TIRANA, Feb. 27, 2023 – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serb President Aleksandar Vucic are set to reach a new deal in Brussels on Monday — an agreement supported by the West for the normalization of relations between the
TIRANA, Feb. 8, 2023 – Most citizens from the six Western Balkans states can already travel around the region using just their ID cards, but now Bosnia and Herzegovina is the last holdout after Kosovo’s government gave the green light
TIRANA, Oct. 20, 2022 – A Serbia-Kosovo deal proposed by Germany and France that would mean UN membership for Kosovo with Belgrade’s acquiescence is likely to be reached in ‘a matter of weeks’ and has the full backing of the
TIRANA, July 19 – UN officials specializing in countering violent extremism have praised a recent contribution to a UN roundtable on the topic by Albanian scholar Arben Ramkaj, who heads the country’s Inter-Religious Institute. Dr. Ramkaj had made a
Representatives from Albania’s Interreligious Cooperation Center have met Pope Francis in Rome. In the group included the representatives of religious communities of Elbasan, the Mufti Agim Duka and Dr. Arben Ramkaj from the Muslim Community, Dom Dorian Mjeshtri, Dom Giusepe
By Alba Cela The expression above is commonly used in English-speaking countries to show inertia as an often decisive force in political and social developments even when everything seems to be changing shape. This expression came to my mind as
By Alon Ben-Meir, expert on Middle East and West Balkan affairs, international negotiations, and conflict resolution. It’s time for the Serbian government to wake up to the reality that under any circumstances Kosovo’s independence is irreversible. The sooner the Vucic
Interview of DAS Gabriel Escobar to VOA. VOA: Mr. Escobar, events turned violent last weekend in Albania at the main headquarters of the main opposition site of the Democratic Party. What are your thoughts about what transpired that day and
By: Alexandra Voudouri Introduction In November 2021, at the Conference on: “Albania-Greece relations: shaping the future outlook”, the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) supported by Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung presented in Tirana the findings of an opinion poll entitled: “Albanian-Greek relations: Perceptions
PRISHTINA, Sept. 27 – Tensions continue to be high at Kosovo’s northern border with Serbia, where a row over vehicle licence plates has led to border closures, ethnic Serb protests, torched Kosovo government offices and Serbia’s military amassing on Kosovo’s
