Albania Economy (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Albanian controversial oil magnate Rezart Taci handed himself over to police in Tirana on Thursday, after the local district court ordered his arrest following charges of assault over the beating of local publisher, Mero Baze. You can read the rest online...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Several hundred Albanian journalists staged a rally on Wednesday in capital city of Tirana, protesting the assault on a newspaper editor. The protesters gathered in front of Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office. Several threw shoes at the building. But police made no arrests at the scene. Mero Baze, editor of the newspaper Tem A, was beaten unconscious late Monday in a bar in downtown Tirana. Police...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berishaon Tuesday condemned the attack on a local journalist as a "shameful, grave and unacceptable act for a free society." Mero Baze, editor of the TemA newspaper, was beaten up in a bar in downtown capital city of Tirana. Witness said he was punched and kicked around by attackers and left unconscious. "Mr. Berisha reiterates that the Albanian government...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
TIRANA, Albania - Pieces of a British destroyer that was badly damaged by Albanian mines in 1946, straining relations between the two countries for decades, appear to have...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
TIRANA, Albania -- Pieces of a British destroyer that was badly damaged by Albanian mines in 1946, straining relations between the two countries for decades, appear to have been discovered in a waterway near Greece, U.S. and Albanian researchers said Monday.
The Hoop (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Ermal Kuqo (2.07-C) will be returning to Efes Pilsen after a season in Valencia . The Albanian-Turkish center left Valencia this summer as the Spanish team could not handle his contract. The deal was announced by Kuqo (Kurtoglu)'s agent but it doesn't mention the duration of the contract. Kuqo returns to the Turkish champion Efes Pilsen that he spent 5 seasons with, playing for them between 2003 and...
Albania Economy (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Albania’s opposition Socialist Party staged a rally in Tirana on Sunday, calling for a recount of the ballots from the June 28 parliamentary elections. You can read the rest online...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
TIRANA, Albania -- Albania wants the remains of Nobel Peace laureate Mother Teresa and the only post-independence monarch to be returned to the country, the prime minister said Friday.
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Guide to Midwestern Culture (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
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Pittsblog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
I spent much of the last month looking at Pittsburgh's recent history. Over the coming months, it will be time to look at Pittsburgh's future. The re-focus is prompted by being energized at a conference that I attended and spoke at last week in Amsterdam on the future of cities -- all cities, and "the city" as an ideal. Here's a link to the conference site: Morgen/Tomorrow: International...
Peggy's Page (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Lunch for this family was peppers; and for dinner, peppers; and for breakfast... We, on the other hand, had trout; very fresh trout; this trout, in fact... The road to Kosovo from Albania gets a bit muddy; they're still constructing parts of it. Some parts are brand new; but nobody told the cows this is now a major road!!
aangirfan (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Within Sight of the White House (Hooker's Division). 1. Mikhail Prokhorov is one of the richest men in Russia. In September 2009 he made an offer to buy a controlling interest in the New Jersey Nets , a professional basketball team. At an annual two-week Christmas party for the Russian rich at the French Alpine resort of Courchevel in January 2007, he was arrested for allegedly arranging prostitutes...
Matt Bell (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
A short spring shower had fallen on Tirana. When the sun came out again, singeing the damp pavement, I discovered that Ganimete and Bukaria were dead. They'd hanged themselves with adhesive tape, strung around the electric cables dangling from the ceiling in their hut... The barracks in the camp they'd live in were made of mud bricks dried in the sun. The cracks in the windowpanes were sealed with...
Peggy's Page (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
I know 4 grandchildren who would have a ball here. Right in the centre of the main square, about 50 ride-on vehicles, most of them motorised, for zooming around on. Great fun. This lady pays to get herself weighed on the street. I thought Weightwatchers' weigh-ins were too public. If that was me, I would at least remove those heavy shoes first... The Et'hem Beg Mosque
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