HEADLINES
POLITICS
- New minister meets with Durrës Police, seeks awareness from officers and drivers: I am not interested in fines, but awareness from the citizens
- SP`s candidate wins Rrogozhina municipality
- Blushi: An election crime took place in Rrogozhina
- BIRN analysis on SP victory in Rrogozhina: How candidate Memolla was favored by the high participation in elections
- Elections in Rrogozhina, head of CEC: The way of organizing election commission should be changed
- Property price increase by 20% in Durres
- Education Minister signs memorandum with British Council
ECONOMY
- Euro currency may decrease to 90-95 Albanian ALL
- RCC finds: 60% of Albanians cannot afford a week of vacations
- Agriculture in difficulty due to lack of employees
CURRENT EVENTS
- Tragedy in Banja lake; Four members of a family lost their lives while bathing, including children
- Youth arrested after mugging tourist
- Austrian tourist saved after bike accident, getting stranded in Dibra
- Shkoder, TNT placed in-house, no casualties
- Helicopter helping put out Vlora landfill`s massive fires
SOCIETY
- VOA: Property problems impede development of tourism in mountainous areas
- Fires continue in Radhima, Vlora; The heat and strong wind encourages the spread of flames
- Fires rekindle in the pine forest of Fier’s Peshtan, fire chief: The situation is very difficult
- Overnight stays increase, most tourists from Germany
WEATHER
- Extreme temperatures to last until Wednesday
