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Anti-misinformation alliance offers journalists scientific backup and funding
Journalism
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June 25, 2025
Credit: Google_FX A new €2.7 million initiative invites European journalists to ditch the traditional "quick quote" approach and develop proper partnerships with researchers. The European Journalism Centre, in partnership with NOVA University of...
Albania to host 2027 NATO summit, draft confirms
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
Albania is set to host the NATO summit in 2027, according to a draft declaration ahead of next week’s meeting in The Hague. The draft, reviewed by Radio Free Europe, states that alliance leaders will gather in Albania following the 2026 summit in...
The Human Side of AI and its Potential for Albania: A Matter of Choice
Albanian Daily News
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Thirty-five years ago, UNDP launched its first Human Development Report, redefining progress beyond GDP to embrace broader dimensions of human well-being. It framed human development as a process of expanding people’s choices and...
Channel migrants '24 times more likely to go to prison' than Britons
GB News
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July 3, 2025
New analysis has suggested small boat migrants are 24 times more likely to go to prison than the average British citizen. The rate of foreign citizens in jail when compared to the overall migrant population in the UK is 0.18 per cent, slightly...
Tourism events app rolls out for Albania’s summer season
Gazeta Tema
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June 22, 2025
Albania’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has promoted the TEA app, which now features a harmonized calendar of summer events across the country. TEA, or Tourism Events of Albania, is a digital guide used by tourists in 126 countries. The app offers...
River Residence Tirana / Davide Macullo Architects
ArchDaily
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June 22, 2025
© Leonit Ibrahimi+ 20 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1030850/river-residence-tirana-davide-macullo-architects Design Team: Aileen Forbes-Munnelly, Andrea Carlotta Conti, Samantha Capoferri,...
Albania plans major expansion of elderly social services by 2030
Gazeta Tema
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June 14, 2025
Albania’s draft 2025–2030 Aging Policy doubles the social fund, scales up community and residential care for seniors, introduces “adopt-a-school” mentorship, and proposes a 13th pension payment. The Albanian government has released its draft...
Albania boosts anti-corruption agency’s budget by €5.8M
Gazeta Tema
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June 14, 2025
Albania has increased the 2025 budget of its anti-corruption agency, SPAK, by €5.8 million to fund upgraded offices, high-tech infrastructure, and the full launch of its FBI-modeled investigative bureau. The Albanian government has raised the 2025...
Albania’s average wage rises but dips from Q4
Gazeta Tema
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June 13, 2025
TIRANA, 13 June - Average monthly gross wages in Albania rose to 82,210 lek (≈ 660 EUR) in the first quarter of 2025, marking an 11.6% increase year‑on‑year, official data show. However, wages fell 1.4% from the previous quarter, when the average...
The General Prosecutors of Albania and Montenegro Sign a 'Memorandum of Understanding' to Strengthen Cooperation in Tackling Serious Crimes, Illegal Trafficking, and Money Laundering
Albanian Daily News
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The General Prosecutor of Albania, Olsian Çela, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Montenegrin counterpart, Milorad Markovic, during the Second Consultative Forum of the General and Special Prosecutors held in Tirana on June 16–17....
Four Students from Ukraine and Russia Study at Trakia University's Yambol-based Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Bulgarian News Agency
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Four foreign students are studying at the Yambol-based Faculty of Engineering and Technology of Trakia University in Stara Zagora, Professor Vanya Stoykova, Dean of the Faculty, told BTA. Three students from Ukraine and one from Russia are...
The Fantasy of a Grand Bargain Between America and China
Foreign Affairs
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July 3, 2025
Hope springs eternal in the world of great-power diplomacy. Even today, in the throes of a norm-busting trade war with China, there is talk of some kind of leader-to-leader grand bargain between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese...
Climate change is coming for your G&T! Global warming could change the taste of gin, scientists warn
Daily Mail
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June 19, 2025
If there's one thing the Brits take seriously, it's their gin and tonic. It requires a precise blend of the spirit, mixer, lime wedge and – of course – ice. But the subtle fusion of flavours is at risk, experts have warned - with climate change to...
Three Views of Albania and the World Order
Albanian Daily News
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Les Nemethy, the founder and CEO of Euro-Phoenix, a financial advisory firm focused on emerging markets, a former World Banker, gives his impressions on the changes that have happened in Albania since his first stay in Albania as an expert of the...
Championing diversity in the structural engineering space
Silicon Republic
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June 18, 2025
We spoke with Anisa Pjetri about establishing herself in a dynamic, ever-changing and typically male-dominated field. According to Anisa Pjetri, a senior structural engineer and project manager at AtkinsRéalis, Ireland’s engineering landscape is...
Championing diversity in the structural engineering space
Silicon Republic
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June 18, 2025
We spoke with Anisa Pjetri about establishing herself in a dynamic, ever-changing and typically male-dominated field. According to Anisa Pjetri, a senior structural engineer and project manager at AtkinsRéalis, Ireland’s engineering landscape is...
GRETA report: Albania makes progress on human trafficking
Gazeta Tema
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June 17, 2025
A Council of Europe report welcomes Albania’s progress against human trafficking but calls for stronger victim protections, child safeguards, and legal remedies. STRASBOURG, June 17 (TemA) – The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in...
Backpacking the Balkans, Part II
Sandpoint Reader - Idaho
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June 30, 2025
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the first installment of this travelogue, my partner Cadie and I had just completed the arduous hike through the Accursed Mountains in northern Albania, arriving in the beautiful village of Theth. The day after our...
Albanian dictator’s fortress-like palace becomes ‘hub for artistic experimentation’
The Art Newspaper
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June 9, 2025
Vila 31, a Brutalist compound in the Albanian capital Tirana, was once home to Enver Hoxha—the hardline communist who ruled for more than four decades. Long after his death, the site was a symbol of exclusion, isolation and repression. Now the Art...
OECD Report: Workforce Skills in Albania Far Below EU Standards
Euronews Albania
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June 16, 2025
A recent OECD report highlights significant challenges in Albania’s labor market, with one of the main issues being the lack of adequate skills—far below those in European Union countries. Although Albania is committed to meeting its EU accession...