Tag: Albania

In Belgrade's first official response, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski fled to Hungary via Serbia, but before a warrant was issued and sent to Belgrade. He also said that Gruevski was accompanied by two Hungarian nationals from Macedonia to Albania. This is Belgrade's first reaction after Gruevski fled Macedonia to avoid serving a prison sentence,...

Last week, disinformation that was published by pro-government Serbian daily newspaper "Politika", lied to a large part of the Albanian media who in turn, shared the news. "Politika", citing its own sources, claimed that Nikola Gruevski flew to Budapest via Tirana. One of the most well read media outlets in Albania, "Gazeta Mapo", reported this information with additional "spice" -...

Yesterday, police in Albania and Montenegro released statements in numerous articles in the media that former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski went to Budapest via two countries. Two countries have confirmed that Gruevski left their territories on Sunday. Considering the fact that there were no flights to Budapest from Podgorica or Tivat, it is most likely that Gruevski left the country...

Today, Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi said that Macedonia will establish a "one stop shop" for joint border control with Albania, and its goal is to increase trade cooperation between the two countries. "Macedonia is fully committed to increasing cooperation with countries in the region, establishing a common economic zone, which will increase competitiveness for our companies," said Bekteshi before the...

The topic of the law that would demolish the National Theatre in order to build a new one in Albania keeps being the main topic in the public discourse. This law was voted by the majority on July 5, 2018, despite continuous protests from the artist’s community and activists.  According to this law, the new theater would be built in the...

Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl responding to a journalist question concerning about the opening negotiations with Macedonia and Albania, said that countries had fulfilled the negotiating tasks required and now the credibility of the EU was in question. She also used the name "Northern Macedonia" in her statement, MIA correspondent from Brussels reported. “I was dining with the Albanian Minister...

The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania today condemned the hate speech against Albanians which was drawn on concrete walls in a public space in Bitola and urged the Macedonian authorities to investigate the case. It is about the facade of a building in Bitola, and on the wall, it says, "Death to Shiptars", written in Macedonian and...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Albanian Colleague, Edi Rama, visited today the Macedonians who live int he municipality of Pustec, and they had a joint meeting with the Deputy Mayor and the municipality's advisors. The representatives of the municipality of Pustec have announced to the prime ministers the priorities for which they are expecting a support, among which...

The joint session of the governments of Macedonia and Albania in Pogradec opens a new chapter in the bilateral relations of both countries and it means working on solutions that lead to a peaceful and safe future for our citizens and our countries, and not their delay, said Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev this afternoon on the border Albanian...

The governments of Macedonia and Albania will be having a joint session at noon in Pogradec, Albania. At the session, as was announced by the government's press service, there will be talks about several subjects for promoting the bilateral cooperation especially the infrastructural connectivity, the building of the Corridor 8, for easing and intensifying the trade of goods and...

The President of Albania, Ilir Meta, during the meeting with the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, Talat Xhaferri, stressed that he is happy because for the first time a representative of the Albanian community in the Republic of Macedonia is a president of the Parliament and that this high and important function will be an...

Today, President Gjorge Ivanov and his Albanian counterpart, Ilir Meta, discussed bilateral relations between the two countries in Skopje, and the European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, as well. “We started together, but now Albania is a NATO member. We now expect Albania to take Macedonia into the Alliance”, Ivanov said at the joint press conference, adding that Macedonia is ready to...

The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, announced today in Peshkopea that at the joint session of the governments of Macedonia and Albania, that will take place in Pogradec, he is going to ask the Macedonian government to continue the "Arberi" road on its territory. Rama announced that the building of the Arberi road with a length of 72...

The Western Balkans is pushing for the opening of the European Union's door, and it is possible, in Spring for Brussels to give the green light to starting accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania, wrote the Austrian newspaper "Kurier". The daily newspaper says that EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn met with journalists from the region...

The President of the opposition political party VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski has met today with the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, with whom he spoke about the Macedonian-Albanian relations, the current political condition, and Macedonia's strategic priorities. Grueski has told Rama that he is supporting the idea of an open cooperation with Republic of Albania, based on a principal...

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and his Albanian colleague, Eid Rama, during yesterday's meeting in Skopje have concluded that Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Albania have great political relations without any open issues and this is a good basis for intensifying the cooperation in the direction of applying European standards, the economic cooperation, as well as securing conditions...

Albania and Macedonia have no open issues, stated the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, Ditmir Bushati and Nikola Dimitrov at a joint press conference in Tirana. They also stated that they will be holding a joint session between the two governments this autumn in Podgradec, where they will discuss joint projects. Albanian Foreign Minister Bushati said that Tirana wants...

Today in Trieste, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with his Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama, who turned up wearing a suit and trainers. Prime Minister Zaev wrote about his meeting with Rama on his “Twitter” account, “We share a common vision for a Euro-Atlantic future for the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Albania. https://twitter.com/Zoran_Zaev/status/885123356877565952 The Albanian Prime Minister on his official...

The chief of the Albanian diplomacy, Ditmir Bushati, congratulated Nikola Dimitrov on his new position as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia. "Congratulations to Nikola Dimitrov. Albania will remain Macedonia's best neighbor. I look forward to working together" wrote Bushati on his Twitter account. https://twitter.com/ditmirbushati/status/870323149489020930 Dimitrov, as soon as the pledging ceremony had ended, said that his first visit...

Serbia, which has 36.000 soldiers, has four times more military power than Macedonia, Albania or Kosovo, while Macedonia only has 8.000 troops. At the bottom is Montenegro with 1.853 soldiers. However, Kosovo has a little more than the others, due to the presence of 150 members of the special anti-terrorist units ROSU (Regional Operational Support Unit), which boosts their...