Topic: Tirana
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline, were the focus of Deputy...
A weather-beaten teddy bear hangs from the front of Izet Sina's home. But this tattered old toy is no abandoned play thing. It is designed to protect the family from misfortune and ward off the "evil eye".The 51-year old farmer ...
Thousands of Albanian opposition socialists staged a new protest in Tirana on Friday to support dozens of hunger strikers demanding a recount of 2009 general election votes."Open the ballot boxes or leave," "Down with the government," chanted the protesto
Thousands of opposition protesters and government supporters gathered in Albania's capital Tirana Saturday, with no let-up in the political crisis following contested elections last June.Some 200 people, including 22 Socialist party deputies, put up tents
Tens of thousands people rallied Friday in front of the Albanian government building in Tirana, backing calls by the opposition Socialists for a recount of ballots from last year's elections.The protest was the latest development in a political crisis tha
TIRANA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversial June 28 election or hold another.Socialist Party leader Edi Ram
Albanians face a tense wait for results of closely fought general elections that passed off smoothly, a crucial improvement in a country where violence has marred post-communist polls.Exit polls from Sunday's elections gave a slight lead to the governing
Pollsters say Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democratic party leads electionsEarly exit polls are indicating that Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democratic Party has won another term in office in parliamentary elections Sunday.Three exit p
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albanians began voting on Sunday in elections seen as a test of the Balkan state's democratic credentials, with the front-runners for prime minister a dominant leader of the post-communist era and a Socialist."Voting has started normall
Albanians go to the polls for legislative elections seen as crucial for the European future of the country, with polls showing the two main rivals neck and neck.Some 3.1 million voters are being asked to elect 140 parliamentary deputies for ...
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