Durresi – Bomb explosion near the Police Directorate

A bomb exploded some 300 meters off the Police Directorate in Durresi at the neighborhood 7 of the city. The incident occurred early morning on Friday while the explosive was set on the sidewalk, very close to commercial subjects. The blast claimed no one but there were significant material damages to the business there. The police have already taken in several persons to testify.

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Brawl in Ukraine parliament over use of Russian language

A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. The fight broke out between members of the pro-Western opposition who want to take Ukraine out of Russia's shadow and lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovych's party, which bases its support in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east.

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UK police seize record number of counterfeit coins amounting to 4 million pounds

Scotland Yard says it has seized a record number of counterfeit coins in raids on three properties outside of London. The police force says that it recovered more than 4 million pounds ($6.3 million) worth of fake coinage from a freight container during Wednesday's swoop. In a statement released Thursday, the force said that three men, ages 52, 43 and 27, had been arrested in connection with the find. It did not name the men. The statement says the seizure is thought to be the biggest-ever recovery of bogus coins in Britain. Police are still hunting for the press that made the counterfeit currency.

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Tirana – False alarm: Bomb planted at Taiwan bar, informant arrested

The Vlora Police received on Thursday a phone call by a citizen informing them that a bomb was planted in the Taiwan bar in Tirana. The authorities took measures and the specialized TNT forces went to the place to evacuate the customers. After the check up control the police forces reported it was a false alarm. The police have identified and arrested the person who made the phone call.

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Dick Marty’s accusations, 15 family members of the Yellow House go on strike

The 15 members of the Katuci family of the so called Yellow House in Small Gurre, of Mat have gone on strike. They have defied the control of their house by the EULEX Task Force officers to investigate concerning the accusations of the former senator Dick Marty on alleged organ trafficking.  “We oppose accusations of his report as baseless”, said they.

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Kristen Stewart All For On the Road Topless Scene

She may seem shy in front of still photographers, but the same can't be said for Kristen Stewart when movie film is rolling. At least not when it comes to her latest endeavor, On the Road. The drama, based on a classic Jack Kerouac novel, finds Stewart's Marylou topless at one point (as teased in this On the Road trailer), seated between costars Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund. Was the actress nervous about such a scene? Heck no. I "wanted to do it," she said today at a Cannes Film Festival press conference.

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Kukesi - Water levels jump up, 30 families in total isolation

30 families have found themselves isolated in the village Perbreg of the Terthore commune in the district of Kukesi as a result of water level going up at the Fireza lake. The residents of Kovac neighborhood report that the water has reached a three meter level.

“A group was set up to verify the situation. Reporters say that this happens every year at the same period. As a commune, we do not have the means and ways to solve the problem to these citizens because the solution may be either the dislocation of the residents or the construction of an embankment at the dam”, said the chairman of the Terthore commune.  

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Balotelli: Euro 2012 could be the chance of a lifetime for me

Goal.com quotes Manchester City and Italy striker Mario Balotelli as saying that Euro 2012 will provide him with the opportunity to show his talent, and prove he can keep his cool. The controversial forward is expected to lead the line for Italy in Poland and Ukraine as the Azzurri look to win their first Euro title since 1968.

"This could be the chance of a lifetime for me," Balotelli told reporters at a press conference. "I think my season was okay. I am young, this is when one can make mistakes.

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Supreme Court Chairwoman: Justice be not sought at fixers, but at the judiciary

 The head of the Supreme Court Shpresa Becaj declared that the court encourages any citizen to address the justice bodies to find and guarantee the individual rights each time they encounter a case of fraud, respecting the work of the police and of the prosecution in carrying out the necessary acts in the identification of these elements. Becaj spoke after the arrest of Stavri Vaso accused of fraud. Vaso had served as a driver of the administration at the Supreme Court and was dismissed after the demand and insistence of chairman Becaj.

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Accident at the Muriqani-Ulqini road axis: one dies

 An accident has claimed the life of Gjin Katia from Gruda, Great Highlands, while driving his Fiat to Shkodra near Vladimir Village, a Montenegrin part. The road traffic has been blocked as a result as the police is investigating to foil the cause of the incident.

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Thunder give their best Lakers impression in semifinal win

BY Scott Howard-Cooper The crowd stood in full roar the final 16 seconds as the Thunder crossed half court and dribbled out the remnants of Game 5, a celebration that was longer and maybe louder than anything that had gone on before Monday night, if that's possible.

Kevin Durant walked from the bench down the sideline to share a handshake with the defeated Lakers coach, Mike Brown, as time was still running out. Daequan Cook stopped on his way to the locker room to sign a ticket stub for a fan, an uncommon act of kindness the likes of which are common here.

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Virgin Media and BT in broadband subsidy row

The government risks "sleepwalking into another monopoly" in the way it is allocating funds for rural broadband, shadow business minister Chi Onwurah has warned. The Labour MP says she plans to tell the House of Lords communications select committee on Tuesday that the current system is "skewed towards BT". Rival Virgin Media has already accused the government of subsidising BT. BT says that others are welcome to bid for funds.

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Miley Cyrus on Sex: Beautiful, Necessary!

Give Miley Cyrus credit: she isn't just walking the walk. This young artist is talking the talk. Following Miley's VERY revealing outfit at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, more excerpts from her appearance on Lifetime's The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet have leaked - and they tout the awesomeness and the importance of sexual intercourse.

"Girls who base how much they're worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody, that makes me really sad," Cyrus says in an interview that airs Thursday. "Because sex is actually really beautiful."

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Lunacek: Roadmap for Kosovo within a few weeks

The EP rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek said via a video address to the AAB&RIINVEST University students that Kosovo will soon receive the visa liberalization road map. Lunacek added that the EP is committed to receive all the west Balkan countries in the EU. According to her, the roadmap will be delivered authorities during the spring of this very year.

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Verizon's and Comcast's data caps: Who wins and who loses?

By Marguerite Reardon Broadband data caps were a hot topic this week as Comcast and Verizon Wireless separately talked up upcoming changes to their policies. So how will these data cap tweaks affect consumers?

In short, Comcast's move, which increases its existing cap from 250GB to 300GB and now imposes an overage fee for those who exceed the cap, is likely a positive for its subscribers. Even the consumer advocates who typically hate the idea of data caps applauded the company for improving the policy. Meanwhile, Verizon's new plan, which will force existing subscribers "grandfathered" on its unlimited data plan into a tiered shared-data plan, will likely eventually lead to higher prices for wireless consumers.

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Greece confirms election date on June 17

Greece confirmed on Saturday that it would a hold a repeat general election on June 17, after party leaders failed to form a coalition government following an inconclusive election.

“We are calling a general election for June 17. The new parliament will convene on June 28, Thursday,” said a statement from the parliament’s press office.

The statement said President Karolos Papoulias had dissolved the parliament elected on May 6, two days after it was convened. The date of the new election was released last week but was not official until Papoulias issued Saturday’s decree.

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Brindisi - One dead, seven injured in school blast

One 16-year-old girl died Saturday after a powerful bomb blast outside their school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi, with another seven injured, one critically. School officials said the blast, which went off as the students were arriving for class at the all-girls Francesca Morvillo Falcone vocational school, knocked several of them to the ground. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast caused by gas canisters hidden in a container or backpacks placed near a wall of the school grounds, according to initial indications.

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Monchengladbach signs Xhaka from Basel

Monchengladbach has completed the signing of Granit Xhaka from Basel, the Bundesliga club revealed on its official website. The 19-year-old had been closely linked with Lucien Favre's side in recent weeks, and on Friday put pen to paper on a five-year contract that will expire in 2017. "We competed with a number of top European clubs in our efforts to sign Granit Xhaka, and are happy that we managed to get him to Borussia," Gladbach sporting director Max Eberl said.

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Organ trafficking claims, Marty arrives in Kosovo

The Switzerland senator who accused the KLA leaders of illegal organ transplants of POWs from 1998-1999 has arrived in Kosovo. Marty, however, came as a witness to another case, the Medicus scandal, allegedly dealing with transplants carried out after the war in Kosovo. A session will be held in court on Friday although Marty will not be testifying.

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Assad statement, Kuci: No Syrian rebels trained in Kosovo

The Kosovo deputy PM Hajredin Kuci denied the statements made by the Syrian President Bashar al Assad on training camps of Syrian rebels in Kosovo.

In the news published in a Kosovo media, Kuci said that this is a false statement. As the Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affaris Enver Hoxhaj said, Kosovo supports the democratic movements in all the world, but Kosovo is not an oasis where people can train, whatever their scope”.

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