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Albania Parliament:cancel vote is unconstitutional
Albania's parliament passed a resolution on Thursday criticising President Ilir Meta for attempting to cancel upcoming municipal elections, a move it called unconstitutional, beyond the president's authority and "absolutely invalid."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Fishy tacks: poaching threatens Balkans' biggest lake
Fishermen are growing desperate as pollution and poaching threaten the ecosystem of Shkodra the largest lake in the Balkans which straddles Albania and Montenegros border (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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German Chancellor meets Croatia's Prime Minister
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb on Wednesday.
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Kosovo, Albania refuse Nobel award ceremony
Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the ceremony of the Nobel Prize for literature won by Austrian writer Peter Handke whom they closely link to the war in former Yugoslavia.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : First plane with tourists lands in Albanian capital as lockdown eases
The first charter plane arrives at the Albanian capital of Tirana with nearly 200 Belarusian tourists onboard, as the country lifts a country wide lockdown and reopens the tourism industry (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Nip, tuck, mask: cosmetic surgery sweeps Albania amid pandemic
Pandemic-fuelled anxities have set-off a plastic surgery boom in Albania, leaving some patients at the mercy of risky unregulated operators (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Jahjaga Foundation Chair on Empowering the Balkans
Jun.23 -- Atifete Jahjaga, Founder and Chair, Jahjaga Foundation and 4th President of the Republic of Kosovo speaks with Bloomberg’s Jan Bratanic at the Qatar Economic Forum, powered by Bloomberg.
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U.N. Security Council To Meet On Nuclear Plant
Russia's shelling of Europe's biggest nuclear plant in Ukraine received widespread international condemnation on Friday.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Albania opposition supporters clash over leadership
Albanian police use teargas and water canons to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who broke into their Democratic Party headquarters during an internal struggle over the party's leadership (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Serbians and Albanians kick aside differences on the football pitch
Relations have rarely been good between Albania and Serbia in recent history (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: MASKED POLICE PATROL STREETS AHEAD OF RALLY
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Masked police were patrolling the streets of Tirana on Friday ahead of a demonstration called by Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha.
They were making their presence felt throughout the Albanian capital and at...
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Albania - Italy flies in emergency supplies
Italy flew emergency supplies into Albania on Monday (24/03) and flew Albanian Prime Minister Bashkim Fino out of the country to Rome for talks on how Europe can help the crisis-ridden Balkan nation get free of the chaos that's...
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STORY: After nearly 50 years of tolalitarian rule, Albanian voters have
elected a democratic government. Led by former communist, heart
surgeon Sali Berisha, the new administration takes charge of a nation
in economic ruins. Almost...
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ALBANIA: THIRD DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS SINCE END OF COMMUNISM
English/Nat
On Sunday Albanians go to the polls in the third democratic elections since the end of communism.
But unlike many growing democracies, pundits here say the economy is not the main issue.
Despite being the poorest country in...
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US, EU, Russia try to convince ethnic Albanians to find common ground with Serbia
1. Helipad at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) headquarters (HQ)
2. NATO flag flying
3. Various of NATO soldiers securing area
4. NATO helicopter arrival
5. Various of NATO and UN officials, walking to greet diplomats known as...
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WRAP Arrivals for Kosovo talks, Kosovo PM, voxpops ADDS Alb deleg comment
Vienna, Austria
1. Various of convoy of cars arriving for talks
2. Albanian delegates getting out of car
Vienna, Austria
3. Veton Surroi, Albanian political leader and part of negotiating team, being asked questions by the press outside...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
French/Nat
Albania is receiving large deliveries of much-needed aid for the thousands of refugees that have flooded across the Kosovo border.
French troops are just the latest to airlift aid to Kosovar refugees in Kukes in Albania.
The...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK VISIT
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has delivered a stern message to Yugoslav authorities, warning them to halt the escalating violence in Kosovo or suffer serious consequences.
Cook made the comments after meeting...
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Albania - Arrival of international force
130 more Greek troops arrived in the Albanian port of Durres on Friday (18/4) to join the multinational task force that will eventually number about six thousand.
WS Durres port;
WS ship in distance,
helicopter overflighting;
VS greek...
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Bosnia, Albania celebrate EU visa lifting
HEADLINE: Bosnia, Albania celebrate EU visa lifting
CAPTION: Bosnians and Albanians have been celebrating after the lifting of the visa requirement for most EU travel. (15 December 2010)
VOICE-OVER: English
Sarajevo - 14 Dec 2010
1. Wide...
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ALBANIA: BUSHAT: ARMED MEN STOP PRIME MINISTER BASHKIM FINO'S CAR
Natural Sound
Armed men stopped Albanian Socialist Prime Minister Bashkim Fino Saturday on the main road to Shkodra.
The northern city considered loyal to his rival, President Sali Berisha.
The head of Shkodra region, Elham Sharra, a...
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Arrivals for latest round of talks on province's future
1. Wide pan exterior of Hotel Intercontinental
2. Wide of delegates getting out of their cars
3. Zoom in to former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader and delegate from Kosovo, Hashim Thaci entering hotel
4. Cutaway of journalists...
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Albania - Protest Over Alleged Vote Rigging
Some 150 candidates of the Social Democratic and Democratic
Alliance parties, as well as opposition candidates in last
Sunday's Albanian parliamentary elections, went on hunger strike
on Saturday (31/5) to have the vote annulled because...
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Kosovo Serbs pray for peaceful future in province
1. Cars passing by road sign reading: 'Gracanica'
2. NATO soldier guarding Serb church
3. Close-up of NATO soldier
4. Wide of church
5. Man lighting candle
6. Various of church service and congregation
7. Various of people lighting...