Albania, Italy

Italy’s plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of the European Union borders in Albania has hit another snag.
Italy Court Refers Albania Migrant Detention Case to EU Judges
A drone view of Italian navy ship Libra carrying migrants arriving in Albania, as part of a deal with Italy to process thousands of asylum-seekers caught near Italian waters, in Shengjin, Albania, November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Italian Court Further Deals Blow to Meloni’s Albania Migrant Plan
A court in Rome dealt a further blow to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s plans to resettle some asylum seekers in Albania, saying a second batch of migrants should return to Italy.
One of 8 migrants sent to Albania returned to Italy
One of the eight migrants brought for processing in an Albanian center after being intercepted in international waters has returned to Italy after being deemed “vulnerable.”
Italy Judges Deal New Blow To Albania Migrant Scheme
Italian judges Monday rejected the detention of a group of migrants in Italian-run centres in Albania in a fresh blow to Rome by referring the case to Europe's top rights court.
Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania, despite failing to process the first group
An Italian navy ship has arrived at the Albanian port of Shengjin with eight migrants who will be processed there after they were intercepted in international waters
Otro grupo de migrantes regresa a Italia en nuevo revés para plan de procesar migrantes en Albania
El programa de la primera ministra italiana, Giorgia Meloni, para filtrar a los solicitantes de asilo en Albania, fuera de las fronteras de la Unión Europea, enfrentó otro contratiempo cuando un tribu
Court blocks Italy’s migrant plan
The Italian Government’s plan to send migrants to Albania has hit another setback
Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania
A Rome court on Monday asked EU judges to weigh in on the detention of sea migrants in Albania, again frustrating the Italian right-wing government's efforts to pursue its flagship plan to crackdown on irregular arrivals.
Court again rejects Giorgia Meloni’s migrant camps in Albania
An Italian immigration judge has rejected Giorgia Meloni’s latest bid to detain Europe-bound asylum seekers in Albania — another setback to her flagship initiative for curbing the influx of irregular migrants into Italy.
Italy’s $720 Million Albania Migration Scheme Faces Further Challenge
The Italian government is asserting the right to return people to these countries, and this forms the base of their ...
Albania has greenlit a Trump-connected resort that could endanger bird and turtle species
Bird species that live in a wetland area in Albania are under threat by two luxury real estate projects — worth an estimated ...
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Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state
Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.
First Leucistic Angular Roughshark Found In Albania’s Waters
Unlike albinism, where there is a complete lack of melanin and the iris is red due to underlying blood vessels, leucistic ...
Ship suspected of carrying toxic waste docks in Albania, where it will be checked
A ship suspected of carrying a large amount of hazardous waste has been allowed to dock at Albania’s main port, where its cargo was being unloaded for inspection ...
Newsday13d
Albania's opposition blocks roads in a protest to demand a caretaker Cabinet
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition activists blocked major roads for several hours Tuesday in a nationwide rally demanding that the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet ...
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Meloni’s Albania scheme hits another bump in the road
ROME — The Italian coast guard on Tuesday transported seven Bangladeshi and Egyptian men held in Albania to Italy after ...
The Star1d
More Europeans are heading to Albania for medical tourism
Once it was Europe’s North Korea, a cloistered communist dictatorship. But now Albania lures millions of tourists a year, ...