Albania

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

Albanian intellectuals required President Bamir Topi to give Albanian citizenship to all Albanians living all over the word. According to the intellectuals, Albania should give citizenship to all Albanians from ethnic Albania, which includes Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, South Serbia, Greek part of Chameria and the Albanian Diaspora, calling for amendments …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci called on all EU member-states to recognize his nation after the International Court of Justice ruled the Kosovo’s 2008 independence declaration did not violate international law.

Montenegrin authorities have begun an investigation in the Andrijevici area in the north of Montenegro into an alleged mass grave that reportedly contains bodies of Kosovo Albanian victims of war.