http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/archive/3184 en_GB http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151187/1/3184 The Mjaft Movement reports that, in spite of repeated attempts to contact the office of Prime Minister, there have been no reaction so far to the demands of the striking workers of Gerdec, who continued their two-week hunger strike with protests in the park next to the PM`s office. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150962/1/3184 The families of eleven victims of the ammunitions depot explosion in Gerdec filed a class action suit against the Albanian state and asked Mjaft Movement to serve as their legal council. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150896/1/3184 The Confederation of Albanian Trade Unions, the Mjaft! Movement and other labor union groups held protests last Thusrday, May 1, in the Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, demanding better working conditions. May 1 is the day where the workers openly speak and present their complaints and demands regarding the working conditions. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150886/1/3184 World Bank will approve of $4.5 million US in loans to Albania and Montenegro for protection of the eco-system in the region of the Lake of Skadar. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150803/1/3184 MJAFT! Movement strongly protests the arrests of protesters by the Vlora Police Department, during the protests against the planned oil terminal that Italian Petrolifera Company intends to build in the Bay organized by the Alliance for Protection of the Bay of Vlora (AMGJ). http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150737/1/3184 Ten people were confirmed killed and nearly 300 injured in a huge explosion at an Albanian munitions depot on the outskirts of Tirana, authorities said. But more casualties were likely to be found by rescuers combing the area devastated by the blast Saturday that virtually flattened a town outside the capital, Tirana. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150549/1/3184 The Children\'s Human Rights Centre of Albania – CRCA/DCI Albania, one of the major civil society organisations in Albania and the region of South Eastern Europe working to improve the situation of children\'s and youth rights through lobbying and advocacy, capacity building, policy and legislation formulation, announced today a new initiative related to children with genetic diseases. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150546/1/3184 Marking the Data Protection Day, the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Delegation of the European Commission and the Council of Europe in Albania jointly emphasized the importance of a data protection system that meets European standards. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150299/1/3184 A Study on Youth Employment conducted by the AGENDA Institute and MJAFT Movement, with the support of the World Bank, shows that Albania remains in huge problems regarding employment related issues. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/150104/1/3184 The Mjaft (Enough) nongovernmental organization continues its daily protests over the current situation with energy supply in the country, in front of the Ministry of Economy and Energy. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/149950/1/3184 Mjaft! Movement expressed serious concerns for the direct pressure that the current Government exerts on free expression. The movement condemns, in front of the Albanian and international public opinion, the unjustifiable politically biased fines that the Government claims from Top Channel TV and demands its immediate cancellation. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/149870/1/3184 The OSCE Presence in Albania today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Parliament of Albania pledging continued assistance in consolidating its constitutional role as a forum for political debate and a mechanism for government oversight. The project is financed by the Netherlands. http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/149364/1/3184 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.oneworldsee.org/article/view/149117/1/3184 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.oneworldsee.org/article/view/149050/1/3184 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”.