Tag: Albania

The leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti during his visit to Tirana had meetings with the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Ilir Meta and with President Bujar Nishani, says a correspondent from "Meta" in Tirana. "The Ohrid Framework Agreement, Macedonia's membership in NATO and the European Union, economic development and equality among ethnic communities will...

The Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a meeting with representatives of minority groups in Albania to improve its legislation on minorities by developing a law that the Albanian government agreed to bring at the request of the European Union. With it, the recognition of the Macedonian and other minorities throughout the territory of Albania should be regulated, and be...

A group of 162 Syrian refugees arrived near the Greek-Albanian border after the Balkan route leading through Macedonia and Serbia has been completely closed down. Refugees from the Greek port of Piraeus reached the village of Konica, located 12 km from the border with Albania. According to the media, the refugees encountered assistance and were approached by local authorities, villagers and...

At least seven Kosovo citizens who fought for the of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Syria, three weeks ago returned to the Balkans and took refuge in the region of Skopje, reports the Kosovo daily "Koha Ditore". Relying on information from intelligence agencies, including the Kosovo intelligence services, the newspaper writes that the jihadists who had returned...

President of the Council of the European Union, Donald Tusk will visit Serbia in the upcoming weekend, and he will also visit Albania and Macedonia and will meet with the leaders of the three countries, the EU Council stated. The website of the EU Council published a schedule of meetings Mr Tusk and other leaders of countries would have, he did...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama had an emergency meeting where he urged all institutions to take additional measures to increase the level of security. Prime Minister Rama asked for additional security measures on vital facilities such as, border crossings, border patrols, military facilities, ports, airports, schools, hospitals, places large numbers many people gather, hydroelectric plants, water supply, telephone and the...

The Police forces of Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo in Ohrid today signed a memorandum of cooperation which provides for the formation of an expert group dealing with illegal arms trafficking in South-East Europe, and regulating the manner of mutual cooperation, stated the Ministry of Interior. (MOI) "In the past few years, this region has not only been a crossroad...

The former President and Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha claims that federalization of Macedonia is the only chance of solving the inter-ethnic crisis. Berisha said for newspaper Gazeta 55 that for there to be stable peace in Macedonia there has to be guaranteed a high regional autonomy from the type seen in countries of the West, such as federalization...

At the local elections which will be held on 21st of June, Ethnic Macedonians in Albania will compete for a Mayor position in Pustec and will have 16 lists of councilors in as many municipalities. On these local elections, Party of Macedonians - Macedonian Alliance for European Integration enters as part of the ruling coalition "Alliance for European Albania". The only...

State agencies in charge of foreign policy of Macedonia are still without a position on the statement of Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, who announced possible veto to Macedonia's accession to NATO. MFA yesterday and today say that the consultations and analysis of Rama’s statement are ongoing. Cabinet of President Gjorgje Ivanov also had no answer to our question...

The statement for unification of Albania and Kosovo was taken out of context, said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in an interview with "Al Jazeera Balkans". Rama assessed that relations between Albania and Serbia have never been better, adding that "the process of integration must be understood as the only tool for the modernization of our reality, and also to...

Today, President Gjorgje Ivanov, within the two-day visit to Albania, resides in Pustec and Mala Prespa, at a meeting with the Macedonian community from the Municipality of Pustec, the only Macedonian municipality in Albania. It was the first visit at the highest level from President of the Republic of Macedonia. Ivanov visited the local self-government of the municipality, where he...

Presidents of Macedonia and Albania, Gjorgje Ivanov and Bujar Nishani, agreed that the two countries have a common future. After today’s meeting in Tirana, they agreed that more intensive economic cooperation is required, and by fostering good neighborly relations and mutual trust, European future and a better standard of citizens, as well as the capacity for joint response to...