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Albania - Children join the uprising
The uprising against the government of Sali Berisha, which began with protests against fraudulent pyramid investment schemes in which almost every family lost money, has brought normal life to a standstill in the south of the country....
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Protest at decision to include uncounted votes in election result
1. Wide of opposition protest outside election commission, at decision to add previously uncounted votes to count in mayoral election, police, protesters shouting "Edi, Edi", referring to Edi Rama, opposition leader and socialist...
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Albania - Deputies trade blows in parliament
Deputies traded blows in the Albanian parliament in Tirana on Tuesday (16/09) as the ruling Socialists pushed through an increase on value-added tax.
The frustration of the opposition Democrats boiled over after the ruling Socialists,...
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Albania - Investors reimbursed
On Wednesday, thousands of angry Albanian investors duped by pyramid investment schemes beseiged banks in the capital Tirana to receive partial refunds. The popular get-rich pyramid schemes went bankrupt and provoked a wave of...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: FUNERAL OF KOSOVO DEFENCE MINISTER KRASNIQI
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Hundreds of people have gathered to honour the defence minister of the Kosovo government-in-exile, who was shot dead in the Albanian capital earlier this week.
Fifty year old Ahmed Krasniqi was found dead late on Monday in...
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Albania - Peaceful demonstration in skanderbeg sq.
Hundreds of Albanians gathered peacefully on Sunday (20/7) at the grave of Azem Hajdari, whose assassination last weekend sparked riots that sent the country spiraling into political turmoil. Some 1,500 people, many holding flowers,...
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ALBANIA: SITUATION UPDATE
Albanian/Nat
The elderly, the sick and Albania's children are paying the price as parts of the country slide further into anarchy.
Some government-run institutions are already crumbling.
In the southern town of Gjirokastra, one old...
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ALBANIA: MAJKPO UNDERLINES SUPPORT FOR NATO ACTIONS
English/Nat
Albanian prime minister Pandeli Majko has underlined his country's support for NATO action in the Balkans.
Speaking on a tour of the American military compound at Tirana airport, Majko said the allied troops were fighting...
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Albania - Defence Minister attends military parade
Albanian defence minister Sakir Vukaj on Tuesday (8/4) attended
a military parade at an army base outside the capital, Tirana.
It was staged to demonstrate that, after mass desertions during
the recent unrest, the army has been...
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Albania - Memorial for Hajdari
Thousands of mourners gathered in Tirana's Skanderbeg Square on Sunday(13/09) to pay their last respects to murdered opposition politician Azem Hajdari and a bodyguard shot along with him on Saturday night. The bodies of Hajdari and the...
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Albania - Ship of potatoes arrives in Durres
A cargo of potatoes desperately needed in Albania was being
unloaded on Saturday (29/03) at the port of Durres.
Ship in dock,
cu of flag,
ws of ship,
potatoes being unloaded,
cutawy to man with gun on wharf,
ws of crane,
potatoes...
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KOSOVO BORDER: ARMS SMUGGLERS CLASH WITH YUGOSLAV TROOPS
Albanian/Serbo-Croat
Albanian arms smugglers and Yugoslav troops have traded fire at several Kosovo border points, leaving at least four smugglers dead.
There are also reports of clashes elsewhere in the rebellious province, where ethnic...
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EU leaders arrive ahead of one day summit on Kosovo
1. Le Meridien hotel
2. Lobby inside Le Meridien hotel
3. Cutaway, brass chandelier
4. Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister arriving
5. Cutaway of journalists
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish prime minister:
"I...
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US takes steps to get Albania, Croatia into NATO; NATO Sec Gen
1. Mid of US President George W. Bush signing the accession protocols treaty, which paves the way for Albania and Croatia's final membership into NATO, with Albanian and Croatian Ambassadors to the US, and Secretary General of NATO, Jaap...
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Passengers and scenes at Brindisi Airport
1. Wide of security scanning machines, pan to passengers waiting in airport
2. Mid of two men sitting on seats, waiting, man standing talking on mobile phone
3. Mid of luggage sitting on ground
4. Mid of airline personnel speaking to...
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ALBANIA: NATO TAKES CONTROL OF TIRANA AIRPORT
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Albania stepped up its military defences on Monday, and warned that it was "prepared for the worst."
The move comes a day after Yugoslavia broke off diplomatic relations and sealed its border with the country.
NATO has taken...
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Albania - Pro Berisha supporters stage protest
Thousands of supporters of ex-president Sali Berisha continue to demonstrate in central Tirana, demanding the current government resign following the shooting of a Democrat member of parliament last week by a Socialist...
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MACEDONIA: ISRAELI RELIEF PLANE ARRIVES
English/Nat
An Israeli relief plane carrying desperately needed supplies for refugees from Kosovo has arrived in the Macedonian capital Skopje.
The Israeli Air Force plane, carrying tons of humanitarian supplies, will fly on to the...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: OSCE CHIEF WALKER
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Chief of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, William Walker dismissed on Wednesday the Yugoslav denial its troops crossed the border with Albania.
International monitors said Serb troops forced...
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Italy/Albania - Exiled King returns to Albania
Albania's exiled "King" Leka returned to his homeland on
Saturday (12/4), receiving a rapturous welcome from a small
crowd of well wishers who had gathered at the capital's airport.
Italian Defence Minister Beniamino Andreatta also...
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Albania - Serbian troops open fire in Has
Belgrade government troops opened fire with automatic weapons for more than an hour in Has, northeast Albania, according to Albanian Interior ministry sources. Three hand grenades launched by Serbian troops exploded 50 metres (yards)...
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ALBANIA: SAVING SCHEMES PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE UPDATE
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Tens of thousands of protesters unsatisfied with promises to return the money they lost in get-rich-quick schemes have clashed with police in the Albanian capital, Tirana.
The protest Sunday came a day after mobs smashed...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEES CROSS THE BORDER
Albanian/Nat
More than a hundred Kosovar men who had been held prisoner by Serbs forces, crossed the Albanian border by foot on Saturday.
They brought with them more stories of Serb atrocities.
And they expressed deep mistrust over Serb...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: ATROCITIES
Albanian/Nat
Refugees from Kosovo continue to spill over the region's borders at a rate of one-thousand an hour, bringing with them horrific stories of Serb brutality.
While it is impossible to verify the refugees' tales of atrocities,...