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Draft on ministers, MPs’ salary increase in parliament’s agenda

The focus of today’s plenary session in the Assembly will be the discussion and voting of the draft law that provides for the increase in salaries for the public administration, including MPs and ministers. The green light for the wage increase was given by the Economy Commission at Tuesday’s meeting. …

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Unemployment has dropped, Rama: We are making a historic increase in wages

Prime Minister Edi Rama estimates that the Albanian economy is growing. In his speech at the plenary session in the Assembly, Rama said that consumption has increased, while unemployment has decreased. According to the head of the government, the government is making a historic increase in salaries. “The simple truth …

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Albanian TV Election Coverage Unfairly Favoured Big Parties, Monitoring Shows

Data from media monitoring shows that during the recent local election campaign, TV networks gave little airtime to smaller parties and so violated the legal requirements on balanced reporting. Original post Here

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Missing little boy found drowned in Dibra

A 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing on Wednesday evening by his brother, was found drowned in Dibra.   According to the police, the minor was found after about two hours of searching in the lake of Shumbat village and is suspected to have accidentally drowned. From the preliminary examination, no …

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The juridical police officer is arrested for corruption

Two officers of the Judicial Police in Elbasan are accused of corruption. They, together with another person, have received in some cases from two people, irregular monetary benefits, in monetary amounts as well as other material benefits, to perform actions related to their duty and function. For one of the …

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A 30-year old arrested after scamming a friend and a whole family out of 570,000 euros

A fraud scheme similar to those in the movies was used by the former official of the Bank of Albania, Milena Deraj, profiting 570 thousand euros. The 30-year-old woman was arrested for fraud. Deraj was reported to the police by her friend, who had taken the amount of 230,000 euros …

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Albania Agrees to Host 200 Albanian Prisoners From UK

Albania says it has agreed to take back 200 prisoners from the UK, which will cover the entire cost of their remaining sentences in Albanian jails. Original post Here

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200 Albanian offenders to be sent home from UK cells

200 Albanian prisoners in prisons in England and Wales will return within two years to serve their sentences in Albanian prisons. The news is confirmed by the Minister of Justice in the context of the start of the implementation of the agreement with Great Britain for the transfer of prisoners …

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Young man arrested for helping Kavaja shooter escape

Ervis Kurti has been arrested with the charge that he helped his friend Habib Rexha escape the scene after the murder of Arjan Gosa, but denied having any knowledge about what he is being accused of. Kurti was arrested for the criminal offense of “Supporting the author of the crime”, …

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Suspected of being the author of Lushnja massacre, Laert Haxhiu’s arrest by the police

A disobedience to the Greek police to stop the vehicle led to the imprisonment of Laert Haxhiu, the most wanted man who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder. A BC News journalist Ermal Vija reported that on Monday evening in Janina, Haxhiu was traveling with two other …