#Albania

Albanian Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha on Thursday offered high praise for Cyprus’ performance during its six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency, ...

Some 200 protesters on Saturday tore down metal and razor wire fences surrounding a luxury development site on Albania’s Adriatic coast, in another sign of growing anger against construction in ...

Albania will plough on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch of Balkan coast despite persistent protests over its environmental impact, ...

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday in the largest protest this week against a plan by a company linked to President Donald Trump’s ...

Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana late on Thursday in the largest protest this week against a planned luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive part of the ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna and Albanian chief negotiator Majlinda Dhuka on Monday held a telephone call to discuss the next steps as the western Balkan nation aims to ...

Albania’s parliament confirmed a fourth four-year mandate for Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday, who pledged he would make it his mission for the Balkan country to join the ...

Cyprus supports Albania’s accession to the EU, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday, adding that the EU’s enlargement into the Western Balkans is a geopolitical necessity in ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday met with his Albanian counterpart, Igli Hasani, to discuss regional developments, including Albania’s accession to the European Union and the Cyprus problem. Kombos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is participating on Friday in the European Political Community Summit in Tirana, Albania. According to a press release during the summit Christodoulides will participate in roundtable discussions ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina, for a working visit in Sarajevo in view of the Republic’s assumption of the presidency of the Council of the ...

lbanians started voting in parliamentary elections on Sunday with prime minister Edi Rama seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office after a campaign dominated by promises to join the European ...

Albania on Saturday announced a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the influence of social ...

Police in Albania’s capital Tirana fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse hundreds of opposition protesters blocking roads, who accused the government of corruption and demanded it ...

An Italian coastguard vessel collected migrants held in reception centres in Albania on Saturday to transfer them to Italy, after a court ruling dealt a blow to Rome’s plans ...

Lowly Albania held Croatia to a 2-2 draw in a thrilling Euro 2024 encounter on Wednesday that left both teams fighting it out for progression to the knockout stage. Klaus Gjasula ...

Eight people died in southern Albania on Tuesday when a car carrying suspected migrants swerved off a mountain road into a ravine, police said. The car fell on the rocky ...

By Florion Goga Environmentalists protested over the weekend at the building site of a new airport in Albania’s south meant to boost tourism but which they say will endanger ...

By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga Lying in his cage near a busy Tirana road, Mark the brown bear nibbles listlessly at a pile of bread and lettuce as, just ...

Western Balkans leaders are set to sign three agreements on mutual recognition of identity cards, university degrees and professional qualifications at a summit in Berlin on Thursday, German government officials ...

The Albanian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were injured while trying to stop two Russians and one Ukrainian who were trying to enter a military ...

Albania is in talks with NATO to build a naval base at Porto Romano, a port under construction on its Adriatic coast, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday. Rama ...