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Destinations across Europe are battling overtourism - visit Venice and you’ll have to pay an entry fee, book for Amsterdam and you’ll be asked to take a quiz about your holiday activities, head to the Canary Islands and you might see graffiti telling tourists to go home. It’s no surprise then that many travellers are seeking out lesser-trod alternatives away from the crowds. You might not get to see iconic landmarks or eat in raved-about restaurants, but you’ll find space, peace, lower prices and a few surprises. Here are the best places for escaping the crowds, according to users of Reddit’s ...
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Residents in four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo cast their votes on Sunday on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office. The referendum, endorsed by Western nations, aims to alleviate tensions between Kosovo and neighbouring Serbia, both aspiring for European Union membership. Serbia endorses calls for mayors' resignationThe main ethnic Serb party in Kosovo, Srpska List, which maintains close ties with Belgrade, has urged a boycott of the vote. An estimated 46,500 residents are anticipated to participate in 47 polling stations, with a majority vote required for the ma...
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Eight people, including seven thought to be migrants, have died after the car they were travelling in swerved off a mountain road into the Vjosa River in southeastern Albania. Authorities said the driver failed to stop at a checkpoint and sped away. According to regional police chief Ardian Cipa, officers followed the car and later saw that it had crashed into the river about 240 kilometres southeast of the capital, Tirana. It is believed the driver lost control of the car and veered into the river at about 4am local time. “It is suspected the driver is from Shkodra and the others are suspecte...
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EU enlargement policy when it comes to the Western Balkans was the main topic of conversation at a debate organised by Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) in Athens. The new Montenegro government's committment to align with EU standards makes it the most likely next addition to the bloc. To begin accession negotiations, candidate countries must first implement reforms corresponding to chapters of the EU "acquis" - a collection of common rights and obligations that constitute the body of EU law, incorporated into the legal systems of ...
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NATO member Albania on Monday inaugurated a refurbished Soviet-era air base, the alliance's first in the Western Balkan region. The air base is named after the small town of Kucova, 85 kilometres south of the capital Tirana. Officials said the new air base will serve as a modern hub of operations, for training and hosting an array of fighter jets. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama welcomed the reactivation of the air base, which was officially closed in 2005, as "another element of security from our region of the Western Balkans, which we know well may be endangered from the neo-imperialist thr...
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian advances at a summit he co-hosted in Albania on Wednesday. Zelenskyy said that increasing the supply of armaments, and especially ammunition, was paramount for Ukraine just over two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion: “I think this is the question of: Will we stand or not,” he said during his speech to the summit. Zelenskyy arrived in Albania overnight to join a summit of eleven countries from southeastern Europe, along with officials from the European Union and other international organisations. Durin...
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An Albanian organisation is asking the government to criminalise cyber violence against women in the wake of another woman’s suicide over leaked photos on social media. A 27-year-old woman killed herself this month after a TikTok influencer she was seeing blackmailed her and published her explicit photos on the app, according to local media. The man accused of leaking the photos, Tiktoker Altin Çoku, was arrested and charged by the Court of Tirana with “causing suicide”. He made his first court appearance last Thursday. Euronews Next has reached out to TikTok for comment. This recent case in A...
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Albania's Parliament on Thursday approved a deal for the country to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by Italy while their asylum applications are processed, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants at any one time. With asylum requests expected to take around a month to process, the number of asylum-seekers sent to Albania could reach up to 36,000 in a year. The agreement, signed in November between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,...
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Thousands of supporters of Albania’s opposition took to the streets of the capital Tirana on Tuesday to protest against alleged corruption in the government’s cabinet. The demonstration followed months of protests from opposition lawmakers in parliament over the ruling socialists’ refusal to investigate alleged corruption involving Prime Minister Edi Rama and other top officials. Protests coincided with the 33rd anniversary of the toppling of the main statue of the country’s late communist director, Enver Hoxha. The cabinet was asked to create parliamentary commissions to investigate the alleg...
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