Tag: Albania
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New Trump resort project in Albania halted by the Courts: massive protests against the project
A luxury resort project organised by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on Albania’s pristine coast has been struck by a major legal and political crisis after Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors froze the bank accounts of Albania Land Development, a landholding company owned by Qatari entrepreneurs Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat. The company is tied to the controversial…
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Oil tanker involved in trafficking Russian oil sails to Russia after anchoring in Hurd’s Bank
The Palau-flagged oil-tanker Fidan seems to have done a textbook oil-sale operation at Hurd’s Bank after travelling from the east specifically to the area. The ship is now en route to the Russian oil port of Primorsk with Hurd’s Bank being its last destination. The ship, which was previously under a Turkish flag, was also…
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EU to release €100 million in funds to Albania following reforms
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in a press conference in the capital of Albania, Tirana, that the EU will be issuing up to €100 million in funds to Albania following positive progress in various reforms. Albania is currently conducting various reforms to be eligible for EU membership which it plans to achieve…
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Malta signs letter against Israel with six other countries at the European Political Community Summit
Malta has signed a letter with six other European countries, urging Israel to immediately cease its military operations in Gaza and lift the blockade that is starving the Palestinian people in Gaza. The letter also states that Israel has killed more than 50,000 people in Gaza, many of them civilians, and that many more could…
