The inability of political leaders to reach consensus on key reforms within in Albania is delaying the country’s progress towards European Union candidacy, a report published by the Open Society Foundation in Albania, OSFA, has shown.
Read More »Albanians and bosniaks from Serbia to boycott census
Minority groups in Serbia are preparing to boycott the country’s census due to disagreements over the ethnicity of data collectors and the language the census forms have been written in. Ethnic Albanians in South Serbia and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) from the southwestern region
Read More »Albania seeks for Kosovo recognition from Libya’s NTC
Albanian Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto has asked the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Muhammad Jibril, to recognize Kosovo as an independent state, when the government is formed in Tripoli. Haxhinasto and Jibril met on Friday on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in …
Read More »UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with K. Albanian officials
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Kosovo officials that “Kosovo institutions should coordinate their activities with the international missions”. Ban said they should “coordinate with KFOR and EULEX in establishing peace in north Kosovo” – according to a statement issued in Priština.
Read More »EU Ministers urge Albania to continue reforms
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and his Greek counterpart Stavros Lambrinidis, held talks with Albanian politicians in Tirana on Monday, in an effort to bring the country’s bid for EU membership back on track.
Read More »OSCE says Albania must speed up the reforms
The OSCE ambassador in Tirana says Albania has only two years to pass vital legislation before presidential and general elections again consume everyone’s attention. “If you really want to show the Albanian public and your international partners that you take your responsibilities and obligations seriously, then
Read More »Albania political deadlock delayed EU talks
Albania’s Socialist opposition returned to parliament on Monday, ending a three-month boycott, but the country’s path towards EU accession may have been affected, warns one think tank. The Socialist opposition started boycotting parliament in protest against what it alleged were irregularities in the May 8 race for the post of …
Read More »Albanians from south of Serbia demand talks with Belgrade
An assembly of Albanians from Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja has adopted a declaration calling for dialogue with Serbia and Brussels, and pledging to boycott the forthcoming census. The assembly of ethnic Albanian leaders from the ethnically mixed border region sent their request for talks to Belgrade and the European Union, …
Read More »Albanian FM urges Kosovo-Serbia dialogue
Albania’s ministry of foreign affairs has called for renewed dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade after a Kosovo policeman died in clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Tuesday.
Read More »Albanian PM nominates two new ministers
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha nominated two new ministers on Tuesday. Eduard Halimi was named the new minister of justice, and Aldo Bumçi the new minister of culture and tourism.
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