In Tirana, a Constituent Assembly announced the end of the 17-year-old Albanian monarchy ... King of the Sons of the Eagle) received the news with hardly a quiver of his finely pointed mustache ...

Serbia has hit out at a "provocative" double eagle celebration by two ethnic Albanian goalscorers in the World Cup. Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri scored for Switzerland who beat Serbia 2-1.