Albania: CoronaVirus Meter

Albania signs 104 million-euro deal to build new airport

44m | ABC

Albania has signed a contract with a Swiss-based corporation to build a 104 million-euro ($125 million) new international airport ...

Albania COVID-19 Update 19 April: 5 Deaths, 100 Infections, 587 Recoveries

19h | exit

Five people infected with COVID-19 have died in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 2,347. The victims’ age is 55 ...

Albania imposes 14-day quarantine on travelers from Greece, North Macedonia

5h | poandpo.com

The Albanian government announced on Monday the decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on all travelers entering the country ...

Albania receives new shipments of COVID-19 vaccines - report

2h | SeeNews

Albania received over 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by either China's Sinovac, U.S. Pfizer or U.K. AstraZeneca, local media reported. Some ...

CEC: Albanians Infected with COVID-19 Cannot Vote in Elections

21h | exit

People infected with COVID-19, those who are quarantined at home or hospitalized will not be able to vote in the April 25 ...

Rudolf Nikolli, Suspect in Albania Mosque Stabbing, Held by Civilians Until Police Arrived

19h | Newsweek on MSN.com

An Albanian man who wounded five people with a knife at a mosque on Monday was restrained by civilians before police arrived.

Albanian man with knife wounds 5 at mosque in Tirana

22h | Associated Press

An Albanian man with a knife attacked and wounded five people Monday at a mosque in the capital, police said, as ...

Albania: Airport opens at former site of war refugee camp

1d | ABC

Albania opened a low-cost airport Sunday at the site of a former refugee camp to boost tourism in one of its poorest northeastern areas. The first domestic flight landed at Kukes International Airport ...

COVID-19 Drives Albanian Black Market Trade in Oxygen

28d | balkaninsight.com

In Albania, COVID-19 and an overloaded health system have given rise to an informal, unregulated and dangerous market in supplementary oxygen equipment, to the concern of medical professionals.

Sinovac – Albania receives another 100,000 doses of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

10d | fintechzoom

Albania received another 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac, local media reported. The shipment arrived on Thursday, one day late, after flights to Tirana’s ...

RSF: Government Pressure on Albanian Journalists “Stepped Up” in 2020

2h | exit

Albania rose one place in the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index from its all-time low of 84 to 83, but this ...

Albania receives new shipments of COVID-19 vaccines - report

2h | SeeNews

Albania received over 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by either China's Sinovac, U.S. Pfizer or U.K. AstraZeneca, local media reported. Some ...

Albania imposes 14-day quarantine on travelers from Greece, North Macedonia

5h | poandpo.com

The Albanian government announced on Monday the decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on all travelers entering the country ...

Albania to ease restrictive measures against COVID-19

8d | Xinhua

Albania will ease the restrictive measures against COVID-19 as the situation in the country has improved, Minister of Health and Social Protection Ogerta Manastirliu said on Sunday. The Technical ...

Albania: Airport opens at former site of war refugee camp

1d | ABC

Albania opened a low-cost airport Sunday at the site of a former refugee camp to boost tourism in one of its poorest northeastern areas. The first domestic flight landed at Kukes International Airport ...

Comment: How can we improve the quality of elections in Albania?

1d | exit

Less than a week remains until the day the Albanian people head to the polls to elect their next leader. Intriguingly, ...

UK Coronavirus live: Covid information could be ‘linked to passports’ as Boris Johnson to hold press conference

1h | London Evening Standard on MSN.com

Coronavirus paperwork could be digitally linked to travellers’ passports, in a bid to evade lengthy queues by the middle of ...

WHO: Europe has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths

5d | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A top official from the World Health Organization says Europe has surpassed 1 million deaths from COVID-19 and the situation remains “serious,” with about 1.6 million new ...

Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot

1d | Las Vegas Sun

Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another ...

The Latest: France reaches 100,000 COVID-19-related deaths

4d | Associated Press

PARIS — France has become the third country in Europe after the U.K. and Italy to reach the unwanted milestone of 100,000 ...

Albania Registers Slight Increase in World Press Freedom Index

6h | exit

Albania showed a slight increase in its score and improved by one place in the 2020 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index. After falling for several years down to 84th place in 2019 with ...

Comment: How can we improve the quality of elections in Albania?

1d | exit

Less than a week remains until the day the Albanian people head to the polls to elect their next leader. Intriguingly, ...

Albanian Journalist Anila Dishi Dies from COVID-19

10d | exit

Based in Shkodra, Dishi had been fighting the virus for several days but her condition recently deteriorated. Her colleagues ...

Albania Implements 90% of GRECO Recommendations

4d | exit

Governments must “rigorously manage the corruption risks that have emerged due to the need to take extraordinary measures to ...

More than 30 percent of Spokane County residents have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

4d | KXLY 4 News

STRA woman receives the first dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination program at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Albania has made virus slabs to ...

The key to beating Covid-19

1d | kathmandupost

Beating this virus anywhere requires beating it everywhere. Fighting a virus on a global scale is a daunting task, but there ...

Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million

1d | WATE 6 On Your Side

The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis ...

Sinovac – Albania receives another 100,000 doses of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

10d | fintechzoom

Albania received another 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac, local media reported. The shipment arrived on Thursday, one day late, after flights to Tirana’s ...

Covid-19 vaccines land at strike-hit Albanian airport

11d | Macau Business

Air traffic remained paralysed in Albania Thursday because of a strike by flight controllers protesting wage cuts in the coronavirus-hit industry although a single plane carrying Covid-19 vaccines ...