Albania: Police seize one ton of marihuana - Focus Infomation
Tirana. The police seized one ton of marihuana on the Albanian coast on Saturday evening, Macedonian Makfax news agency reports. The Albanian police cooperated with the Italian police because a motorboat arrived from Italy to fetch the drug, which ...
EU: Political deadlock hurting Albania's hopes of ... - MLive.com
(AP) — TIRANA, Albania - A senior European Union official is warning Albania the country's political crisis could hurt its EU membership bid. Albanian opposition Socialists say they will resume street protests unless parliament investigates ...
EU urges Albania to end assembly crisis, warns of ... - Investors Business Daily
Tirana, Mar 19, 2010 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) -- A functional parliament is fundamental for a full functioning of democracy," The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fuele, said in a statement before his meetings in Albania. A ...
Ambassador: 'Albania's administration more mature than ... - EurActiv.com
Despite having an image problem and being stuck in a political stalemate, Albania has a lot to offer the EU – including model religious tolerance, skilled workers and energy resources – and must continue its steady progress towards the adoption ...
Few black diplomats in top positions in State ... - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Withers, the ambassador to Albania, was black. However, Withers says he will leave that post later this year. There are no African-Americans among the 10 ambassadors or other chiefs of mission in South and Central Asia, or the 18 in the Near East ...
EU urges Albania to resolve its political impasse - People's Daily Online
A senior European Union official on Friday urged Albanian political parties to resolve their political impasse which might endanger the country's prospect of joining the EU. "If the current political stalemate were to persist and remain unresolved ...
EU's Fuele visits Kosovo and Albania - Southeast European Times
PRISTINA, Kosovo/TIRANA, Albania -- Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Friday (March 19th) that the EU expects Kosovo to step up efforts to fight crime and corruption and strengthen the rule of law. After talks with Prime Minister Hashim ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Celebrates Nevruz Day of Nine ... - Turkish Weekly
ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu celebrated the Nevruz Day of foreign ministers of nine countries. After the UN General Assembly accepted March 21 as International Nevruz Day during a session on February 18th, Davutoglu sent ...
Albania: Opposition to stage protest over early ... - Focus Infomation
Tirana. Leader of the Albanian opposition Edi Rama said Saturday night the opposition will stage protests in the whole country after the government did not vote the whole draft bills on investigation of the general elections, Macedonian Makfax agency ...
Weighing in - The Spokesman-Review
... electorate of Idaho to stop using socialist programs like Social Security & Medicare, we (Washingtonians) could brag to other Americans about what it’s like to live next door to Albania. CdaMomof4: What an embarrassment the Idaho Legislature ...
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Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
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Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
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Pakistan seeks to probe nuclear secrets scientist
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Iran detains grandson of powerful cleric
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Iceland fears eruption could spark another
 A volcano in southern Iceland erupts for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
Net called great threat to rare species
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