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Mecca Defense Pact Signals Saudi Arabia’s Bid to Shape a New Security Order

The agreement with Turkey and nuclear-armed Pakistan strengthens Riyadh’s position as a central architect of regional security, while reflecting a broader shift toward a more multipolar international system. Tirana Times, August 08,

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SPAK Brings New Charges Against Former Deputy PM Balluku

Tirana Times, August 07, 2026 — Albania’s Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime has brought new allegations against former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, widening one of the most politically sensitive

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Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

Ethnic Cleansing Remark Tests Serbia’s Claim to Have Broken With Milošević A Serbian minister’s declared willingness to expel Kosovo Albanians has drawn condemnation across the region and Europe. Belgrade’s refusal to remove

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Gentiloni promises support for opening of EU talks

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ROME, Oct. 11 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has secured Italy’s support for Albania’s bid to open EU accession negotiations during an official visit to Italy on Wednesday. In a joint press

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EU’s enlargement policies are ‘not fair’, Rama says

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TIRANA, Oct. 7 – EU’s enlargement policies can be unfair and unpredictable to Albania and others in the region, Prime Minister Rama has said in a wide-ranging interview with Austria’s Der Standard.

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Gentiana Sula, head of the Authority for Information on the Documents of Sigurimi, speaks in parliament. (@GentaSula/Twitter)

Parliament commemorates MPs executed in 1947

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TIRANA, Oct. 10 – Albania’s parliament held Tuesday a memorial session in honor of the 70th anniversary of the execution of 14 opposition lawmakers by the country’s communist regime — a session

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Albania's parliament (Photo: PoA Handout)

Parliament to seek int’l assistance on electoral reform

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TIRANA, Oct. 10 – The Albanian parliament, which has made the electoral reform a main priority at the start of this new legislation, will be calling on foreign representatives to closely monitor

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Pressuring EU on visas, Kosovo’s president asks Albania to offer dual citizenship

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PRISHTINA, Oct. 11 – In the context of Kosovo’s stalled visa liberation process, Kosovo President Hashim Thaà§i brought up the possibility of granting Kosovo citizens Albanian citizenship in a meeting with his

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Edi Ramaâ€™s second cabinet with President Ilir Meta.

Gov’t: Fighting corruption, police vetting set as priorities for first 100 days

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TIRANA, Oct. 7 – The National Assembly of the Socialist Party gathered ministers, representatives of various public posts and Prime Minister Edu Rama to present the objectives of the government in its

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Japan supports northern Albania education

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TIRANA, Oct. 11 – The Japanese government has financially supported the rehabilitation of three schools in the northern Albanian towns of Vau i Dejes and Fierza and pledged to further assist Albania

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Albanians join regional race to learn German as escape from everyday problems

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TIRANA, Oct. 9 – More and more Albanians have turned to studying German language in the past couple of years, joining a Western Balkan trend of preparing to integrate into the German

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Luxembourg minister says Albania ‘may open’ EU negotiations in 2018

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Luxembourg Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn, who was in Tirana on Tuesday, said Albania is likely to open accession talks next year. “In 2009, Albania

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Challenge the gov’t to meet needs, U.S. ambassador tells Albanian youths

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TIRANA, Oct. 1 – Citizens have the right to demand things from the government and remove it from office if it doesn’t respond properly, U.S. Ambassador Doland Lu has told a group

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No parallels between Kosovo and Catalonia, Albanian FM minister says

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Catalonia’s potential declaration of independence has nothing to do with Kosovo and no parallels should be drawn, Albanian Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati said this

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News - Page 216

Mecca Defense Pact Signals Saudi Arabia’s Bid to Shape a New Security Order

SPAK Brings New Charges Against Former Deputy PM Balluku

Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

Gentiloni promises support for opening of EU talks

EU’s enlargement policies are ‘not fair’, Rama says

Parliament commemorates MPs executed in 1947

Parliament to seek int’l assistance on electoral reform

Pressuring EU on visas, Kosovo’s president asks Albania to offer dual citizenship

Gov’t: Fighting corruption, police vetting set as priorities for first 100 days

Japan supports northern Albania education

Albanians join regional race to learn German as escape from everyday problems

Luxembourg minister says Albania ‘may open’ EU negotiations in 2018

Challenge the gov’t to meet needs, U.S. ambassador tells Albanian youths

No parallels between Kosovo and Catalonia, Albanian FM minister says

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