Albanian police clashed with protesters Thursday as an anti-government demonstration – part of protests triggered by plans for a luxury development linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner – turned violent.
Greece and Albania discussed the strengthening of bilateral defense cooperation, and regional and international security issues in a meeting between Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and his Albanian counterpart, Ermal Nufi, in Athens on Monday.
The Italy-Albania migration deal has hit yet another wall after a Rome court ordered that migrants be sent back – again.
The immigration section of the Rome Court has ruled against the detention of migrants at the Italian repatriation center in Gjader, Albania, which was established under the Italy-Albania migration management agreement. Presented as an “innovative solution” to migration challenges during the European Council summit by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (October 17), the […]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will give a “considerable” number of kamikaze drones of an unspecified type to Albania, the country’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has said.
An ancient lakeside settlement that was discovered recently in southern Albania has been described as the oldest found in Europe.
Albania has a problem with asylum. Between 2010 and 2019, more than 193,000 Albanians applied for asylum in the European Union, a significant portion of the EU candidate country’s population of 2.8 million.
The election of Armela Krasniqi as chairwoman of the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) by parliament with 83 votes in favour has sparked criticism from the EU office in Tirana, BIRN reported.
