Italy “gazumped” Britain when it struck a deal with Albania to process asylum applications, a source has claimed. London had proposed an agreement with Tirana earlier this year by which the Baltic state would handle applications from migrants who cross the English Channel. The plan stalled when the British Embassy in […]
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Hello and welcome to our ongoing live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Beijing, Moscow’s foreign ministry said on Monday, ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin. The foreign ministry said on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that […]
The father of a British woman who died while diving in Albania says he’s had “no help whatsoever” from the government in his fight for justice for her and that her death has been “swept under the carpet”. George Gannon, 61, told Sky News that Rebecca, 29, from Stone, in […]
“Farmers here are the caretakers of culture,” said Ms. Bejo, who acts as Albanik’s gardener, concierge, yoga instructor and hiking guide. “It’s important that the families with endurance — those who stayed in the valley instead of leaving — are shown appreciation as the economy shifts to tourism.” My initial […]
A heartbroken father has slammed Albanian authorities for ‘dragging their heels’ after failing to charge anyone for the death of his daughter in a diving accident a year ago. Rebecca Gannon, 29, died last a year ago next month while on holiday with her boyfriend Robert Kerans, after they went […]
More than a dozen sweaty people in various states of undress giggled as a capoeira instructor directed us to crawl around on the floor. Make eye contact, he told us as we tried to follow the flow of one another’s bodies. But it was hard not to stare at the […]
How good was that USA versus Netherlands blockbuster in the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Thursday hey? What’s that? You didn’t see it? Well, what about that moment when teenage Colombian cancer survivor Linda Caicedo put one into the back of the net against South Korea? Or when she scored […]
European destinations have become increasingly expensive for Britons in the market for a summer holiday, making the likes of Spain, Italy and even Portugal out of reach. Albania, however, is just one of several lesser-visited spots in the Balkans, boasting landscapes likened to those in the Mediterranean. And for those […]