Eurasia Press & News
MACEDONIA Macedonia’s parliament adopted a new Law on Parliament after heated debate on Monday night, in a session boycotted by an opposition ethnic Albanian party. The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA , kept its pledge to boycott parliament from this week, in lieu of the collapse of the ruling coalition. …
Read More »Albanian Opposition Head Seeks Re-Election
TIRANA, Albania Albanian Socialist Party leader Edi Rama confirmed Monday that he will seek to retain the party leadership in the movement’s upcoming extraordinary congress. Speaking to Tirana daily Shekulli, Rama said, “I will run for re-election,” adding that, despite calls for his resignation, he was proud of the internal …
Read More »Albanian police union urges interior minister to step down
ALBANIA The Union of the Albanian Police Force requested today from the Interior Minister Bujar Nishani to resign from the post. The Union’s Syndicate Valentin Matsaj said that the Union’s move was prompted by suspicions that members of police forces had tipped the criminal Dritan Dajti about busting operation against …
Read More »Albania PM extols “historical ties” with Kuwait
BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha lauded on Thursday the historical Albanian-Kuwaiti ties as an example for international strategic relations. Berisha made the remarks in an interview with KUNA on the sidelines of a seminar organized by the NATO Club in Blagoevgrad, 100 km from the Bulgarian capital city …
Read More »Macedonia Marks Ohrid Accord Anniversary
Macedonia is marking eight years since the signing of the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord, which put an end to a six month ethnic Albanian insurgency. The central ceremony marking the anniversary will be held in the winter resort of Mavrovo, situated near the north-western town of Tetovo, a focal point …
Read More »Montenegrins from Kosovo form party
KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO A new party under the name National Montenegro’s party in Kosovo has been registered in Kosovo Central election Committee (CEK). Lazar Radulovic is the leader of this party and he party’s purpose is to get national and citizen rights of Montenegrins in Kosovo. “We will work to solve …
Read More »Albania sends additional forces in Afghanistan
ALBANIA Albania sent additional soldiers in Afghanistan. The Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha participated in the ceremony for sending additional quota peacekeepers in Afghanistan. The additional quota of Albanian troops in Afghanistan will be led by Italian forces and that is why the Italian Ambassador Sabah Delia said that we …
Read More »Government Says Ohrid Accord Is Alive
MACEDONIA Opposition claims that the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord is a dead letter are unfounded, Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdilakim Ademi says. The pact ended that year’s short-lived ethnic Albanian insurgency, promising the country’s largest minority official recognition of its language and culture and positive discrimination in state employment.
Read More »Albanian villagers block CoE team
TIRANA Albanian villagers prevented Council of Europe (CoE) officials from conducting an investigation into the trafficking of human organs, Albanian media reported. Former Hague chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte mentioned in her book published last year that the home of the Katuci family and the village of Rripe in north …
Read More »Kosovo to purchase embassy buildings
PRIŠTINA The Kosovo Albanian government has passed a decision for the purchase of buildings in Washington, London, Paris and Brussels, to house its embassies. According to a statement released in Priština, the government adopted a request of its foreign ministry to start with buying only four buildings due to a …
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