Full Coverage: Albania

31.10.2006 The activists of MJAFT Movement in Lexha protested, on Sunday, October 29, the problematic environmental situation this town. They have taken photos of places covered up with garbage scattered all over the town and they have invited the locals to sign a petition, as they were watching the 120 photos displayed, addressed to the local authorities in which they urged them to change this situation.

26.10.2006 Albania participated in the global STAND UP! campaign to reach a new Guinness world record for the largest number of people standing up at the same time in the fight against poverty.

26.10.2006 Several major national Albanian children rights organisations promoted, on October 24, 2006, the establishment of a new Coalition against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Albania. The Coalition which will be known under the acronym ACTSEC has been accepted as an associate group of ECPAT International.

24.10.2006 MJAFT Movement organized a roundtable discussion on October 19, with participation of deans and rectors of public universities, to discuss the problematic issues that universities are recently facing, one of which is the issue of the draft Law on Education.

19.10.2006 On November 18, 2006, the Municipal Council of Korca approved, with unanimous vote, the Memorandum of Understanding with Civil Society Development Centre - CSDC, group of Korca-based civil society organizations, which aims to institutionalize their cooperation.

16.10.2006 The Director for Public Relations at the Parliament of Albania has notified the editorial offices of the private media that starting on October 11, 2006, there shall be no live broadcasts of the plenary sessions of the Parliament. The reasons for this decision was explained with the need to sign specific contracts with the private TV stations.

12.10.2006 The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, General Directorate of State Police and the Council of Europe organised today successfully the National Workshop Child Abuse in the Albanian Family". The workshop was funded by the European Union.

04.10.2006 A project aimed at helping Albanians be more aware of their rights to access information was launched today by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the People's Advocate (Ombudsman).

03.10.2006 UNICEF Office in Albania and the Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA have started to work together on a major research project related to juvenile justice and juvenile delinquency in the country.

03.10.2006 Last Friday, September 29, Albanian Government faced the first civil protests in Tirana since the eruption of the “Albatros” Scandal. “Civil Action” – a new movement on the civil scene – protested in front of the Ministry of the Public Affairs – demanding immediate dismissal of the Director of Civil Aviation, Gazment Dibra.