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OSCE warns Albania not to block freedom of expression online

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, center, poses with Aurel Lala and Alesio Cakoni, in Rome on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The two Albanian children were injured when they escaped their collapsing flat jolted from the Nov. 26 6.4-magnitude earthquake, that killed 51 persons and injured more than 3,000 others. They lost each two family members but their dream came true when Rama took them to Rome, Italy to meet with their sport idols Ronaldo and Buffon. (Albanian Prime Minister Office via AP)

Kids hurt in Albanian quake meet footballers Ronaldo, Buffon

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

The Albanian army uses a remote-controlled explosion to demolish a building in the western port city of Durres, Albania, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. A remote-controlled explosion has demolished the six-storied building considered threatening after being damaged from the 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Albania. A quake a week ago killed 51 persons, injured more than 3,000 people, and damaged more than 11,000 buildings. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Albania demolishes quake-damaged building with explosives

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, stands on the shore of the Vjosa River after collecting water from a small spring in the village of Kanikol, Albania. &quot;There is nothing else better than the river,&quot; the retired schoolteacher says. &quot;The Vjosa gives beauty to our village.&quot; (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

One of Europe’s last untamed rivers is threatened by dams

By ELENA BECATOROS and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, stands on the shore of the Vjosa River after collecting water from a small spring in the village of Kanikol, Albania. &quot;There is nothing else better than the river,&quot; the retired schoolteacher says. &quot;The Vjosa gives beauty to our village.&quot; (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

One of Europe’s last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed

By ELENA BECATOROS and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 photo, laundry hangs on a line from a damaged building in Thumane, western Albania following a deadly earthquake. A handbag dangles from a coat-hanger, gleaming saucepans sit stacked in a kitchen cabinet, sheets and duvets lie neatly folded in a bedroom cupboard. All scenes of ordinary domesticity, except for one detail: the rest of the homes these ordinary items were part of have vanished, crumpling in the devastating force of an earthquake that struck Albania earlier this week.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

EU leads international help to Albania quake recovery

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Turkish rescuers search at a collapsed building in Durres, western Albania, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Hopes were fading Thursday of finding anyone else alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in Albania two days after a deadly quake struck the country's Adriatic coast, with the death toll increasing to 40 after more bodies were pulled from the ruins. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Search in Albania quake reduced, death toll at 49

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Dust rises from falling parts of a destroyed building during an aftershock in Thumane, western Albania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. A deadly earthquake struck in the coastal cities of Albania, early Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 650. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Hopes fade for any more survivors in Albania quake; 46 dead

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Rescuers search a collapsed building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Rescue crews with excavators searched for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings and hotels Tuesday as the death toll from a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania climbed to 21, with more than 600 people injured. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Rescuers race to find Albania quake survivors

By Llazar Semini - Associated Press

People stand in a queue to receive food at a makeshift camp at a soccer field in Durres, western Albania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019.The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Albania has risen to 25 overnight as local and international rescue crews continue to search collapsed buildings for survivors. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

The Latest: Quake death toll in Albania now at 26

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Rescuers try to free a man from a collapsed building after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Thumane, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Rescue crews with excavators searched for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings and hotels Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 18 people and injured more than 600. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Albania earthquake kills 18; rescuers hunt for survivors

By Llazar Semini and Visar Kryeziu - Associated Press

People stand next to a damaged hotel after an earthquake, in Durres, western Albania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. A powerful earthquake shook Albania early Tuesday, causing at least minor damage. (AP Photo)

The Latest: UN sends disaster assessment experts to Albania

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Albania says it’s discovered an Iranian paramilitary network

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In this June 14, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, stands on the shore of the Vjosa River after collecting water from a small spring in the village of Kanikol, Albania. &quot;There is nothing else better than the river,&quot; the retired schoolteacher says. &quot;The Vjosa gives beauty to our village.&quot; (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

One of Europe’s last untamed rivers is threatened by dams

By ELENA BECATOROS and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, stands on the shore of the Vjosa River after collecting water from a small spring in the village of Kanikol, Albania. &quot;There is nothing else better than the river,&quot; the retired schoolteacher says. &quot;The Vjosa gives beauty to our village.&quot; (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

One of Europe’s last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed

By ELENA BECATOROS and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 file photo, former Slovenian prime minister and present foreign minister Miro Cerar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cerar said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that there are some positive effects on the part of the European Union regarding Brexit because we in a way upheld our unity during this process, we showed that we are able to stand behind a small state, Ireland, to protect its interests. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

AP Interview: Slovenia hails EU on Brexit, not enlargement

By ALI ZERDIN - Associated Press

European Union leaders attend a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Britain and the European Union reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to finally escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

EU fails to launch membership talks with Balkans hopefuls

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union leaders attend a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Britain and the European Union reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to finally escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

As Britain battles to leave the EU, others struggle to join

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia pledge to open borders

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Damaged cars outside the Faculty of Geology building after an earthquake in Tirana, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Albania's government and news reports say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 shook in the country's west and injured at least two people. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

Albania quake has 340 aftershocks, people afraid to go home

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press