TIRANA, March 24 – The European Union has pledged 50 million euros to help Albania fight the coronavirus outbreak and recover its economy. The announcement was made by EU Ambassador to Albania via Twitter on Tuesday, who expressed the EU’s
TIRANA, March 24 – The Albanian government approved the financial assistance plan for all small businesses, households living under financial assistance and the unemployed who receive social welfare payments. “There are many self-employed families where the head of household declares
TIRANA, March 24 – The General Affairs Council of the EU gave a green light to the opening of EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania in Tuesday’s video-conference. The Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, took to
TIRANA, March 24 – President of Albania Ilir Meta is expected to convene a Security Council meeting on Wednesday to address the current COVID-19 situation in the country. The meeting was announced by Ted Blushi, the President’s spokesperson, via Facebook
TIRANA, March 24 – The euro rallied against the lek significantly on Tuesday. According to the Bank of Albania’s official exchange rate, one euro was exchanged with 123.84 lek on Tuesday, up by 0.81 lek compared to last week, reaching
TIRANA, March 23 – The European Union is preparing to open membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia, according to a draft document by the 27 member states. The document is set to be finalized and formally adopted by the
In his frequent addresses via social media to the Albanian public on the Covid-19 crisis and measures, Prime Minister Edi Rama often claims that Albania is in this war alone and that this disaster has countries in the world each
TIRANA, March 22 – The Council of Ministers recently approved the proposal of the Ministry of Finance and Economy to make changes in the 2020 State Budget, in order to cope with the COVID-19 emergency. The changes indicate 162 million
TIRANA, March 21 – Prime Minister Edi Rama made a public apology on Saturday for posting false information regarding a video showing police forces being violent towards anti-government protesters in Algeria. Earlier, Rama had claimed that the video showed Spanish
TIRANA, March 21 – As of March 23 all flights from Tirana International Airport, excluding those to and from Istanbul with ‘Air Albania’, will be suspended until further notice in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. However, TIA
