Montenegro, seeing a rise in the number of migrants passing through the country on a new route to the European Union, is considering building a razor wire fence on its border with Albania to stem the flow, a government official said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa […]
A former Albanian interior minister was put under house arrest Saturday while he is investigated for graft and alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring, the office of Albania’s top prosecutor said. Prosecutors had asked for Saimir Tahiri to be taken into custody, but Denion Ndrenika, spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office, said a court […]
Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama has started an official visit yesterday in Germany in an attempt to convince the country to provide its support for the opening of negotiations with the European Union. This visit comes a week after the European Commission gave its recommendation for the launch of this process. PM Rama had […]
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk has arrived today in Tirana. This visit comes as part of a Balkan tour. In a joint press conference, Albanian PM, Edi Rama expressed his gratitude for the positive recommendation to start accession talks. “I would like to thank the president of the EU Council for this […]
Albania has delivered the conditions imposed by the European Commission and it’s ready to launch the accession talks, by pushing the reforms agenda. This was the message that was conveyed from Tirana by the head of the EU diplomacy, Federica Mogherini in a joint press conference with PM Edi Rama. “It’s not only the aspiration […]
Following the authorisation by the Albanian President Ilir Meta to the (Albanian) Foreign Ministry and the commission negotiating the demarcation of the EEZ between Greece and Albania, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will stop in Tirana shortly, before going to Vienna where he will meet with Nikola Dimitrov and Matthew Nimetz. Kotzias and Bushati will have extensive […]
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in the response on his Facebook profile regarding the views of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on the law on the use of languages, which the Parliament adopted on Wednesday without an amnesty debate, said that without Albanians there is no Macedonia. Rama, according to the media, “reminded” Ivanov that Albanian […]
Tirana, 11 January 2018 – Today’s adoption of the law on the use of languages in Macedonia dominated the headlines in Albania. Albanian media have been widely reporting about the adoption hailing it as ‘a historic event’ that finally makes the Albanian language in Macedonia official. Top state officials also welcomed the law’s adoption. “The enactment […]
Macedonia’s government at its regular session on Tuesday decided to send humanitarian aid to flood-affected regions in Albania. The Protection and Rescue Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant institutions are tasked to submit a proposal for Macedonia’s relief package for Albania, the government said. At least one death was confirmed and travel was […]
