Director and Former Administrator of “Bankers Petroleum Albania” Arrested

The Prosecutor’s Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier has launched a criminal investigation into the concessionary company Bankers Petroleum Albania, as part of a case related to tax evasion and money laundering. The operation …

PM says Albania’s agriculture holds vast untapped potential

  Prime Minister Edi Rama told farmers and agribusiness leaders that Albania’s agricultural sector holds “extraordinary, still-untapped potential” and should be central to the country’s path toward EU membership by 2030. Speaking at a roundtable in Tirana, …

Man who fled communist Albania warns against Zohran Mamdani: 'We cannot allow this to spread'

Albania’s ‘Lads of London’ Create Bigger Problems for Their Home Country

A dry season, newswise, from the Balkans, has been filled a bit over the last week by a series of posts on X exchanged between British far-right leader Nigel Farage and Albanian MP Edi Rama over the level of criminality among Albanians living in the UK. …

Fortis Energy can build a major solar plant in Albania

Turkish renewable energy company Fortis Energy has been granted a construction permit to build a 62-megawatt (MW) solar plant near the town of Ersekë in southeastern Albania. The facility will play a key role in transforming the country’s sustainable …

Albania launches app for anonymous police abuse reporting

TIRANA, July 3 – Albania’s Ministry of Interior has launched “Agjencia Dixhitale,” a new mobile app enabling citizens to anonymously report misconduct by police and other public safety officers. The app allows users to file complaints or flag abuses …

Albania marks 35 years since 5,000 stormed embassies for freedom

TIRANA, July 2 – Albania is marking 35 years since over 5,000 citizens stormed foreign embassies in Tirana in 1990, a defining moment in the country’s break from communist isolation. On July 2, 1990, thousands of Albanians scaled embassy walls seeking …

Fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauls in his net early in the morning in Albania's Vlore Bay

Fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauls in his net early in the morning in Albania's Vlore Bay

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'I lost my battle': warming sea killing Albania fishing

As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, the catch was too small to even feed his family. Albanians like him have lived off the sea for generations, but Kocaj fears his way …