¤ Albania: Security Official Charged With Killing Protesters A senior Albanian security official was charged with murder and placed under house arrest regarding the deaths of four opposition supporters who where shot during a protest a year ago. |
¤ On the Trail of an Intercontinental Killer
How a gruesome discovery in Brooklyn led to an international hunt for a suspected serial killer. |
¤ In Kosovo, Smuggling Fosters Unusual Ethnic Cooperation
Many observers say a lucrative oil-smuggling operation in Kosovo has actually fostered a rare ethnic easing of tensions between ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians. |
¤ Once a Government Witness, Edmond Demiraj Now Fights Wife’s Deportation
Edmond Demiraj’s wife and son face deportation to Albania, even though a mobster who shot Mr. Demiraj awaits. |
¤ On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise At least in budget terms, Albania was the best stretch of Seth Kugel's six-week-old Frugal Mediterranean adventure. |
¤ Albania: Thousands of Protesters Demand a New Government Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition supporters marched peacefully through the capital, Tirana, on Friday to demand that the government resign over corruption allegations. |
¤ Albania: Tens of Thousands Protest Protests begun over the disputed 2009 elections flared into violence last week after the deputy prime minister was implicated in a corruption scandal. |
¤ Albania: 20,000 Protesters March Against Government; 3 Killed More than 20,000 protesters were marching to demand early elections after the deputy prime minister resigned in a corruption scandal. |
¤ Kosovo: Report on Organ Trafficking A report on the illegal harvesting of and trafficking in human organs in Kosovo will be presented Thursday to the Council of Europe, a 47-nation group that deals with issues of human rights. |
¤ Ismail Kadare’s Novel ‘The Accident’ - Review
The Albanian author Ismail Kadare’s new novel begins like a thriller and then turns into something else entirely. |