The wit and wisdom of Pitkin

October 5th, 2010

The importance of Norman Wisdom to Albanians during the Hoxha period cannot be overestimated, writes Mira Blushi
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Albania: TV channel fined for exposing minister’s sex demands

June 25th, 2010

A Tirana court has ordered Albania’s Top Channel TV to pay €400,000 compensation to Ylli Pango, the former Minister of Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sport after broadcasting hidden camera footage of him, asking a female job applicant to remove her clothes. Investigative programme, Fiks-Tarif, had sent undercover reporters to investigate allegations that, whilst in office, Pango was offering employment in return for sexual favours. When giving judgement, the court said they found in favour of Pango because the recordings had been obtained illegally.