Albania

Albanians will find out whether they will be able travel to most EU countries without visas this autumn, Albanian Interior Minister Lulzim Basha said. On Sunday (August 29th), he explained that his European counterparts

Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says the Priština government’s money allocated for the Serb north is not welcome. The Kosovo Albanian government’s announcement that it would spend EUR 5mn for infrastructure in the northern areas of Kosovo, where Serbs do not recognize its authority, was described by Bogdanović as …

Albania’s Foreign Minister Ilir Meta said on Wednesday (August 25th) that Albania is closer to the EU than ever. During the first day of a Tirana conference involving Albanian ambassadors, he predicted “Our country will

Helmuth Lohan, the outgoing head of the EU delegation in Tirana, praised the work of Albanian institutions and said he is convinced that EU integration is a process that is

The EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has provided guarantees for the temporary release of Ramush Haradinaj. The Kosovo Albanian politician and

Macedonia — The ambassador of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Jose-Luis Herrero met Tuesday members on the commission for interethnic relations in Struga, Macedonian Kirilica news website reports. They discussed

Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta has called for the full implementation of the Ohrid Agreement on its ninth anniversary, in a letter sent to his Macedonian counterpart.

A special EU-delegation will investigate starting September on ground the political crisis that has been tearing Albania for more than a year. Since June 2009 the Socialist Party of Albania, headed by Edi Rama, has refused to recognize the results, claiming

Albania’s foreign minister says his country’s recognition of Kosovo won’t impede improving ties with Serbia and Cyprus which do not. Ilir Meta says Albania backs Kosovo’s entry into the European Union to bring about regional stability. He says despite some EU states’ refusal to

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has called on local institutions to complete the questionnaire sent by the European Commission (EC) experts on the visa liberalisation issue. The report needs to be prepared by the end