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Family of 3 Americans slain in Serbia in 1999 seek justice

Edit Austin American Statesman 08 Jul 2016
The Bytyqi brothers — Illy, Mehmet and Agron — left their New York pizza business to fight with ethnic Albanian rebels against Serbia's rule in Kosovo ... their bodies were thrown into a pit that already held dozens of bodies of slaining ethnic Albanian civilians — an effort by former Serbian authorities to cover up mass murders during the Kosovo war....

Deputy Minister Barbullushi meets with European media journalists (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Albania)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
Foreign journalists' questions mainly focused on internal administrative and political efforts undertaken by the Albanian government to meet the criteria and implement reforms which aim at marking further progress in the process of European integration. They also dwelt on the impact of contextual factors in this ......

Bebe Rexha: Meet The Woman Secretly In Charge Of Pop

Edit NME 08 Jul 2016
Meet the woman secretly in charge of pop ... Not only did she co-write Eminem and Rihanna’s massive 2013 smash ‘The Monster’, but she’s also co-written and sung on hits by David Guetta (‘Hey Mama’) and G-Eazy (‘Me, Myself & I’) ... She was brought up in Brooklyn by Albanian parents who’d moved to the US in the ’80s and says New York taught her how to “legit hustle”....

Running in a park - Albania's Gega eyes glory

Edit Khaleej Times 08 Jul 2016
She runs next to leisurely joggers in a Tirana park - with no athletics track in the Albanian capital, Luiza Gega has no choice but to train alone and wherever she can. But the tiny 27-year-old, a picture of pure muscle and energy, is building up to the 3,000m steeplechase at the Rio Olympics next month, where she will be a proud flag-bearer....

222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in year's first half in Germany

Edit Deccan Chronicle 08 Jul 2016
Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union made a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea ... The numbers declined sharply after 91,671 arrived in January. In June, the figure was 16,335, similar to the previous two months....

Preview: Rapids looking to get regain momentum (Colorado Rapids)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
The Colorado Rapids are still flying high in the Supporters' Shield on the back of an 11-game unbeaten run. However, their last two games have been scoreless draws and, after the stalemate against Portland on July 4, they lost their lead in the standings to Dallas. No team goes through a campaign without some sort of dip, the key is pull yourself out of quickly ... The Albanian was substituted for the Guatemalan against Portland....

Germany: 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in year's first half

Edit Boston Herald 08 Jul 2016
BERLIN — Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday — reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union made a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea ... The numbers declined sharply after 91,671 arrived in January. In June, the figure was 16,335, similar to the previous two months....

Professor assists with historical restoration in eastern Europe (Indiana University Kokomo)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
Kathy Parkison, Indiana University Kokomo professor of economics and Fulbright Scholar, spent nearly two weeks helping restore the historical wine cellars of Rogljevacke, a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site in Serbia, as part of a Fulbright Association Service Trip to eastern Europe ... 'The idea is to show these young people that Albanians, Bulgarians, Serbians, and Romanians are people just like them....

07/07/2016 Steering the path to leadership for women police officers in Albania (UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
Martha Bacile Findlay, Advisor to the Albanian State Police, says it is part of a series of initiatives that help empower women police officers ... Overall, 1,468 women now represent 14 per cent of the Albanian State Police, up from 9 per cent in 2011 ... UN Women has provided support to the Albanian State Police in implementing its 2011 Diversity Plan of ......

Bank of Albania keeps base rate unchanged at 1.25 pct

Edit Xinhua 07 Jul 2016
Sejko said that the new available data show that the ... "The expansion of private investments benefited from the ample liquidity and the low interest rates in the financial markets," Albanian Daily News quoted the governor as saying....

Investment in Albania's road infrastructure is low: official

Edit Xinhua 07 Jul 2016
TIRANA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Investment in Albania's road infrastructure is low and the country sees a high number of road accidents, a World Bank official has said. The drivers' ... "On the average, Albania spends 3,000 euros (3,300 U.S....

Discrimination Against Roma in Albanian Children’s Home (ERRC - European Roma Rights Centre)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
If you are one of the children institutionalised in the care home for children in Shkodra, you are probably Roma or Egyptian. More than half the children there belong to these minority groups, which make up only a fraction of Albania's overall population ... This comes after a draft report from the Ombudsman released on the 30th June which found serious violations and abuses committed by those running the School Children's Home, Shkodra....

SOFA takes on eight participants for fourth edition

Edit Screen Daily 07 Jul 2016
The School of Film Agents (SOFA) has revealed the projects that will take part in its fourth edition in Wroclaw - this year’s European Capital of Culture - from Aug 19-28 ... During the 10-day workshop, the selected participants will work with a group of experienced industry professionals at their proposals ... ‘The Albanian Cinematèque’ Creating a platform for film culture, its education and promotion in Tirana....
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