Albania

December 21, 2024

December 21, 2024

Tech

Albania bans TikTok for a year after fatal stabbing of teenager last month

Prime minister announces move after meeting with parents’ groups and teachers over social media fears

By Editors Desk

Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, said: ‘The problem today is TikTok and all the others that are taking our children hostage.’ Photograph: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

December 14, 2023

December 14, 2023

Europe

Court suspends Italian plan to hold migrants in Albania

A plan for Italy to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Albania for processing has been temporarily blocked by the Albanian supreme court.

By Editors Desk

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama signed the agreement last month. EPA

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