Albania

A new political party in Albania wants unification with Kosovo. The party was registered in Tirana recently and is called Red-Black Movement. The movement is expected to pass a strategy for unification of Albania and Kosovo in May. The party criticises Tirana’s policy towards Kosovo, saying that Prime Minister Sali …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says Albania will sign an agreement with the EU law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, to institutionalize cooperation on the investigation into organ harvesting allegations. According to a statement, Prime Minister Berisha “agreed fully on the need to sign an agreement or

Kosovo’s Self-Determination Movement says it expects mass support from Albanians on January 14 for its planned action on border crossings with Serbia. Speaking in Tirana on Wednesday, the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) leader

MEPs from the joint EU-Albania Stabilization and Association Committee warned Tirana on Friday to speed up reforms or risk missing out on the integration process. “Albania could miss the train heading toward the EU,” Slovak MEP Eduard Kukan said in a meeting in Tirana with Albania opposition and government MPs.

Opposition and government point fingers after the EU Council of Ministers on Tuesday said Albania had made little progress towards membership. Albania’s government has blamed the Socialist-led opposition

Albania will only be able to move forward towards EU membership when it starts showing more progress on its reform agenda, the Council of Ministers underlined on Tuesday. “Albania has made limited progress in meeting the political criteria for membership

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Thursday welcomed the apparent end of a two-year political stalemate in Albania, after parliament approved two laws that required cross-party consensus. 

The US prosecutor heading the investigation into allegations of Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, organ trafficking will visit Tirana on November 10. John Clint Williamson, who leads the seven member Special Investigative Task Force of the EU mission, EULEX, will meet with

Albania’s government has ratified an agreement which unifies consular services and practices with Kosovo and halves costs for both countries. “Albanians should feel the same in Tirana and Pristina,” Prime Minister Sali Berisha during a cabinet meeting yesterday. He added that similar practices should be followed in other areas like …

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) adopted late Thursday a resolution on the political situation in the Balkans. “The PACE urged all the countries of the region to work towards reconciliation and enhancement of dialogue”, head of the Serbian