Opinion of the Day By BEHGJET PACOLLI While I am flying in the skies of Africa to lobby for Kosovo, I still hear the echo of the malicious pleasure of some media circles... On Mali and the recognition process Continued on page 25
Opinion of the Day By BEHGJET PACOLLI While I am flying in the skies over Africa to lobby for Kosovo, I am still coming back from the echo of satisfaction together with some media circles... About Mali and the recognition process Continues on page 25
The Mandela we do (not) deserve BY AFRIM KRASNIQI The Mandela we (do not) deserve Nelson Mandela died this morning at the age of 95. A life of nearly a century, but life is not only numbers. He spent 27 years of his life in political prison and was the first black President of So
TIA Report BY ARBEN RROZHANI Corruption, Albania like Africa’s Swaziland Pages 2-3
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI In the shocking events that erupted this week in more than twenty countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and even Australia, with the vandal attacks against... Geopolitical clashes, not clashes of civilizations Continued on page 21
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI In the shocking riots that broke out this week in more than twenty countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and as far as Australia, with the vandal attacks against... Geopolitical clashes, not clashes of civilizations Continued on page 2
THE AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ALBANIA IS ADMITTED TO THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES — Among the 323 member churches of the World Council of Churches, the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania is unanimously admitted as well. According to a statement from the press office
Doctors: «Stay off the streets as much as possible» Record average temperature reached TIRANË — African days in Albania. In many parts of the country, the meteorological service has long been monitoring not only the heat but also the scorching temperatures. In July, average tempe
BY AGRON ALIBALI The haste of a female ambassador During a visit to Nuremberg on April 1, 2012, the Ambassador of Albania to Germany, Valter Ibrahimi, commented on the late-March rejection by the German Bundestag of the motion for an official apology concerning the genocide commi
Last night in Sun City, South Africa, the Miss World 95 competition came to an end. Among the 88 contestants from different countries around the world, it was Miss Venezuela, 19-year-old Zaklin Anguilera Marcano, who won the crown of the world’s most beautiful women. The jury, ma
On the occasion of the national holiday, 28 November, President Berisha has received congratulatory telegrams from US President Clinton, German President Herzog, French President Chirac, Queen Elizabeth of England, Italian President Scalfaro, Japanese Emperor Akihito, Chinese Pre
PORTUGAL: “COMMUNISM IS NOT DEAD,” SAYS CUNHAL — Capitalism is a historically condemned system. This is still, even today, the conviction of Álvaro Cunhal, the veteran Portuguese communist leader, who, yesterday, speaking in Lisbon, said that the teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin
The Albanian Foreign Minister is due next week to begin an official visit to the Republic of South Africa. This will be the first official local meeting with the representative of the deposed Albanian king. On Monday, the Foreign Minister arranged a reception and talk in Johannes
On the 25th anniversary TIRANE — The 25th anniversary of DHL Made is also being celebrated in Albania by the General Director for Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and North Africa of DHL, Peter Davies, who chose precisely the Albanian capital to commemorate that distant day when,