land have been flooded after three times the monthly average precipitation fell on Thursday. Authorities said Friday the storms also... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1957472-flooding-albania-forces-hundreds-evacuations.html 2013-03-15T16:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1889496-albanian-court-cuts-sentences-deadly-blast.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian appeals court on Wednesday reduced sentences for several top defendants convicted in a deadly ammunition factory blast and acquitted one defendant. The decision was met with dismay by relatives of the deceased. The explosion at Gerdec near Tirana in March 2008 killed 26 people, wounded 300 others, destroyed or damaged 5,... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:07:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1889496-albanian-court-cuts-sentences-deadly-blast.html 2013-02-13T20:07:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1878080-albania-judges-accuse-us-interfering-trial.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A panel of judges in Albania has accused the United States of "interference" in the trial of two senior police officers acquitted this week on murder charges over the 2011 death of four anti-government protesters. The three judges cleared the suspects after considering evidence gathered with the assistance of U.S. forensic experts. ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1878080-albania-judges-accuse-us-interfering-trial.html 2013-02-08T16:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1874532-albania-rejects-czech-power-compensation-claim.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's energy ministry has described a €200 million ($270 million) compensation claim by Czech state-run power utility CEZ as unfounded, after the company lost its license to distribute electricity in the small Balkan nation. The ministry on Friday accused the company of bad management and defended the country's decision to cance... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1874532-albania-rejects-czech-power-compensation-claim.html 2013-02-08T15:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1877782-albania-consider-lower-bidder-oil-and-gas-sale.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Authorities in Albania say they are considering a €298 million ($402 million) bid from China-based Win Business Petroleum Group Ltd. for the sale of the state-owned Albpetrol oil company. Energy Minister Edmond Haxhinasto said Friday a previously favored bid worth €850 million ($1.14 billion) from U.S.-Singapore consortium Vetro Ene... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1877782-albania-consider-lower-bidder-oil-and-gas-sale.html 2013-02-08T15:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1874604-albanian-court-clears-police-protesters-deaths.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court acquitted two senior police officers on Thursday of shooting dead four opposition supporters during an anti-government protest in 2011. The ruling was bluntly criticized by the United States, which provided assistance in the forensic investigation, and was met with outrage by Albania's political opposition, fueling... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1874604-albanian-court-clears-police-protesters-deaths.html 2013-02-07T16:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1856162-2-albanian-police-to-jailed-protest-deaths.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a court to hand out heavy sentences to two senior police officers accused of fatally shooting four people during a violent anti-government protest in Albania two years ago. The prosecutors urged the court in the Albanian capital Tirana Wednesday to sentence Ndrea Prendi and Agim Llupo to 23 and 25 years in pri... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1856162-2-albanian-police-to-jailed-protest-deaths.html 2013-01-30T12:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1835194-albania-cancels-national-grid-operators-license.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Czech firm CEZ has lost its license to operate Albania's national grid following a dispute with the government that led to water supply cuts and daily rolling blackouts. State regulator ERE announced Monday that electricity distribution would return to government control after the firm's subsidiary CEZ Shperndarje sh.a, which holds ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1835194-albania-cancels-national-grid-operators-license.html 2013-01-21T14:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1834828-albanian-opposition-honors-shot-demonstrators.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — 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 anti-government demonstration. As funeral marches played, Socialist leader Edi Rama and lawmakers led the silent protest Monday to the area outside Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office in cent... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1834828-albanian-opposition-honors-shot-demonstrators.html 2013-01-21T12:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1810774-albania-to-cancel-grid-license-amid-power-cuts.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities say the license held by a Czech company to operate the country's electricity grid will be canceled by the end of the month after a dispute between the company and the government led to extensive mid-winter rolling blackouts. State energy regulator spokeswoman Entela Cipa said Thursday that procedures have begun ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1810774-albania-to-cancel-grid-license-amid-power-cuts.html 2013-01-10T09:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1742990-albania-to-offer-ethnic-albanians-citizenship.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's prime minister has announced plans to grant citizenship to ethnic Albanians worldwide — including millions in Kosovo and other neighboring countries. Sali Berisha told a cabinet meeting Tuesday that Albanians in Albania and Kosovo should "feel as one" — while having two separate governments. He insisted that the move will ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1742990-albania-to-offer-ethnic-albanians-citizenship.html 2012-12-04T19:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1739252-albania-president-sets-june-23-election.html TIRANA, Albania (AP) — President Bujar Nishani has set June 23 as the date for Albania's parliamentary elections. Some 3 million people are eligible to vote, electing 140 lawmakers for a four-year term. Elections in Albania since the fall of communism in 1990 have shown serious shortcomings, with international election monitors noting voter manipulation a... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1739252-albania-president-sets-june-23-election.html 2012-12-03T10:30:00Z