How Albania went from Europe’s socialist poorhouse to a narco-state
Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved ...
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Albanian Cannabis Gangs Exploit Poverty to Hire Female Day Labourers
Women from impoverished parts of Albania are being lured into work as day labourers on illegal cannabis plantations; if caught, they face paying a high price for what their lawyers say is effectively ...
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Metropolitan Ioannis: The successor of Anastasios is the son of dervishes who was secretly baptized a Christian
The shocking story of Metropolitan Ioannis of Korça - He was the first bishop ordained by Archbishop Anastasios, became his ...
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On TV tonight: Britons experience refugee life on Go Back to Where You Came From
Also, the 'First Dates' restaurant reopens its doors and BC Europe editor Katya Adler returns to the Balkans, 30 years after ...
Rome Court of Appeal Suspends Migrant Detention in Albania
The decision of the Court of Appeal of Rome. The judges of the Court of Appeal in Rome have made a significant decision regarding the fate of 43 migrants, currently detained in th ...
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Italian court blocks asylum-seekers expulsions in challenge to Meloni’s migrant deal with Albania
An Italian appeals court on Friday refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a ...
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Week in Review: Testing Times, Elusive Compromises
In our weekly roundup of Balkan Insight Premium stories, political crises big and small are engulfing several countries in ...