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Meet the first African coach to win a European league title
Nigeria’s Ndubuisi Egbo is also the first African coach to take a team into the European Champions League
Discrediting elections: Why the opposition playbook carries risks
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to…
Hunting for ‘black gold’ in Albania’s lawless truffle trade
A day’s haul of one kilogram of black truffles can bring home 50 euros
Choosing a man’s life in patriarchal Albania: the freedom of the sworn virgins
According to ancient rules, a woman in Albania was to have a life of subservience, hard domestic labour and total lack of control.
Albania opposition vows more protests, dead buried
Albania’s opposition Socialists vowed on Saturday to stage more anti-government demonstrations a day after three people were shot dead in a protest.
Victory claims fly after Albanian election
Albania’s rival political leaders continued to claim victory on Tuesday after a general election at the weekend that has been criticised by European observers for failing to meet…