The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan and the Council of Ministers of Albania signed an agreement on cooperation in Baku on Monday. This is stated in the report of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan released on Monday.
Read More »OSCE to monitor Albanian elections
OSCE announced that it will send hundreds of monitors to observe June’s national elections in Albania. An OSCE report says
Read More »Albanian and Jordanian FMs stress the urgency for a political solution to Syria
Jordanian and Albanian foreign ministers on Tuesday stressed the urgency for a political solution to Syria, which preserves the unity of the country. At a meeting in Amman, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh
Read More »Egypt and Albania discuss bilateral cooperation
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi met on Sunday with Albanian Foreign Minister Edmond Panariti. Presidential Spokesman Omer Amer said that the talks discussed boosting
Read More »The EU Enlargement Commissioner stresses the importance of free elections in Albania
The EU Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fule, on Monday called on Albania’s parties to ensure that the general elections meet a high standard in order to advance the country’s EU goals. “The existing broad consensus in Albania on European Union integration
Read More »Albanian ratifies Trans Adriatic Pipeline Agreement
The Albanian Parliament ratified the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Albania, Italy and Greece on the construction and operation of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project, TAP reported on Tuesday. Signed in Athens on February 13, 2013, the tri-lateral IGA
Read More »Albania PM Excludes Return of Death Penalty
Prime Minister Sali Berisha has slapped down calls for the return of the death penalty, following outrage over a suspected paedophile accused of murdering an 11-year-old.“This case was the act of a monster who killed a child and was prepared to kill another,” Berisha told the cabinet on Wednesday. “A …
Read More »Cost of Mismanagement Rises in Albania
The annual report of the High State Audit office says poor management of state-owned companies cost Albania twice as much in 2012 as it did the previous year.The head of Albania’s State Audit Office, Bujar Leskaj, told parliament on Tuesday that audits in 2012 brought to light €97.3 million worth …
Read More »OSCE Snubs Albanian Proposal to Lower Voting Age
The OSCE head in Albania, Eugen Wolfarth, on Tuesday criticised a proposal by Prime Minister Sali Berisha to rush through an extension of voting rights to 16-year-olds ahead of the June 23 elections.“Ahead of this election there is no time [for such a change],” Wolfarth said. “Such thing cannot be …
Read More »Pavkovic and Sainovic appeal on Kosovo War Crimes
Former Yugoslav Army commander Nebojsa Pavkovic and deputy prime minsiter Nikola Sainovic said at their Hague Tribunal appeal that they are not guilty of murder and persecution of Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 conflict. The two have been sentenced in 2009 to 22 years of jail each for deportation, murder …
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