http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/8/ en_GB_uk Albania http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82334 Chalmers Johnson looks at 60 years of misallocation of resources in the US to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the nation's economic life. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/152468/1/ Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/149364/1/ Members of Albanian Parliament have flagrantly violated 10 articles of the Parliamentary Book of Regulations and Procedures (articles 7, 25, 34, 45, 55, 57, 62, 65, 67 and 77). These violations include a wide array of infractions, ranging from physical altercations between the deputies, for which the Speaker of the Parliament failed to penalize the transgressors, to deputies present during Parliamentary meetings casting votes on behalf of their absent colleagues, both during plenary sessions an http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/149117/1/ Gender policies and EU integration was the topic of the day at a recent course on 26 and 27 April organized by the Training Institute of the Public Administration (TIPA) and UNDP. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/149050/1/ Last week, Mjaft! Movement’s activists, donning surgical masks, declared the Ministry of Environment closed. During the Ministry’s working hours the activists placed themselves outside the Ministry walls, on “Durresi Street”, holding banners that loudly proclaimed the following message in capital letters: “CLOSED DOWN”. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/148754/1/ Albanian judges, prosecutors and police officers took part in seminars in the last two weeks on assisting victims of domestic violence. They were organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Council of Europe and the Albanian School of Magistrates, and focused on the Law on Domestic Violence, which will enter into force in June. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/148642/1/ In Albania during ’90 years after the collapse of centralized socialist economy brought about the closing of thousands of jobs so the country was deeply immersed in labor-market crises as the main indicator of its period of transition. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/148336/1/ Last Friday, April 13, approximately 50,000 Albanians responded to the Prime Minister’s attacks on the media through a peaceful manifestation in “Skenderbej Square”, thereby marking the largest manifestation ever witnessed in Albania since the rise of the pluralist system. This manifestation was not coordinated by political parties; rather, it was jointly organized by civil society and the media. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/148105/1/ The Albanian Coalition for Promotion of Women, Youth and Minorities in Politics, under the framework of the Programme “Promotion of Democracy and Good Governance through Political Parties in Albania”, organised on Saturday, April 6 the Open Forum “Local Elections 2007 and Participation of Women and Young Girls in the Political Processes in Albania”, funded by Olof Palme International Center and Sida. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/148048/1/ Vlora Ambassadors have placed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) high on their agenda. They are carrying out a public awareness and information campaign, which aims to spread awareness and promote public debate and understanding of the MDGs. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/147993/1/ Mjaft! Movement demanded from the Attorney General to explain to the Albanian citizens who tells the truth: the Prime Minister, who accused the media of being affiliated with the mafia, or the media, who retorted by advancing the same exact accusation against the Prime Minister. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/147913/1/ Just before International Roma Day - to be celebrated on 8 April - the Council of Europe and the European Commission will organize a regional arts festival for the Roma, "Art against prejudice " at the International Culture Centre of Tirana, April 5-7. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/147762/1/ For the second year in the row IDRA (Institute for Development Research and Alternatives) prepared and published the Corruption Survey report. On 28th of March, the results of the survey were presented in a conference organized by Rule of Law/USAID project at Sheraton Hotel. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/147750/1/ "In the last 10 years, Albania has made impressive progress, and the tasks and work of the OSCE Presence have substantially evolved as well," said Ambassador Pavel Vacek, the Head of Presence on Tuesday March 27 in 10th anniversary of OSCE Presence in Albania. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/147643/1/ On the European Union's 50th anniversary, the Mjaft! Movement activists protested in front of the Albanian Parliament. The activists enclosed themselves in a space circumscribed with barbed wire, which symbolized the barrier between Albania and Europe, and they focused their attention on the lack of national ID cards.