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ALBANIA Albanian academics in Tirana have slammed a new encyclopaedia published by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences, MANU, which describes the country’s ethnic-Albanians as “settlers”. Adding his voice to a growing number of academics, politicians and NGO members who have sharply critcised the encyclopaedia, the Deputy Head of the Albanian …
Read More »EU requires Albania change its elections system
ALBANIA Albania should take extra measures to stop the politicization of the elections process in the country, says a statement of the Swedish EU presidency, DPA reports. The statement acknowledges that the Balkan country has registered serious progress in its elections system but local authorities should carefully study the final …
Read More »Prosecution to appeal Suva Reka verdicts
SERBIA, ALBANIA The War Crimes Prosecution has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court over the verdicts in the 1999 Suva Reka war crimes case. The Supreme Court has been called on to quash the War Crimes Chamber’s decision to acquit Radoslav Mitrović, Nenad Jovanović and Zoran Petković, and to …
Read More »Albanian parliament approves new government
ALBANIA Albanian parliament voted Wednesday to approve the Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s new government. Berisha’s chosen ministers were confirmed by parliament late Wednesday in a 74-1 vote. The deputies of the opposition Socialist Party boycotted the session, demanding a probe into the results of parliamentary elections, which they say were …
Read More »EU Comments on Albania’s Elections
ALBANIA The EU has welcomed a monitoring group’s assessment that the June Albanian elections met most OSCE commitments, while noting the conduct of the polls fell short of optimum standards This, according to a written statement from the EU’s Swedish Presidency, confirming receipt of the OSCE/ODHIR Election Observation Mission’s report …
Read More »Albania’s Supreme Court To Reopen Blast Trial
ALBANIA On Monday, Albania’s Supreme Court will reopen the case against environment minister designate Fatmir Mediu, indicted in connection with a deadly blast at a munitions depot in March 2008. The Supreme Court panel is reviewing charges against Mediu of abuse of power, relating to his tenure as defence minister …
Read More »Serbia’s Albanian Leaders Confer with Kosovo President
ALBANIA Over the weekend, ethnic Albanian political leaders from Presevo and Bujanovac spoke with Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu in Pristina about the problems they are facing in southern Serbia. They told Sejdiu that Serbia’s failure to recognise Kosovo university diplomas was one of the gravest challenges. The speaker of the …
Read More »Sejdiu on missing Albanians
ALBANIA Fatmir Sejdiu has promised the families of missing Albanians that he will use his authority to order the identification of human remains as soon as possible. The Kosovo president is the first provincial official to visit the mothers of missing persons, who have been striking in front of the …
Read More »Albanian Opposition Boycotts Parliament
ALBANIA Albania’s opposition Socialist Party boycotted the first session of parliament on Monday, and says its will maintain its absence unless its demands are met. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the head of the party, Tirana mayor Edi Rama, warned that the Socialists would have a conditional relationship with the …
Read More »Sejdiu calls for “restraint during elections”
KOSOVO Fatmir Sejdiu says all political parties in Kosovo should urge voters to refrain from any kind of action that could jeopardize the electoral process. The Kosovo Albanian spoke about the local elections scheduled to be held in November after his meeting with Ramus Haradinaj, the leader of the opposition …
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