Peter Feith, the head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo and European Union Special Representative, criticized Kosovo’s institutions for lagging behind in key reforms needed to guarantee progress in the new country. Feith spoke during a debate in the European Parliaments’ foreign affairs committee on the occasion of the …

The World Bank’s president, Robert Zoellick, has ordered a new investigation to find out who was responsible for attempts at a cover-up of a Bank misstep in 2006-07 that led to the demolition of a village in southern Albania. An internal inspection panel report of the International Development Association, IDA, …

Ex-Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu and several former high officials of Albania’s Ministry of Defense were charged on Wednesday with abuse of power over the deadly blast at army depot outside Tirana last March. Apart from Mediu, the indicted included the former Chief-Staff of the Let. Gen. Luan Hoxha, Gen Shpetim …