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UK's 'stop the boats' threat sparked rush of channel crossings, researchers told

Dr Krish Kandiah of the Sanctuary Foundation last week visited the country on a “fact-finding mission”, and said: "All these factors have been decades in the making. They need serious time and investment into undoing. But there are solutions."

Daily Mirror

UK waters are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer answers

Almost all of the UK’s waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report on the state of UK rivers concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a “good” ecological status.

The Conversation

Albanian court refuses to extradite Russian blogger

A court in Albania decided on Friday not to extradite a Russian self-proclaimed blogger arrested last August on spying charges, who faces similar charges in Moscow.

Reuters

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Left in limbo: Afghan refugees in Albania

In August 2021, when the US hurriedly pulled out of Afghanistan, it organised an airlift to evacuate those who had worked with NATO forces and found themselves threatened by the Taliban. These evacuations became chaotic and not everyone made it out. Meanwhile, Washington insisted on security checks for the Afghans…

France 24

Dublin Airport flights: The cheapest air fares to Albania from under €200

Holidaymakers are gearing up to make the most of the warm weather abroad, with Albania surprisingly growing in popularity amongst Irish tourists

Dublin Live

Watch A Zero SR/F Rider Traverse A Tricky Off Road Trail In Albania

Moto traveler Marc Travels is in the midst of riding around the world on his Zero SR/F, and recently tackled some serious off-road riding in Albania.

RideApart

From Hamburg to Crete: readers’ favourite early summer holidays

Our tipsters enjoy quiet beaches and the absence of queues at historic sites from Albania to Andalucía on early summer holidays

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Nigel Pearson sends message to Anis Mehmeti as the Bristol City forward awaits first goal

The Albanian international has shown glimpses of what he can offer but has yet to kick-start his City career since his January move

Bristol Post

US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

Reuters

'The job here is miserable - I'm happy to be arrested'

Erald Abmetaj had come into the UK from Albania and found himself with nowhere to live

Manchester Evening News

Charity workers' mission to learn why Albanians make perilous journey to UK

Researchers from the Sanctuary Foundation, led by Dr Krish Kandiah are set for a “fact-finding mission”, seeking to find ways of discouraging young people not to make the dangerous journey.

Daily Mirror

Poor Albanian town pins tourism hopes on communist tunnels

Under the Albanian town of Kukes lies a vast warren of underground tunnels and a military command center, relics of the former communist regime's fear of a foreign invasion that never came

The Independent UK

Queens Park Rangers manager makes Premier League prediction for Bristol City talent

Bristol City attacking midfielder Anis Mehmeti made his debut for Albania this week and few people were more delighted than Queens Park Rangers manager Gareth Ainsworth

Bristol Post

Perth striker Abbie Ferguson on Scotland U19 selection and why she will always remember her days at Jeanfield Swifts

Ferguson, a former Perth Grammar student, will travel for fixtures against Albania and then Liechtenstein

Daily Record

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Evening Standard

‘I just dreamt of a better life in a big country’

As the debate over immigration grows increasingly heated, one country has been more vilified than any other. Kate Wills finds out the effect this shift in perception has had on life for London’s Albanian community

The Independent UK

PM tells Rishi Sunak he wants Albanians in UK to feel ‘honoured’

Edi Rama used his visit to No 10 to stress that just as all Britons are not Mr Bean, not all Albanians are characters from the thriller Taken.

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman blasted by Albanian PM over 'disgraceful' migrant comments

Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary

The Guardian - UK

Albanian PM hits out at Braverman over ‘disgraceful’ comments on migrants

Edi Rama says home secretary’s references to ‘Albanian criminals’ could themselves be considered a crime

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The Independent UK

Albanian premier hits out at ‘disgraceful’ Braverman attack on migrants

Edi Rama said the Home Secretary’s comments about ‘Albanian criminals’ crossing the Channel marked a low point in relations.

The Independent UK

Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK

Thousands of young Albanians have crossed the English Channel in recent years to seek a new life in the U.K. Their dangerous journey in small boats or inflatable dinghies reflects Albania's anemic economy and a younger generation’s longing for fresh opportunities

The Guardian - UK

Artist of the voting world: Albania’s PM Edi Rama mixes paint with politics

This week Rama debuts exhibition in Greece and will be first Albanian PM to visit 10 Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

‘The hydropower goldrush’: how Europe’s first wild river national park saw off the dams

The Vjosa River in Albania teems with more than 1,000 species, while rare vultures and Balkan lynx visit its banks. It has seen off the threat of a surge in barriers, but the shadow of development persists

Daily Record

Ylber Ramadani earns high Aberdeen praise as Alan Burrows goes Albanian with one word assessment

The Albanian midfielder has been one of the stand out players for the Pittodrie outfit this season and has developed a good relationship with Graeme Shinnie since the former Don joined on loan in January.

Daily Mirror

Best Europe holidays where it's cheap once you're there from Croatia to Poland

If you tot up all the requirements for a week away - including food, alcohol, flights and accommodation - two people can spend a week in destinations including Albania and Montenegro for far less than France, Spain and Italy

The Independent UK

Albania declares new national river park, backs airport plan

Albania's government has formally designated the Vjosa River and its tributaries a national park, starting with an investment of some $80 million (75 million euros) to stop wastewater being poured into the river

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