Albania

Jose Manuel Barroso opted to cancel his planned visit to Tirana, due to political tensions stemming from the vote count in Tirana’s mayoral election. Barroso was scheduled to visit on Friday as part of a Balkan tour, to offer support to reforms that would help the country achieve benchmarks needed …

EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, calls on political leaders in Albania to overcome differences and find a solution to the dispute over the race for mayor of Tirana. “The narrow result in the mayoral elections in Tirana means that both

Leader of Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti stated to his supporters that Albanian language will become official language in Macedonia. He pointed out that he doesn’t feel guilty for the postponement of the unification of the municipalities of Kichevo, Zayas and Oslomei, because due to this reason in …

The head of the EU delegation in Albania, Ettore Sequi, said on Wednesday that Albania needs to commit to reforms in order to move ahead in its EU integration bid. “For Albania to become an EU member, it

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso will visit Albania soon after the May 8th local elections to stress the importance of the process. The visit was announced by

The European Parliament (EP) is expected to send a group of observers to monitor the May 8th local elections, media reported on Sunday (April 24th). The observers will come as an independent group to join other international teams monitoring the process. The presence of observers was requested by Prime Minister …

The OSCE is urging Albania to limit the immunity of public officials by changing laws and the constitution. The organisation’s Ambassador to Tirana, Eugen Wollfarth, said on Tuesday (April 19th) that the “volunteer

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has sent a proposal for an investigation into allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Jeremic sent the letter to Ban on Tuesday afternoon, after he discussed the issue with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, who was in …

Stefano Sannino, the EU’s deputy director-general for external relations, began a two-day visit to Tirana on Wednesday (April 13th) to discuss the country’s European integration progress. Sannino participated in a meeting

A delegation of the Council of Europe (CoE) has offered support to the Albanian Central Election Commission (CEC) to help ensure required standards are met during the May 8th local elections. Led by Hana Richtermocova, the