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Albania's developing tourism industry could help stop its young people from leaving – and boost its economy

It has been more than 30 years since Albania opened its doors to tourists, but telling a friend that you’re off to Tirana or Dhërmi for a long weekend might still raise some eyebrows.

The Conversation

The people forced to run Wales' cannabis factories by criminal gangs

Some were trafficked to the UK illegally, while others were forced into the work to pay off debts

Wales Online

Albanian PM says UK in a ‘bad place’ and having a ‘nervous breakdown’ over immigration

Edi Rama says relations between countries reaches a low point

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Moment man gunned down in cafe with police hunting Brits over public execution

Police in Albania are hunting down suspects, including four British people, following the alleged killing of businessman Ardian Nikulaj in his cafe in the town of Shengjin

Daily Mirror

Officials banned for false report for Olympic qualification

Two track and field officials in Albania have been banned from the sport for falsifying an athlete’s result to help him qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

The Independent UK

Iran Thanks Türkiye for Assistance in Opening an Interests Section in Albania

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian announced that Tehran has agreed to open an interests section through Türkiye in Albania, six months after severing diplomatic relations with Tirana. During a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Amirabdollahian said the Foreign Ministry would open a section of Iranian interests in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Government strips safeguards on asylum seeker applications in push to deport more Albanians

Checks are being removed so officials can declare asylum claims ‘clearly unfounded’ faster

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Watch A Zero SR/F Rider Travel From Albania To Corfu Island in Greece

Round-the-world Zero SR/F rider Marc Travels rides his bike from Albania into Greece, on his way to catch the ferry to beautiful Corfu Island.

RideApart

UK's 'stop the boats' threat sparked rush of channel crossings, researchers told

Dr Krish Kandiah of the Sanctuary Foundation last week visited the country on a “fact-finding mission”, and said: "All these factors have been decades in the making. They need serious time and investment into undoing. But there are solutions."

Daily Mirror

UK waters are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer answers

Almost all of the UK’s waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a “good” ecological status.

The Conversation

Albanian court refuses to extradite Russian blogger

A court in Albania decided on Friday not to extradite a Russian self-proclaimed blogger arrested last August on spying charges, who faces similar charges in Moscow.

Reuters

Left in limbo: Afghan refugees in Albania

In August 2021, when the US hurriedly pulled out of Afghanistan, it organised an airlift to evacuate those who had worked with NATO forces and found themselves threatened by the Taliban. These evacuations became chaotic and not everyone made it out. Meanwhile, Washington insisted on security checks for the Afghans…

France 24

Dublin Airport flights: The cheapest air fares to Albania from under €200

Holidaymakers are gearing up to make the most of the warm weather abroad, with Albania surprisingly growing in popularity amongst Irish tourists

Dublin Live

Watch A Zero SR/F Rider Traverse A Tricky Off Road Trail In Albania

Moto traveler Marc Travels is in the midst of riding around the world on his Zero SR/F, and recently tackled some serious off-road riding in Albania.

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The Guardian - UK

From Hamburg to Crete: readers’ favourite early summer holidays

Our tipsters enjoy quiet beaches and the absence of queues at historic sites from Albania to Andalucía on early summer holidays

Bristol Post

Nigel Pearson sends message to Anis Mehmeti as the Bristol City forward awaits first goal

The Albanian international has shown glimpses of what he can offer but has yet to kick-start his City career since his January move

Reuters

US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News

'The job here is miserable - I'm happy to be arrested'

Erald Abmetaj had come into the UK from Albania and found himself with nowhere to live

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Daily Mirror

Charity workers' mission to learn why Albanians make perilous journey to UK

Researchers from the Sanctuary Foundation, led by Dr Krish Kandiah are set for a “fact-finding mission”, seeking to find ways of discouraging young people not to make the dangerous journey.

The Independent UK

Poor Albanian town pins tourism hopes on communist tunnels

Under the Albanian town of Kukes lies a vast warren of underground tunnels and a military command center, relics of the former communist regime's fear of a foreign invasion that never came

Bristol Post

Queens Park Rangers manager makes Premier League prediction for Bristol City talent

Bristol City attacking midfielder Anis Mehmeti made his debut for Albania this week and few people were more delighted than Queens Park Rangers manager Gareth Ainsworth

Daily Record

Perth striker Abbie Ferguson on Scotland U19 selection and why she will always remember her days at Jeanfield Swifts

Ferguson, a former Perth Grammar student, will travel for fixtures against Albania and then Liechtenstein

Evening Standard

‘I just dreamt of a better life in a big country’

As the debate over immigration grows increasingly heated, one country has been more vilified than any other. Kate Wills finds out the effect this shift in perception has had on life for London’s Albanian community

The Independent UK

PM tells Rishi Sunak he wants Albanians in UK to feel ‘honoured’

Edi Rama used his visit to No 10 to stress that just as all Britons are not Mr Bean, not all Albanians are characters from the thriller Taken.

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman blasted by Albanian PM over 'disgraceful' migrant comments

Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary

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