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The war in Ukraine has forced a major rethink of European security, with further enlargement of both NATO and the EU now on the table. Kyiv has asked for a fast-track procedure for EU membership. Moldova and Georgia have also applied. The EU has made it clear that Ukraine belongs…

France 24

Three die, two missing after tugboat sinks off southern Italy

Three people died and two were still missing after a tugboat sank off the southern Italian coast while pulling a pontoon on a route between Italy and Albania, the coastguard said on Thursday.

Reuters

Albania's Soviet-era sub awaits its fate, refusing to sink

Vlorë (Albania) (AFP) - Retired sergeant Neim Shehaj spends his days repairing a Soviet-era submarine, a witness to Albania's tumultuous communist past that is now rusting, half-submerged, at an Adriatic naval base.

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US Army Awards $309M Worth Contracts To Javelin JV

The U.S. Army recently awarded the Javelin JV two production contracts for Javelin missiles and associated equipment and services with a total value of $309 million. Javelin JV is a partnership of Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) Raytheon Missiles & Defense, and Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT). The contracts include more than 1300 Javelin missiles funded from the…

Benzinga

‘I liked the bit when she stopped the music’: Graham Norton’s most savage Eurovision commentary moments

Eurovision wouldn’t be the same without Norton’s cutting remarks

The Independent UK

‘I liked the bit when she stopped the music’: Graham Norton’s most savage Eurovision commentary moments

Eurovision wouldn’t be the same without Norton’s cutting remarks

The Independent UK

‘I liked the bit when she stopped the music’: Graham Norton’s most savage Eurovision commentary

Eurovision wouldn’t be the same without Norton’s cutting remarks

The Independent UK

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Group of Ukrainian athletes train in Albania, miss home

A group of young Ukrainian track and field athletes have made their way to safety in Albania after fleeing from a war zone

The Independent UK

Albanian author Lea Ypi named winner of £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize

The author picked up £10,000 prize for her 2021 novel Free, a coming of age memoir set amid political upheaval.

The Independent UK

Real Madrid vs Manchester City halted by pitch invader as chaotic Champions League tie leaves Bernabeu rocking

A fan ran on the pitch flying what appeared to be an Albanian flag as extra-time commenced.

Daily Record

Academic Lea Ypi wins Ondaatje prize for memoir

Award given for books that evoke the spirit of place goes to work that chronicles the author’s coming-of-age in Albania during the fall of communism

The Guardian - UK

Exiled Ukrainian athletes chase dreams in Albania and fret about home

Elbasan (Albania) (AFP) - The Russian invasion may have shattered their lives and forced them to flee to Albania, but eight young Ukrainian track and field athletes are continuing to chase their sporting dreams.

AFP

EU, Turkey, Albania curbs end as WHO warns

World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the agency is blind to how the coronavirus is spreading because of falling global testing rates.

Crikey

Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on April 4 2022 that Britain would relocate some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda. The plan was condemned by the opposition as well as human rights groups such as Amnesty International. The UK has settled on Rwanda after earlier reports that…

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Daily Mirror

Fury as Tories unveil 'cruel' plan to send asylum seekers to RWANDA - 5,000 miles away

Priti Patel will sign a deal with Rwanda after months of attempts to 'offshore' migrants in Albania and Ghana collapsed. Boris Johnson will boast he is 'taking back control of illegal immigration'

AFP

Albania's former 'Stalin City' looks West with NATO airbase

Kucova (Albania) (AFP) - In an Albanian city once named for Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, dozens of Soviet- and Chinese-made planes rust in the open air on a former communist airbase, some with flat tyres, others covered with dust.

Reuters

Albania seeks to pursue EU membership separately from N. Macedonia

Albania will ask the European Union if it can pursue its membership bid separately from its neighbour North Macedonia which continues to face a Bulgarian veto, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday.

Daily Record

'Trafficked' Albanian drug crew found 'locked' in Lanarkshire cannabis farm

They were freed after 10 months in jail awaiting trial accused of helping to man a £400,000 Scots cannabis farm

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Glasgow Live

'Trafficked' Albanian drug crew 'locked' in Muirhead cannabis farm released after 10 months in jail

They were accused of helping to man a £400,000 Scots cannabis farm that contained more than 1400 plants.

Daily Record

'Trafficked' Albanian drug crew 'locked' in Scots cannabis farm freed after 10 months in jail awaiting trial

They were accused of helping to man a £400,000 Scots cannabis farm that contained more than 1400 plants.

Nottingham Post

Lee Carsley speaks out on Nottingham Forest star's international debut

Djed Spence made his England under-21s debut in their 3-0 win over Albania

The Independent UK

Germany says Albania and North Macedonia should be allowed to swiftly join EU

Olaf Scholz warns that delay will leave Western Balkans open to ‘outside influence’ like Russia

Reuters

It's time for EU accession talks with Western Balkans -German chancellor

Talks on Albania's and North Macedonia's accession to the European Union need to start as soon as possible because any delay will make Western Balkans vulnerable to outside influence, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday.

Football London

Flo Balogun makes Arsenal admission as striker names one area Middlesbrough loan has improved

The forward will lead the line for England Under-21 away to Albania tomorrow night believing he is a far more mature player since moving north on loan

The Hindu

Spain beats Albania in return to Barcelona after 18 years

Spain received a warm welcome in its first match in Barcelona in 18 years

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