The Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in Albania, Mgr Anastasios, an important figure in the Orthodox clergy in Tirana for more than thirty years, died on Saturday at the age of 95, announced the Athens hospital where he had been admitted. Of Greek nationality, Mgr Anastasios had been hospitalized since early January in Athens, where … Read more
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Saturday that the social network TikTok, owned by the Chinese group ByteDance, would be closed in the country for at least a year, from the beginning of 2025. “TikTok is the hoodlum of the neighborhood,” he said. said Edi Rama during a meeting in Tirana with Albanian teachers, … Read more
“Donkey milk tastes like love”says Fatiko Basha, gently caressing Liza, her favorite donkey, before collecting her milk. With it, this farmer from the Albanian region of Gjirokaster will make whey, curds… or the most expensive cheese in the world. For millennia, donkey milk has been adorned with all the virtues. Legend says that Cleopatra immersed … Read more
As she celebrated two years of her government taking office this Tuesday, October 22, Giorgia Meloni was ready to do anything to save her flagship project, “put an end to illegal immigration”, even if it means circumventing European law. “I will continue to work tirelessly to defend our borders,” repeated the president of the Italian … Read more
The Italian government of Giorgia Meloni, combining the right and the far right, meets on Monday to adopt a decree aimed at circumventing the opposition of the courts to a controversial agreement on migrants concluded with Albania. Meloni accused Rome court judges of political bias who ruled Friday that the first 12 migrants from Egypt … Read more
Twelve migrants hosted in an asylum center in Albania under a controversial agreement with Rome were returned to Italy on Saturday after an Italian court overturned their detention. This is a scathing setback for the ultra-conservative government of Giorgia Meloni, who has made the fight against irregular immigration one of its main political warhorses and … Read more
The immigration plans of Giorgia Meloni’s government are not going as planned. An Italian court has invalidated the detention in Albanian centers of the first twelve asylum seekers that Rome transferred there this week, we learned on Friday. The court cited a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice on countries of origin considered … Read more
An Italian court on Friday invalidated the detention in Albanian centers of the first asylum seekers that Rome transferred there this week, a snub for the ultra-conservative government of Giorgia Meloni. The Prime Minister immediately reacted: “The Italians asked me to stop illegal immigration, and I will do everything possible to keep my word”she promised … Read more
There are 16 of them who disembarked early in the morning at the port of Shengjin, in Albania, under good… Italian escort. Sixteen men, from Egypt and Bangladesh, intercepted at sea while trying to enter Italy illegally. Their arrival will inaugurate two migrant camps, installed in Albania after an agreement signed in November 2023 between … Read more
The Italian navy boat with on board the first migrants intercepted in Italian waters and taken to Albania arrived Wednesday, October 16 in the morning in the Albanian port of Shengjin, after more than 36 hours of travel at sea. Shortly before eight o’clock, the ship Libra with 16 men on board, from Egypt and … Read more