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Tirana Times
December 22, 2017
TIRANA, Dec. 22 – A day after Albania joined 128 other UN member states in approving a resolution rejecting U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a spokesperson for Albania's President Ilir Meta said the President, who was not informed of the government's position beforehand, evaluated it asÃÂ ...
Tirana Times
November 17, 2017
13 – Following the resignation of Albania's intelligence chief, Visho Ajazi, earlier this month, the government has officially proposed him to be the next ambassador of Albania in NATO. Prime Minister Edi Rama said in a television interview the country should make full use of its experienced officials and thatÃÂ ...
bellingcat
September 2, 2017
Reports from social media sources suggest that villages were emptied but locals without cars were left behind. .... got off relatively lightly considering the lack of mass fatalities when compared to other munitions explosions, such as the 2008 explosions at Gerdec, Albania, that resulted in 26 deaths. FinallyÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
December 7, 2016
The process of getting rid of this obsolete arsenal, including chemicals, has intensified since the fatal explosion at the Gerdec base near Tirana during a botched programme to destroy old military ordnance. The explosion, blamed on failures to respect the technical conditions for such procedures, left 26ÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
September 9, 2016
Gjergji Gjole, administrator of Imperial cinemas in Tirana, told BIRN that while initial interests in the movie was high, some viewers felt let down by the way the events in Albania were portrayed. "People were curious about the movie and were continuously coming and asking our tickets sellers if it retold theÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 12, 2012
Albania has jailed 19 former officials over a series of explosions at an ammunition disposal factory in 2008. The court ruled that the officials had failed to follow security procedures for destroying military equipment. Ylli Pinari, the former weapons department chief, was jailed for 18 years. The other officialsÃÂ ...
New York Times
April 20, 2008
GERDEC, Albania — Accidents happen. But when a factory has inexperienced villagers prying apart thousands of artillery shells a day with metal rods and their bare hands, it is hard to call the deadly catastrophe that follows simply an accident. The explosion of a plant in Albania last month carved out threeÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 17, 2008
Albania rocked by huge explosions ... They happened as specialists were dismantling obsolete munitions at the site, next to Gerdec village. ... Minister Sali Berisha, said a number of homes near the depot had been "completely destroyed", and that the authorities had evacuated all neighbouring villages.
Tsarizm (blog)
October 25, 2017
In Albania, the vetting process for justice reform will be implemented as ... the explosion of the weapons depot in Gerdec near Tirana with 26Â ...
bellingcat
September 2, 2017
Reports from social media sources suggest that villages were emptied .... as the 2008 explosions at Gerdec, Albania, that resulted in 26 deaths.
Balkan Insight
December 7, 2016
Albania has pledged that in 2017 it will destroy all chemical warfare ... the fatal explosion at the Gerdec base near Tirana during a botched ...
Balkan Insight
September 9, 2016
... Hollywood movie directed by Todd Phillips and released in Albania ... of the arms sales in Albania, as they had heard, but after watching it, ...
BBC News
March 12, 2012
Albania has jailed 19 former officials over a series of explosions at an ... killed and hundreds injured in blasts at Gerdec, near the capital Tirana.
New York Times
April 20, 2008
GERDEC, Albania — Accidents happen. But when a factory has inexperienced villagers prying apart thousands of artillery shells a day with ...
BBC News
March 17, 2008
Albania rocked by huge explosions ... They happened as specialists were dismantling obsolete munitions at the site, next to Gerdec village. ... destroyed", and that the authorities had evacuated all neighbouring villages.
bellingcat
September 2, 2017
Reports from social media sources suggest that villages were emptied ... as the 2008 explosions at Gerdec, Albania, that resulted in 26 deaths.
Balkan Insight
December 7, 2016
Albania has pledged that in 2017 it will destroy all chemical warfare ... the fatal explosion at the Gerdec base near Tirana during a botchedÃÂ ...
Balkan Insight
September 9, 2016
... Hollywood movie directed by Todd Phillips and released in Albania ... of the arms sales in Albania, as they had heard, but after watching it,ÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 12, 2012
Albania has jailed 19 former officials over a series of explosions at an ... killed and hundreds injured in blasts at Gerdec, near the capital Tirana.
New York Times
April 20, 2008
GERDEC, Albania — Accidents happen. But when a factory has inexperienced villagers prying apart thousands of artillery shells a day withÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 17, 2008
Albania rocked by huge explosions ... They happened as specialists were dismantling obsolete munitions at the site, next to Gerdec village. ... destroyed", and that the authorities had evacuated all neighbouring villages.
Osservatorio Italiano (Registrazione)
April 21, 2016
Tirana - L'ex Ministro della Difesa, Fatmir Mediu, ha accettato di esprimersi, in uno studio televisivo, sulla tragedia di Gerdec, un evento insolito per lui in quanto raramente ha parlato del caso. Commentando l'accaduto del 15 marzo 2008, Mediu ha ...
Albeu.com
April 8, 2016
In the list of "Panama Papers" there is also the name of Efraim Diveroli investigated in Albania for international arms trafficking. His name is linked to Gerdec tragedy, which killed 26 people. Diveroli provided hundreds of million dollar contracts from theÃÂ ...
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