Eurasia Press & News
Representatives of the Governments of Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia signed a memorandum of understanding, support and cooperation in the construction of two new pipelines – the Trans-Adriatic (Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP) and the
Read More »EU calls on Albania to fix poll dispute
The European Union on Tuesday called for for a resolution of the power struggle among Albanian parties to control the Central Electoral Commission ahead of the June 23 elections.
Read More »Catherine Ashton starts Balkan tour
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton is beginning her visit to the region on Monday with a trip to Montenegro. In Montenegro, Ashton is to meet with PM Milo Đukanović
Read More »Albanian Journalists Protest Over Colleague’s Assault
Dozens of reporters and activists rallied in front of the government, protesting over a police assault on a Top-Channel TV staffer.According to information received by Balkan Insight, police detained cameraman Gent Ballta on Sunday while he was filming confrontations between Tirana football club fans and police officers. While in detention …
Read More »Albania President Green-Lights Waste Referendum
President Bujar Nishani set Tuesday December 22 as the day when a historic referendum on trash imports will be held, the first such grassroots initiative in Albania.The referendum request had been spearheaded by a group of activists, environmentalists and intellectuals, who collected more than 64,000 signatures in order to annul …
Read More »Azerbaijan and Albania sign bilateral agreement
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
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