The so-called Albanian ‘King of TikTok’, Aleks Visha, openly claims on social media to be operating a UK drug empire, an Express investigation has revealed. A video, obtained by the Express, shows Aleks on an Instagram live stream boasting about the number
A car crashed into the Vjosa River in southeastern Albania, killing all eight people aboard. The victims included seven suspected migrants and a local driver, according to Albanian police. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. when the driver lost control of the
Albania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to resume the investigation into the killing of a protester at an anti-government rally in 2011. Four Socialist Party supporters were killed by police on Jan. 21, 2011, in front of the main government building
Albania’s Parliament has approved a deal allowing the country to host up to 3,000 asylum seekers for Italy. Parliament, controlled by Rama’s Socialist Party, approved the deal 77-0 despite opposition protests. Italy’s lower house and Senate had previously approved the deal, with
Ex-FBI official sentenced to over 2 years in prison for concealing payment from Albanian businessman
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced on Friday to more than two years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government — and trying to
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo held a signature drive Wednesday in hopes of securing enough to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year sent tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soaring. Groups of people were seen going to sport halls or
The Albanian Parliament voted Thursday to rescind former Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s legal immunity. Berisha, the 79-year-old leader of the country’s center-right Democratic Party, is accused of abusing his position to help his son-in-law buy land in Tirana. Berisha denies the charges,
Supporters of Albania’s center-right opposition swarmed around the Parliament building Monday as lawmakers weighed stripping former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of prosecutorial immunity. Prosecutors sought the motion after Berisha failed to comply with orders to stay in Albania and report to them
Albania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday blocked the ratification of a deal with Italy that would establish a joint-processing system for migrant arrivals. The controversial deal calls for Tirana to hold up to 36,000 migrants for a year, so Rome can expedite its
Albanian prosecutors on Tuesday asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he did not abide by their previous decision to report regularly while he is being investigated for corruption. Prosecutors of the country’s Special Court