Albania

I am sure that we will witness boom of Bulgarian investments in Albania in coming years. We work hard to make easier and more secured Bulgarian investors’ entering in Albania, Albanian Ambassador to Bulgaria N. Pr. Bujar Skendo said. According to him Bulgarian investors’ have keen interest in the Albanian …

Albania’s constitutional court accepted on Thursday an appeal by the opposition Socialist Party to review the legality of a territorial agreement with Greece, which delineates the continental shelf between the two countries in the Ionian Sea. 

In democratic countries, the political debate rolls out in parliament, and therefore it is necessary that opposition parties in Albania end the boycott of parliament, senior EU official said. Pierre Mirel, European Commission Director the Western Balkans, made the remarks in Tirana on Tuesday.

The Kosovo assembly will hold a ceremonial session today to welcome former deputy UN special envoy in the Kosovo status talks Albert Rohan. According to the announcements, Rohan will also address the assembly.

Albanian President Bamir Topi expressed willingness to help his country overcome the political crisis. Commenting the protest rallies staged by opposition Socialist Party, President Topi said he was ready to broker the talks between the opposition and the government in order to bridge the impasse, but he stressed that consent …

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters held a major rally on Friday evening in Tirana, seeking a partial recount of the ballots cast during the 28 June parliamentary elections. The rally, which was organised by the Socialists headed by Tirana’s mayor Edi Rama was also supported by smaller opposition parties …

As Kosovo goes it alone for the first time in local elections, the results are less significant than the voting process itself, as some Kosovo Serbs defy Belgrade’s boycott demand in a move that may cause a major rift between Serb communities in Kosovo, Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic write …

British lawyer Richard Harvey has been appointed as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić’s legal counsel, the Hague Tribunal has decided. The court stated today that its Secretariat provided Karadžić the possibility to speak to the lawyers from a list of attorneys, but that the accused did chose any of …

Macedonia needs protectorate and preliminary elections to tackle the political crisis, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Albanians /DPA/ Menduh Thaci said. “I am sure that situation in Macedonia is dramatic. Political conjunctures that rule the state are frivolous and the rest political players that try to make other …

Albania’s opposition Socialist Party is expected to stage a major rally in Tirana on Friday through to Sunday, calling for a recount of the ballots from the 28 June parliamentary elections, which it considered to have been marred by fraud. The protest, which is expected to begin on Friday afternoon …