They settled mainly in southern and central Albania.However, they emerged with an unusually large number of voters in the Dibra region in the north in the 20 elections.“I regret nothing — in the space of three months I became a star.” Every evening at 7.30 pm, Hoxhaj reads the news in a revealing and preferably pink jacket, but she was quick to point out that she dresses like other women of her age in everyday life.Her stripped down look “is only for television, for information,” said the presenter, who also studies law and psychology when she’s not in the studio.The Loch Ness Monster, also known as Nessie, is a scary creature which, according to legend, inhabits a lake in the Scottish Highlands.It seems, however, that similar monsters can be tracked not only in Scotland but elsewhere in Europe.“There is a diversity of choice and everyone is free to change channel,” said Leonard Olli, a journalist and PR specialist in the capital Tirana.Aleksander Cipa, President of the Union of Albanian Journalists, said Zjarr TV’s tactics did little to help traditional news outlets as they struggle with declining audiences and sales.
Dibra's Socialist Mayor Muharrem Rama wrote on Facebook that "about 20-30 persons, some of whom were employees of the municipality, militants of the PDIU, led by Deputy Mayor Olti Cani", had assaulted his staff while seeking to fulfill their "clan interests".South Africa’s Zuma refuses ANC’s order to leave office The Edit: Couscous, a source of pride and division The Edit: Preserving romance in the Love Bank The Edit: Chewing longer could help you lose weight TIRANA, Feb 29 — Faced with tough competition to win over audiences, an Albanian TV channel is taking a literal approach towards giving viewers the “naked” truth — by employing almost-topless newsreaders.Wearing open jackets and nothing underneath, the young women reading the headlines on Zjarr TV are an unprecedented sight in the conservative Balkan country, where they first appeared on television and Internet screens last year.The channel’s owner says audiences haven’t stopped growing since.“In Albania, where the news is manipulated by political powers, the audience needed a medium that would present the information like it is — naked,” Zjarr TV owner Ismet Drishti told AFP.