Officials alarmed over payment of electricity bills boycott

Tirana, July 18 (AENews) – Tax authority officials announced that several businesses have not been paying their electricity bills under hopes of having them canceled by the new government.

Bank of Albania to impose charges on T-bills

Tirana, July 15 (AENews) – The Bank of Albania has announced that after September 1 it will start to impose service charges to individuals wanting to buy T-bills at the Bank’s counters.

Election winners seeks to extend coalition for larger parliament majority

Tirana, July 15 (AENews) – Head of the opposition, Sali Berisha, announced today that his party intends to extend their soft majority in the parliament.

Vehicle imports fall 50 % during Q1 2005

Tirana, July 14 (AENews) – The number of imported cars for Q1 2005 fell by 50%, compared to Q1 in 2004, according to data released by the Albanian National Institute of Statistic (INSTAT).

New Prime Minister Berisha may visit Germany first

Tirana, July 14 (AENews) – Well-informed sources said today that former-president Sali Berisha, who is now excepted to become the country’s new Prime Minister, intends to visit Germany first after receiving official nomination.

Latest election results give a fair advantage to the opposition

Tirana, July 5 (AENews) – Final election results are not yet published due to continued counting of votes in over a dozen counting centers around the country. Latest published results by the Central Elections Commission (CEC) give a fair advantage to the opposition over the government in most parts of the country, which has around [...]

Several villages boycott elections in protest against the government

Tirana, July 4 (AENews) – Commissioners from several voting centers in the north of Albania, did not accept to withdraw their election materials and open their voting centers this morning in their protest against the government.

Albanian’s most heavily observed elections

Tirana, July 4 (AENews) – Today Albanians have begun to in what are deemed the most heavily observed elections ever. More then 1600 foreign and domestic observers are spread throughout the country in more then 4700 polling centers.

Albanian elections – go forwards then go backwards

Tirana, July 4 (AENews) – Today Albanians will have to face their own history after voting in the fifth multi-party parliamentary elections in Albania. Without any exceptions, in all previous election experiences no government has changed without an open conflict or victims on the streets.

Albania, Special election coverage

Last news: Both opposition and ruling party in Albania self declared winner of elections