HEADLINES
POLITICS
- Albania and allies boost NATO military mobility with key agreement
- Leaders of Albania and North Macedonia meet on NATO summit sidelines
- Albania advances EU integration efforts at National Integraton Council meeting
- PM Rama’s daughter in law sues opposition head Berisha for defamation after claims she benefited from public tenders
- Citizens protest the abuses of doctors in front of the Ministry of Health: “What cannot be bought with money, can be bought with more money”
- Opposition proposes Petro Gjikuria as candidate for Himara mayor
- Albanian opposition to rally today
- EU ambassador in Albania Silvio Gonzato affirms support for Albania`s justice system
ECONOMY
- GDP growth slows to 3, 6 y/y in Q1
- Home loans amount to 26% of the total
- Property market stars downword trend
- Microfinance license revocation in force
- Working age population down by 349K
- Committee okays EUR 75, 5M IBRD deal
- Authorities in Albania crack down on tourism price abuses and tax evation
CURRENT EVENTS
- SPAK moives forward with criminal case for January 21st, 2011 deaths
- Zamira Durba lost her son in Gerdec explosion affirms her disappointment on Gerdec caseGeneral Prosecutor Olsion Çela had an official visit in Croatia
- Police arrests former socialists MP`s brother
- Shkodra, over 3500 cannabis plants destroyed
- Greek firefighting aircraft assist in battling fire in southern Albania
SOCIETY
- Fire Dropulli municipality is brought under control, the residential area not any longer threatened