Monday

Albania in the news..

Council of Eur: draft to stop parents knowing sex of unborn baby. This is intended to prevent the practice of selective abortions, more commonly associated with cultures that prize male offspring most.

Albanian judge dies in Vlora. A remote-controlled explosion took the life of the 33-year-old judge, Skerdilajd Konomi, who was a judge in the Court of Vlora. The explosive was activated near 09:30 in the morning, while Konomi was traveling in his car in the main road of the city of Vlora.

U.S. Mountain running team heads to AlbaniaThe U.S. will be one of 33 nations represented in the competition which includes both senior and junior divisions (juniors must be at least 16 in the year of competition and not yet 20). The U.S. Mountain Running Team will travel to Tirana, Albania, to participate in the 27th World Mountain Running Championships this Sunday.


Albanian children 'more likely to read' compared to entire UK.  Children in the UK are significantly less likely to read for pleasure than in nations such as Kazakhstan, Albania, Indonesia and Peru according to international research.