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Albania

March 12, 2025

Albania to block TikTok access for one year

TikTok is owned by the Chinese-based company Byte Dance

TikTok
January 28, 2025

Italy transfers migrants to Albania after third attempt to establish camps

Italy is the first European Union state to establish camps outside the EU to decide on migrants’ asylum applications.

Italy
December 22, 2024

Albania announces TikTok ban

TikTok is already banned in India, Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan and Somalia, with the U.S. moving to join the list after Congress passed a bill to ban the app.

TikTok
October 19, 2024

UK expels over 44 Nigerians, Ghanaians in major deportation surge

The UK Home Office, responsible for the deportations, stated the action became necessary due to a “major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity.”

Murtala Muhammed International Airport
October 16, 2024

First batch of migrants seeking asylum in Italy arrive Albania  

The migrants are being transported to Italian-run asylum centres in Albania until their applications are processed.

Albania
January 3, 2024

UN Security Council welcomes Sierra Leone, four other non-permanent members

The Security Council consists of 15 countries, including five permanent members.

United Nations Security Council Logo
October 26, 2023

Gaza: Deadlock deepens as UN Security Council rejects resolutions by U.S., Russia

Both drafts condemned the terror attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians on October 7, but disagreed on Israel’s right to self-defence.

United Nations Security Council
October 11, 2023

UN General Assembly elects Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi to Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat.

United Nations General- Assembly
September 8, 2023

Crypto boss Faruk Fatih Ozer sentenced to 11,196 years in jail

Mr Ozer had run one of the country’s largest crypto exchanges, Thodex, until it collapsed in April 2021 after taking $2 billion from his customers.

Faruk Fatih Ozer
June 4, 2023

Nigeria, others sign MoU with Bulgarian news agency

Both BTA and individual agencies are entitled to use the information received from the other in their news services.

Bulgarian news agency