A massive explosion at an Albanian army ammunition dump near Tirana today killed at least four people and injured more than 170, including many children. The country’s prime minister said he feared there could be many dead.

Albania signed a £14m (€20.73m) deal with Britain’s MedOil PLC today for oil exploration rights in its Ionian and Adriatic Seas, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy said.

A speedboat transporting Albanians trying to get to Italy has sunk, killing 21, officials said today.

Albanian police have arrested two people on suspicions they were involved in smuggling children from Albania to Italy, a spokesman from the interior ministry said today.