{"id":35634,"date":"2022-05-03T21:53:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35634"},"modified":"2022-05-03T21:54:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:54:54","slug":"socialist-mp-says-no-room-to-panic-in-issuing-tourist-visas-for-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/socialist-mp-says-no-room-to-panic-in-issuing-tourist-visas-for-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist MP says no room to panic in issuing tourist visas to Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist MP Bardhyl Kollcaku dismissed on Tuesday concerns about providing tourist visas to Russian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to host Erla Mehilli on Euronews Albania\u2019s Now, Kollcaku noted that all individuals who are granted a travel visa may be subjected to surveillance if there are red flags.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Albania has sided with the West in sanctioning Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever is granted a visa, can be monitored if he becomes a suspect. Albania follows the same line of sanctions as the US and the EU. Sanctions are coordinated, but they do not address the Russian people. There are 570 sanctioned subjects, but not the Russian people. We don\u2019t want to pass on that fear to regular citizens\u201d, Kollcaku added.<\/p>\n<p>On April 21, eight countries were added to the list of those who do not require a visa to enter the Albania territory, including here, Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/05\/03\/removing-visa-regime-with-russia-undermines-national-security-claims-mp\/\">Removing visa regime with Russia undermines national security, claims MP<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2022\/05\/03\/bushati-haxhiu-disagree-on-whether-albania-should-allow-russian-tourists\/\">Bushati-Haxhiu disagree on whether Albania should allow Russian tourists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/05\/03\/shut-down-your-ports-to-russian-ships-limit-tourists-zelensky-lists-demands\/\">\u2018Shut down your ports to Russian ships, limit tourists!\u2019, Zelensky lists demands<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist MP Bardhyl Kollcaku dismissed on Tuesday concerns about providing tourist visas to Russian citizens. Talking to host Erla Mehilli on Euronews Albania\u2019s Now, Kollcaku noted that all individuals who are granted a travel visa may be subjected to surveillance if there are red flags. According to him, Albania has sided with the West in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[270,1342,151,284,1341],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Socialist MP says no room to panic in issuing tourist visas to Russians - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/socialist-mp-says-no-room-to-panic-in-issuing-tourist-visas-for-russians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Socialist MP says no room to panic in issuing tourist visas to Russians - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Socialist MP Bardhyl Kollcaku dismissed on Tuesday concerns about providing tourist visas to Russian citizens. 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