Airport threatens Albania’s fragile wild paradise
By Emmy VARLEY and Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse NARTA , Albania, June 15, 2023 (AFP) -- Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans…
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Albania pushes out boat to save world’s rarest seal
by Briseida MEMA Agence France Presse Vlora, Albania (AFP) -- A team of Albanian marine biologists scan the azure waters…
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Albania’s ‘wild river’ granted national park status
Tepelenë, Albania (AFP) -- Environmental campaigners scored a rare victory in Albania on Wednesday after authorities announced the creation of…
3 years ago
Albanian bunkers ravaged by rising tides as erosion takes toll
by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse SEMAN, Albania (AFP) - Albania's communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but…
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US hails Albania, Uganda for taking in Afghans
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday saluted Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Uganda for agreeing to…
5 years ago
Albania ready to welcome hundreds of Afghan refugees
TIRANA, Albania (AFP) -- Albania said it was ready on Sunday to temporarily host hundreds of Afghan refugees bound for…
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Ohrid Lake region avoids UNESCO ‘in danger’ list
SKOPJE, Republic of North Macedonia (AFP) — The Lake Ohrid region, shared by North Macedonia and Albania, avoided being listed as…
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Birds in paradise: Albania’s flamingos flourish in virus lockdown
by Briseida MEMA Agence France Presse NARTE, Albania (AFP) -- With tourists home, boats docked and factories silenced under a…
6 years ago
Thousands take to street in Albanian judge row
TIRANA, Albania (AFP) -- Thousands protested on Monday in Albania's capital city Tirana against a left-wing government that they accuse…
6 years ago
Forty dead as families pulled from Albania earthquake rubble
by Briseida MEMA Agence France Presse DURRËS, Albania (AFP) -- The death toll from the most powerful earthquake to…
7 years ago
Albania races against time to find earthquake survivors
by Briseida MEMA THUMANE, Albania (AFP) -- Emergency workers on Wednesday pulled dust-covered corpses from the ruins of an earthquake…
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More than 20 dead as Albania hunts for earthquake survivors
by Briseida MEMA DURRES, Albania (AFP) -- Albanian rescuers searched rubble through the night looking for survivors trapped in buildings…
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