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Albanian actor Anila Bisha, who is suing the government, claiming officials unlawfully used her face and voice to create an AI chatbot named Diella, presented as a "virtual minister", shows her phone displaying a govermental website, in Tirana, Albania, on February 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Florion Goga

Albanian actor sues government for using her image as 'AI minister'

When Edi Rama began his fourth term as Albania's prime minister last September, he also unveiled an AI-generated virtual minister, "Diella" - sun in Albanian - to oversee the...

Supporters of the opposition clash with police as they attend an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, on 22 December 2025. Photo: Florion Goga/Reuters

Corruption charges spark protests against Albanian government

Diella, minister of state for AI in Albania. Photo: Collected

Who is Diella? AI minister is 'pregnant with 83 children,' claims Albania PM

Albanian President Bajram Begaj (L) and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus are pictured during a meeting on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on 25 September 2025. Photo: Chief Adviser's Press Wing

Albania keen to hire workers from Bangladesh to meet growing labour demand

A drone view shows a migrant detention centre in Gjader, Albania, July 31, 2025. The facility was set up under an Italian government plan to process migrants rescued at sea. Photo: REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

EU court rules against Italy on Albania migrant camps scheme

TikTok is owned by China's ByteDance. Photo: Reuters

Albania bans TikTok for a year after killing of teenager

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Albania's Nedim Bajrami scores fastest ever Euros goal after 23 seconds

FILE PHOTO: An Italian Coast Guard vessel carrying migrants rescued at sea passes near a tourist boat, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Italy's deal with Albania on migrant camps capped at 3,000 migrants

FILE - Dua Lipa attends the Clooney Foundation for Justice Albie Awards at The New York Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in New York. Albania's president has granted citizenship to British pop star of Albanian origin Dua Lipa. President Bajram Begaj on Sunday, Nov, 27 said Lipa received citizenship ahead of Albania’s 110th anniversary of independence from the Ottoman Empire. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

Music superstar Dua Lipa granted Albanian citizenship

FILE PHOTO: A flag is waved in front of Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, August 4,2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

Albania cuts Iran ties, orders diplomats to go after cyberattack

Country’s first IPP’s floating power plant departs for Albania

Country’s first IPP’s floating power plant departs for Albania

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference ahead of video conference with foreign and defence ministers, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 31, 2021. Photo: Reuters

NATO in talks to build naval base in Albania, prime minister says

A woman looks on as people wave Albanian flags during a Socialist Party election rally in Tirana, Albania April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Florion Goga

Albania votes in its first female dominated government