Albania
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| Capital | Tirana |
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| Dialing code | +355 |
| Currency | Albanian lek |
| Population | 2. 873 million (2017) |
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| ID | 820476 |
About Albania
Albania, on Southeastern Europe's Balkan Peninsula, is a small country with Adriatic and Ionian coastlines and an interior crossed by the Albanian Alps. The country has many castles and archaeological sites. Capital Tirana centers on sprawling Skanderbeg Square, site of the National History Museum, with exhibits spanning antiquity to post-communism, and frescoed Et'hem Bey Mosque.
UK immigration: No clear case for routinely accepting Albania asylum claims - MPs
...By June Kelly & Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsPeople fleeing Albania to come to the UK should not routinely be granted asylum - because it is a safe country, a committee of MPs says...
Asylum claims for 12,000 to be considered without face-to-face interview
... Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: " It s damning that the Home Office isn t doing this already, given Labour has been calling for the fast-tracking of cases - including for safe countries like Albania - for months and the UNHCR recommended it two years ago...
Albanian migrants: Why are they coming to the UK and how many have arrived?
...Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has highlighted the number of Albanian migrants arriving in the UK this year...
Ukraine moves one step closer to EU membership
... " There are five nations that currently have EU candidacy status - Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey...
Eurovision 2022: Ukraine presumed favourites after qualifying for final
... The other countries whose journey ended on Tuesday were Albania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Denmark...
The Iranian militants of the opposition, not thinking of sex
...six years, Albania is home to one of Iran s main opposition groups, the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, or MEK...
What happens when an Ambassador is summoned?
... Ilir Bocka - Albania s Ambassador to SerbiaMr Bocka, Albanian Ambassador in Belgrade since 2014, is in an unusual position: he once rejected a convene of his host country...
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