Crete wildfire forces 5,000 to evacuate as Europe heatwave continues
Fire on island being fanned by gale-force winds, with blazes also raging on mainland Greece and in other parts of Europe A wildfire fanned by...
Category : Albania
Third-country asylum plan shows UK is in ‘a very dark place’, says Albanian PM
Edi Rama attacks British return hubs scheme as looking for ‘places to dump immigrants’ A UK plan to send refused asylum seekers to “return hubs”...
Polish presidential hopefuls in final campaign push – Europe live
Thirteen candidates making their last pitches before ‘Super Sunday’ with votes also due in Portugal and Romania Over in Tirana, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds
Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty More than 2,200 people either...
Albanian man taken from UK psychiatric ward to deportation flight – report
Watchdog raises concerns about Home Office decision in annual report about incident last summer An Albanian man who was being held in a secure psychiatric...
Albanian anti-government protesters hurl petrol bombs and scuffle with police – video
Opposition protesters pelted Albania’s government buildings and the mayor’s office in the capital, Tirana, with petrol bombs, accusing state officials of involvement in organised crime...
Thousands of Albanians honour author Ismail Kadare in Tirana
PM pays tribute to country’s best-known novelist as coffin is covered in national flag and flowers Thousands of Albanians have gathered in Tirana to pay...
Albanians willing to be repatriated detained for weeks in UK, watchdog finds
HM chief inspector of prisons says detainees held unnecessarily despite volunteering for fast-track deportation Albanians volunteering to be repatriated under a fast-track deportation deal are...
Albanian court to rule on migration deal with Italian government
Judge to determine whether agreement criticised by human rights groups violates constitution A court in Albania is due to rule on whether a deal with...
Family of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his body
Leonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania The family of a man believed...
