he lives in central tirana, just behind a retail development.randson of king zog. the crown prince hopes that one day albania's monarchy might return, and knows someone with the right qualities — himself. your royal highness. it's wonderful, and welcome to tirana. thank you so much for having us here. i'm very pleased to be here. i want to check i got the title right. indeed the title's right, but amongst friends call me leka. and i'm now a friend? indeed. even in a painting, king zog dominates the room, a maverick with a taste for a fight. he survived 55 attempts on his life — the only known monarch to return fire when ambushed. his descendant is not exactly a commoner but not exactly a king either. he lives in a post—soviet limbo, hoping to transition some day. 50 years of communist propaganda has had an impact on the albanian society. living in a country which lost the monarchy, and meeting daily with people who miss their trust and often believe that the monarchy is the only reference of stability. by far the most stable and consistent, demo

tirana is a city on the upper. - to serve the people. tirana is a city on the upper.y on the upper. the smell of new concrete and fresh paint is strong in the centre. but away from the hubbub, there are relics of the royal past. this villa was built as a palace for king kinzog but he never even got to move in. it was begun in the 1930s in the fascist style so popular with fascists but mostly kicked zog out before it was even completed. today, it is the official residence of the president, not the prince. —— mussolini. a monument to how things change and a wistful reminder of the careful line leka has to tread consists geraldine is ever to wear a crown. i came to albania thinking this was the flashing warning sign for other european monarchies. watch out, this could happen to you if you not careful. but it's as if the tolerance of crown prince leka here, even the welcome he has been given, speaks to some deep need that people have for symbols of history and continuity, even a little glamour. it's as if you can read countries of monarchies but you can't read people of t

roma, they didn't sack me before the final in tirana.at wembley. roma gave me the chance to win the final at tirana, and at tottenham, i had no chance. and that's all your sport for now. from me, mark edwards and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. 25.1 celsius was the high in porthmadog in north—west wales on tuesday, making it the warmest day of the year so far across the country. and for the rest of the week, it does stay mainly dry thanks to high pressure, always the warmest and the sunniest of the weather towards western parts of the uk, always a bit cooler and cloudier further east. now this is the blocking area of high pressure which will continue to bring this mainly dry weather. but if you cast your eyes down towards southern europe, it's a different story. here, we've got daytime showers and thunderstorms breaking out for the rest of the week. so rainfall totals will continue to mount here. could even see some localised flooding in places but further north, thanks that area of high pressure, it's going to stay almost bo

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roma gave me the chance to to to win the final at tirana and at tottenham. .. ihad no...nd the rest of the team, bye—bye for now. hello there. 25.1 celsius was the high — porthmadog in north—west wales on tuesday, making it the warmest day of the year so far across the country. and for the rest of the week it does stay mainly dry thanks to high pressure, with always the warmest in the sunny side of the weather towards western parts of the uk, always a bit cooler and cloudier further east. now this is the blocking area of high pressure which will continue to bring this mainly dry weather, but if you cast your eyes down towards southern europe, it�*s a different story. here we�*ve got daytime showers and thunderstorms breaking out for the rest of the week. so rainfall totals will continue to mount here. could even see some localised flooding in places but further north, thanks that area of high pressure, it�*s going to stay almost bone dry, but we could see some drizzle at times across eastern england under the thickest of the cloud as we start early wednesday. and under th

the diplomacy around them as bumpy as the descent into tirana airport.ultiplied into a weekly shuttle, bringing back more than 1,000 people so far this year. this is the model the uk government has pinned its hopes on, a country deemed safe that will take back those who tried to enter the uk without permission. around 1,000 albanians have been sent back on flights like this one so far, proof, the uk says, that its deal with albania is working. around half those returning to albania do so voluntarily. most of the enforced returns come from uk prisons. some are being released from prison before serving their minimum sentence. until last month, this man, who we're calling mark, was serving a six—year sentence for drug offences. he was offered deportation after serving just two, a year before he would have been eligible for parole. they ask me, what is my decision, to go back or to stay in uk? and they explained some rules. if you go back, we took one year off from your sentence. if you come back, you have to serve it again. and i decide to come back, and i'

perhaps it would be better to pay for solutions that should be paid, tirana is a museum-rich country and iranians are a museum-friendly people, but in fact, if people show a lot of favor to museums, it is definitely one of the problems of the people and society, but it was good that their limitations and if you take a close look at the condition of the museums, what about the staff themselves let's disturb the experts in the museum field, their professional status, and provide them with a job status, so that they can have a much better perspective in the near future . demonstration techniques in museums can be much more advanced, but still more important than that is technical theology, which is a concept of conceptualization. storytelling in museums is about communicating with society. let's talk about the world of museums . let's take a look at the slogan of the world that was chosen for the museum . bandi will have the slogan yes every year before from the haiku museum international committee, he considers a slogan every year to unify the activities of museums. this year is 2023,

so, i applied my holiday price index to the albanian capital tirana and found that costs are around halfic coast, for decades has been in the shadow of more illustrious neighbours like greece, montenegro, and croatia. but now, it's beginning to emerge as a destination in its own right. i led something of a pioneering tour there in 1989 to see england play a world cup qualifying match against albania. to find out how things are in 2023, i've called up francesca masotti of albaniainsider.com. when i first visited albania in the 1980s, i was struck by how friendly it is. is that still the case? in my opinion, it's the friendliest country i've ever been. if you need help, albanians are here to help you. if you need everything, they are very, very happy to help you. i also love lake 0hrid. lake 0hrid is one of the most spectacular places you will see — notjust in albania, but in the balkans. it is nestled between albania and north macedonia. it's an amazing place off the radar. you will not find crowds there, not even in summertime. i'm also interested in durres. the most interesting thing ab

the diplomacy around them as bumpy as the descent into tirana airport.lied into a weekly shuttle, bringing back more than 1,000 people so far this year. this is the model the uk government has pinned its hopes on. a country deemed safe that will take back those who tried to enter the uk without permission. around 1,000 albanians have been sent back on flights like this one so far. proof, the uk says, that its deal with albania is working. around half those returning to albania do so voluntarily. most of the enforced returns come from uk prisons. some are being released from prison before serving their minimum sentence. until last month, this man, who we're calling mark, was serving a six—year sentence for drug offences. he was offered deportation after serving just two. a year before he would have been eligible for parole. they ask me what is my decision, to go back or to stay in uk? and they explained some rules. if you go back, we took one year off from your sentence. if you come back, you have to serve it again. and yeah, i decide to come back. and i'

i want to know how you feel as tirana handed you that award. >> it was absolutely beautiful.t a time that, absolutely beautiful, to be celebrated by your peers, in this beautiful space, the ms. launch the campaign, 100 billion dollar campaign that they're gonna raise 100 million, and are halfway there. and all of those resources in the support organizations, and support women and girls, how can i not be so honored that they would acknowledge the work that i have doing, with a southern back like, girls the consortium and we also have a campaign for under billion dollars that will be given to women and girls, and i'm so honored and excited. women get the work done. >> you all know what did happen, right? i asked the sister how she felt receiving this awarded she turns around and talked about the good that are the people are doing in all the wonderful things other people are doing. and if i can be shallow, my dear, you looked real beautiful. that dress was everything. that hair was everything. that look was everything. you are everything. latosha brown, you won the week. thank y

roma gave me the chance to win the final at tirana. and at tottenham i had had no chance. novak djokovic is also in action. there was a huge upset yesterday at roland garros, with number two seed dannil medvedev knocked out by brazilian qualifier thiago seyboth wild. the world number 172 won in five sets. in the women's draw, no problems for the world number one iga swiatek. she tookjust over an hour to beat spain's cristina busca in straight sets, and will play america's claire liu next. financial problems continue to make the headlines in rugby union, as london irish's future hangs in the balance. the team had been granted a week's extension to complete a takeover for the club, on the condition that the players wages would be paid in full by today. however, it emerged last night that the club's ownership has offered to only pay 50% of salaries. it's now up to the rfu to decide on whether they will grant the extension, given the conditions of the reprieve have not been met. i think it would be devastating for the fans, more so probably for the club. there are people whose

to tirana, of course, in- albania.ng this office according to this home office briefing solicitor fees briefing, solicitor fees for that of immigration lawyer that sort of immigration lawyer range kind of 75 and £85 range between kind of 75 and £85 an hour and this briefing is arguing that in order to attract more solicitors over to deal with that number of migrants that you would have to the government would have to raise the fees that they charge by about 15. so you're looking at tens of millions on lawyers alone . and then of course there alone. and then of course there are themselves. are the flights themselves. i was to say that's the was going to say that's the other of course, which other aspect, of course, which was of that was highlighted in terms of that flight got to rwanda flight that never got to rwanda was amount it was was the amount of money it was just one single flight to just for one single flight to go. exactly. and government go. exactly. and the government sort of hoping that once it gets into of

the diplomacy around them as bumpy as the descent into tirana airport.nment has pinned its hopes on, a country deemed safe that will take back those who tried to enter the uk without permission. around 1,000 albanians have been sent back on flights like this one so far, proof, the uk says, that its deal with albania is working. around half those returning to albania do so voluntarily. most of the enforced returns come from uk prisons. some are being released from prison before serving their minimum sentence. until last month, this man, who we're calling mark, was serving a six—year sentence for drug offences. he was offered deportation after serving just two, a year before he would have been eligible for parole. they ask me, what is my decision, to go back or to stay in uk? and they explained some rules. if you go back, we took one year off from your sentence. if you come back, you have to serve it again. and i decide to come back, and i'm not going back to uk. were there other albanians in prison with you that you talked about this with? many people dec

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