January 2020 — Tirana Echo - South East Europe from Tirana

Albania Takes Over OSCE Chairmanship as Regional Security is Threatened by US-Iran Conflict

January 10, 2020 0

Tirana, Albania | 09 Jan 2020 (Tirana Echo) – Albania has taken over the annual Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as a major military and political crisis unfolds between […]

Kathimerini article linking Erdogan to the ‘Cham’ party stirs waters between Greece and Albania again

Albania

October 24, 2016 0

Tirana, 24 Oct (Tirana Echo) – An article on the Greek daily Kathimerini, depicting the ‘Cham’ party in Albania as Erdogan’s extension stirs waters again between Greece and Albania, with mutual accusations dominating media outlets […]

Audit finds irregularities in more than 100 public procurements by Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry

Bulgaria

February 14, 2017 0

An audit has found irregularities in more than 100 public procurements by the Ministry of Defence, Bulgaria’s caretaker Defence Minister Stefan Yanev said on February 14. On January 30, caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov gave […]

MEPs Want Visas Reimposed on US Citizens

South East Europe

March 2, 2017 0

The European Parliament has urged the Commission to take reciprocal measures against US nationals over America’s failure to lift visa requirements on citizens of Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Poland and Cyprus. MEPs have called on the […]

Kosovo’s president seeks NATO support for creating army

Kosovo

March 15, 2017 0

Kosovo’s president has called on NATO to support the transformation of its security force into a regular army with heavy weaponry. President Hashim Thaci sent a draft law to parliament last week seeking approval to […]