HEADLINES
POLITICS
• Angelio Alfonso in Tirana – EU should do more to the Balkan
• Is Russia seen the same way by both political parties?
• Opposition leader hold meetings with EU Ambassadors
• Basha-Alfonso meeting – EU standards can be meet only through caretaker gov
• Right –wing leader meets Russian Ambassador. Alexander Karpush
• Finland sustains Albanian EU integration process, and will keep on
• PM – There is nothing true about chemical residues arriving to Albania
• Alfano – The risk of instability in the Balkan is imminent
• Strasbourg report. There are 207 prisoners per 100 residents
ECONOMY
• WB lends to Albania USD 100 mln of loan on reforms undertaken
• The Economist dedicates an item to Albanian New Bazaar. Grandiose
• Albanian Central Bank aims at potentiating domestic currency
• IDA A attends the International Networking Event in Brindisi
• EBRD grants EUR 63.8 mln to urban and tourism development projects
• EUR 12 mln per year is the average figure of wood exportation
• Finance Ministry encased ALL 2.7 bln from excise during January
• Revenues from VAT mounted up to ALL 10 bln
• Experts preview that the pay rise will affect the increase of consumption
• Friends of Europe. If justice is missing, investors risk their money in Albania
• SIEF imposes ALL 1 mln fine to Alb-petrol on environmental pollution
• Currency values today
SOCIETY
• 7000 individuals have been hired by 1470 wood processing companies
WEATHER
• Weather forecast tomorrow
