Albania is fighting over a luxury resort built on protected land

A tourism project that was supposed to represent investment and growth has turned into a major public backlash. The protests started in Zvërnec village after fencing appeared around beach areas connected to a planned luxury resort project. The movement became known as the “Flamingo Revolution” because protesters use flamingos as a symbol of the protected …

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Albania Appoints AI Minister

by Martin Armstrong Albania has adopted the world’s first AI “minister” in an attempt to combat corruption. Diella, the female-voiced AI entity, will be a “member of the Cabinet who is not present physically but has been created virtually,” Prime Minister Edi Rama stated, adding that the robot would ensure that “public tenders will be …

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Major showdown: Italian Courts stop PM Meloni’s Efforts To Send Migrants To Detention Center In Albania

An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centres in Albania following a court decision in Rome and is bringing them back to Italy. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country. An Italian appeals court on Friday refused to approve …

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