Albania Press Review - February 9, 2012

9 February 2012, 6:12 am

SHISH concerned over VIP citizenship plan, car insurance rates to go up, two Italians arrested as suspects in armed robberies.... Read More »

Albania Pledges Cash For Electricity Imports

9 February 2012, 1:57 am

The Minister of Finance, Ridvan Bode, said the government will use contingency funds to help the state-own utility, KESH, fund imports of electricity.... Read More »

Aid sent by helicopter as freeze continues

8 February 2012, 10:19 am

HELICOPTERS are ferrying food and medicine to iced-in villagers as Europe's 12-day-old cold snap tightens its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result.... Read More »

President Ilham Aliyev receives credentials of several ambassador - PHOTOS

8 February 2012, 6:14 am

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday accepted credentials of new ambassador of Albania Altin Kodra.... Read More »

Cigarette For Grandad

7 February 2012, 5:00 pm

Candid photo straight from the street. The little girl is trying to get a cigarette out of the pack for her grandad.... Read More »

Albania Risks Visa-Free Regime with VIP Citizenship

7 February 2012, 9:46 am

A plan by Prime Minister Sali Berisha to give Albanian citizenship to foreigners who invest 100,000 in the country could put the state's visa-free regime with the EU at risk.... Read More »

Albania Struggles to House Homeless Roma

7 February 2012, 2:27 am

Albanian authorities are struggling to house dozens of homeless members of the Roma community after the state ombudsman sheltered them his Tirana office six days ago to highlight their plight.... Read More »

'Strategic geographic location allows to turn Azerbaijan into energy & infrastructure hub'

6 February 2012, 2:58 pm

Albania's Tirana Times interviewed Azerbaijan's Ambassador to AlbaniaA Rahman Mustafayev.... Read More »

Three Indicted for Bribe on Albania's Supreme Court

6 February 2012, 10:33 am

Prosecutors in the city of Fier have indicted three suspects, including a relative of a Supreme Court Judge, over an alleged attempt to influence a verdict in a murder trial.... Read More »

Albanian PM to visit Baku

6 February 2012, 7:29 am

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha will visit Azerbaijan this week. His visit is scheduled for Feb.8-10, a diplomatic source told Trend on Monday.... Read More »