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Dutch Airline to Fly Tourists to Albania
ArkeFly, the Dutch leisure airline, has introduced a new service to Albania with a direct flight between Amsterdam and Tirana International Airport, TIA.
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Albania Seeks Azeri Blessing for Gas Pipeline
Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Sunday asked Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, to support construction of the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline, TAP.
Serbia Tops Balkans For Illicit Financial Flows
The organisation Global Financial Integrity has ranked Serbia worst of all Balkan countries when it comes to illegal financial flows.
Cost of Mismanagement Rises in Albania
The annual report of the High State Audit office says poor management of state-owned companies cost Albania twice as much in 2012 as it did the previous year.
Albania Accuses Kosovo of Dairy Trade War
Albanian minsters say Kosovo is making use of consumer worries about levels of aflatoxin in milk to damage the commercial interest of Albanian dairies.
Albania Minister Faces Grilling on Food Safety Concerns
The Socialist opposition said it seeks a hearing with the minister of agriculture on the presence of dangerous toxins and hormones in Albanian milk and meat products.
Suspect Milk Still on Sale in Albania
After Albanian authorities told dairies to withdraw milk suspected of contamination with the M1 aflatoxin from the market, it is still on sale in stores, Balkan Insight can confirm.
Bulgaria Moves to Scrap Czech Power Giant's License
Bulgaria could become the second country in the region to oust the Czech electricity company CEZ, after violent protests against hefty electricity bills led to the PM's resignation.
Albania Slashes Interest Rate to Historic Low
The central bank cut the key benchmark interest rate on Wednesday by 0.25 per cent to a historic low of 3.75 per cent in an effort to kick start the stagnating economy.
Albania Nationalizes Troubled Power Firm
The Albanian energy regularity agency, ERE, on Monday stripped the local subsidiary of the Czech power giant CEZ of its operating license, effectively taking it back into state control.
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Macedonia Tops Region's Economic Freedom Index
Macedonia tops the region in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, annually compiled by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.
Albania Oil Company Registers Growth
Bankers Petroleum announced that its production of crude oil from Albania rose by 3.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2012.
Albania Accuses Power Company of Losing $1bn
Albania has accused the power giant, CEZ, of causing a loss of $1 billion (€760 million) as a result of its poor management of a local electricity distribution branch.
Balkans Face Sluggish Growth in 2013, Bank Says
World Bank report predicts feeble return to growth next year, urging Southeastern European countries to reduce their debt levels and advance reforms leading to greater productivity and competitiveness.
CEZ Group Offers Albania Subsidiary for Sale
The Czech power company CEZ announced on Monday that it plans to sell its troubled electricity distribution subsidiary in Albania, CEZ Shperndarje.
Albania Accuses CEZ of Inciting Social Unrest
The Albanian government threatened on Sunday with criminal prosecution the Czech power giant CEZ for cutting electricity to local customers, who have held a series of protests over the last week.
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Neighbourhood Crises Hobble Albania’s Recovery
Albania faces another year of sluggish growth as foreign investors shy away, domestic consumers keep savings in the bank and recession deepens in neighbouring Greece and Italy.
Call Centres Boom in Cut-Price Albania
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Albania Parties Ignore Call For Donor Transparency
Open Data Albania, a Tirana-based watchdog group, says political parties are failing to make public their lists of campaign donors ahead of the June 23 elections.
Tony Blair to Advise Albanian Socialists
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Troubled Albanian Museum Sunk by Hoxha Row
Donors spent hundreds of thousands of euro building a new museum in Gjirokastra - but the results were questionable and it ultimately closed over an ideological dispute.
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