Meta: Albania has very good, relations with Greece

At the press conference where he spoke about the election campaign and introduced the LSI spot for the elections, the Speaker Ilir Meta denied the existence of tension between Tirana and Athens.

"I believe that relations with Athens are very good," said Meta, responding to media interest.

He expressed his belief that bilateral problems will be solved through dialogue.

Assembly leader's statement comes a day after the Greek Defence Minister, who said that the government will reopen Hellenic military outposts on the border with Albania.

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ISIS threatens Albanians and Balkans

This is the most recent video made from “Alhayat Media Center” known also as the ISIS media. In the video are shown two Albanians named as Abu Bilqis (Al Albani),  (5:50 min,) and Abu Muqatil (Al Kosova), (15:15 min.).

A short statement of the two Albanians joined ISIS: "There will come dark days for all of you. We do not forget what you have been doing to Muslims; you will be afraid to walk the streets; You will be afraid to work in your office. We will behave with you, same as we have done in Iraq with the host there. We will join people who love death more than life. We will fight until we raise the word of Allah in the country and it will happen soon".

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Statements on Facebook, fall lawsuit against Tahiri

Tirana Court bleach the decision which rejected the argument as to why the former interior minister, Flamur Noka and former Deputy Minister of Interior Arben Ristani, who along demanded a court battle for compensation from the Interior Minister Samir Tahiri due to a status he posted on Facebook.

For the Tirana Court, it has been rare since the parties that they were harmed by the expressions on Facebook and not as has occurred mostly along the judicial confrontation between MPs who have claimed they were harmed by the statements in Parliament.

It is a lay status in April 2013 on the Facebook profile of Tahiri, at the time deputy of SP, which cited a photo between the Minister of Interior Noka, his sub and the driver of Arben Frroku, the latter leading to murder suspect of the commissary, Dritan Lamaj.

In the status of that time, Tahiri stated that the minister Noka had obligation to account if Arben Frroku was discussed at the table, if he compromised the investigation of the murder of Lamaj in these meetings and what was the connection between the two officials of the Ministry of Interior with driver Frroku .

Civil Court dismisses lawsuit Noka and Ristani with the argument that Facebook is a social network completely widespread in wich are exchanged messages, posted statueses or recieved notifications.

But, says the court, as long as politicians have taken over the role to be exposed to the public,  they need a higher tolerance than an ordinary person, in terms of accepting the charges or labeling political opponents.

In this case, the murder of the comissary head Lamaj was too sensitive and Tahiri defendant, as part of parlamentary opposition of that time, except the law had an obligation under the circumstances that emerged during those days to make them public.

Tahiri in his posting on Facebook, says the court, in the light of these facts has cast doubts directing his political opponents seeking answers to those questions in those moments.

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Criminal charges for Sinan Tafaj

Minister of Social Welfare, Erion Veliaj, declared the making of a criminal report to the head of the Blind Associacion, Sinan Tafaj.

In a joint press Veliaj has announced that Tafaj is suspected for embezzlement. "Sinan Tafaj accused of disappearance of 1.2 million dollars," said Veliaj. 

Minister has warned that it would reconsider the ability for all those who receive disability pensions, as according to him there were many abuses. 

Sinan Tafaj is one of the heads of protests that persons with disabilities are developing to counter the government's reform this category.

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Albanian Army, 3.1 billion dollars

International Institute for Peace and Research in Stockholm, every year publishes and figures moneys spent by 171 countries of the world in use of the army. 

Referring to the report published by the Institute, Albania in the period 1992 - 2013 has spent 3.131 billion dollars for the military. According to the schedule, costs were lower in 1998, a year after riots in our country, where the government has spent 70.4 million dollars only in the military field. While a higher level of spending achieved in 2009, the year when Albania joined NATO. In this year in the "military spending" had raised at 251 million dollars.

Expenses were higher in 2008, where were exactly are disbursed 233 million dollars for military spending. While in the last year included in this report, in 2013 our country has spent 168 million dollars.

In comparison with other countries in the region, Macedonia, Montenegro or Bosnia, Albania shows that in total has spent more on the military, but for these countries report data start many years later. More specifically, Macedonia from 1996 to 2013 for the military, has spent 3 billion and 46 million dollars, which costs more numerous, are committed 436 million dollars during 2001, the year in which Macedonia was at war, or almost twice with more than our country in the year with higher costs.

Even Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost at the same levels. For the period 2002 - 2013, this state has investiuar 3 billion and 90 million dollars. Meanwhile, Montenegro has spent far less. In the period 2006 - 2013, this country has performed military spending around 626 million and 800 thousand dollars or five times less than Albania.

International Institute for Peace Research in Stockholm is an independent international institution dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, the institute provides data, analysis and recommendations regarding the level of armament in the world. Only 2013 worldwide 1.747 trillion dollars are spent where states have invested more are America, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and France.

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Lorik Cana ends celibacy

The national team captain, Lorik Cana ended celibacy. He laid with Monica, the Italian girl with whom he has got a relationship for a long time. 

Marriage ceremony was held Friday night in one of the luxury resorts in Pristina combined with Albanian traditional marriage motifs.

Albanian Footballer of Lazio and his family had received the wedding plan several months before the wedding at the end of June.

Lorik himself says he feels good in Rome, while this marriage has joined Altin Lala and Erion Bogdani, two other national team captains that are married also with Italian girls.

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Brussels, police arrested six Albanian smugglers

Six Albanian traffickers have fallen in Belgian police handcuffs. After audits, Belgian police forces were able to catch the Albanians who were illegally transporting six illegal immigrants in Britain. This fact is made ​​known by the Public Ministry in Brussels.

More specifically, according to ministry sources, police had launched an investigation last November during a raid on the road E-40 to Grand-Bigard area. Police then discovered four Albanian citizens in the back of two trucks parked incorrectly. 

"The investigation then led to the identification of twelve Albanians suspected of working together in various operations," said a spokesman for the prosecutor.

People are illegally transported by truck through the Netherlands and France, or by plane with false documents. The truck driver, a Lithuanian, was also arrested in the Netherlands and to its being developed in a joint investigation between justice and Dutch police.

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