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Albania

Austria & Albania concerned about new Balkan migrant route – Warn Europe not to repeat past mistakes

May 31, 2018 0

Vienna, Austria | May 30 Tirana Echo) – Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has told Albanian Premier Edi Rama in Vienna that Austria will financially support Albania to curb illegal migrants attempting to pass through the […]

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Albania

Albanian PM tells French TV EU integration won’t cost a penny to EU. Anti-government protests an internal affair of Albania

May 30, 2018 0

Paris, France | 30 May (Tirana Echo) – The Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama has told France 24 TV that the process of EU membership talks of Albania won’t cost a penny to EU […]

Albania

US State Dept praises religious harmony in Albania but calls on Government to return properties to religious communities

May 30, 2018 0

Tirana, Albania | 30 May (Tirana Echo) – The US Department of State has praised Albania’s religious freedoms and harmony while calling on the Albanian government to return properties confiscated during the former communist regime […]

Kosovo

UN Mission No Longer Needed in Kosovo – says Deputy PM

May 29, 2018 0

Prishtina, Kosovo | May 29 (Tirana Echo) – The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is no longer necessary in the country and it should be terminated – says the deputy prime minister […]

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
Albania

Austria wants swift EU accession talks with Albania and Macedonia amid growing euro skepticism

May 28, 2018 0

Tirana, Albania | May 28 (Tirana Echo) – Austria’s Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has insisted on swift EU accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia, after a recent European Commission report recommended the opening of […]

Latest News

The Balkans factor in the Turkish election – by Yavuz Baydar

May 27, 2018 0

The Balkans have had a special place in Turkish politics over the past century. It was there that its defining feature — fierce nationalism — got off the ground in the early 1900s. The Young […]

Albanian opposition protesters clash with police at the Ministry of Interior in Tirana
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Albania opposition protesters demand the resignation of interior minister and departure of prime minister

May 26, 2018 0

Tirana, Albania, May 26 (Tirana Echo) – Albania’s main opposition party and its allies protested today in the country’s capital Tirana, demanding the resignation of interior minister Fatmir Xhafaj and the departure of socialist prime […]

Dunja Mijatović Council of Europe Tirana Albania
Albania

Council of Europe tells Albania to step up protection of children as millions of euros in international aid goes wasted by shady consultants and NGOs

May 26, 2018 0

Tirana, Albania, May 26 (Tirana Echo) – Albania should step up protection of children and inclusion of persons with disabilities – said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, after a five-day […]

Plans for the new pyramid project in Tirana
Albania

Dutch studio to convert Albanian communist pyramid into technology center

May 26, 2018 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for a new technology education center in the Albanian capital of Tirana, which will be housed within a pyramidal monument to communism. Set within the city centre, The Tirana Pyramid was first erected […]

Albania

Ghosts from the Past – The Bunkerization of Albania

May 26, 2018 0

Eric Czuleger says for Ozy.com that people should always care because paranoia can take many forms, including the bunkerization of an entire country, like the case of the small Balkan country of Albania. It was […]

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    Albania resumes flights after air traffic controllers walk-out

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Gruevski accused of anti Bulgarian sentiment ahead of elections in Macedonia

Latest News
September 30, 2016 0

The leader of Macedonia’s main ruling party is trying to raise anti-Bulgarian sentiment to win the forthcoming elections in the country, a Bulgarian MEP opines. Andrey Kovatchev (EPP/GERB)’s comment comes amid a row between the […]

Macedonia Skopje Elections

Macedonia election: Gruevski’s Conservatives edge ahead as votes counted

Macedonia
December 12, 2016 0

Skopje – Macedonia’s governing conservatives VMRO-DPMNE are slightly ahead as votes are counted from Sunday’s general election. With more than half the ballot counted, the VMRO-DPMNE had 39% of the vote with the SDSM social […]

Why ‘Grexit’ would be catastrophic for Greece

Greece
February 23, 2017 0

The Greek government reopened the “euro or drachma” discussion. The real question is not “euro or return to the drachma,” but “euro or Grexit.” Grexit to a new drachma would not be a solution, it […]

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Russia Spreads Fears of ‘Greater Albania’, Ignores Ethnic Albanians as State-Forming Factor in Macedonia

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March 6, 2017 0

Tirana, Albania | Tirana Echo – Russian media Sputnik and RT are spreading fears of ‘Greater Albania’ plans amid internal conflict of Slav parties and twists truth of ethnic Albanians as a state-forming factor in […]

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EU to Macedonia: ‘Stop playing with fire’

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March 24, 2017 0

The EU has once again urged Macedonia to let Albanian parties join a new government and to stop “playing with fire” on ethnic hate speech. “In a democracy, everyone must acknowledge parliamentary majorities … We […]

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