Tag: Albania
Balkans 05.09.23 | 09:03

Macedonian nominated as Minister in the Albanian Government

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appointed an ethnic Macedonian – Arbjan Mazniku – to the newly created post of Minister for Local Administration. Rama is conducting a Government reshuffle, and tapped Mazniku, who is currently deputy Mayor of Tirana. He originates from the village of Vrnica,...
Macedonia 02.09.23 | 12:09

Documents corroborate the historical truth about the Macedonians in Albania

Despite the Bulgarian attempts to present the Macedonians living in Albania as Bulgarians, there are historical documents that refute these quasi-historical claims, Nova Makedonija wrote. “There are a large number of documents in the Albanian and the Italian archives on this issue, but the most...
Balkans 20.08.23 | 08:31

Several big wildfires in Albania, the largest one near Hymara

Albanian firefighters are struggling to deal with several huge wildfires around the country, the largest one burning near Hymara, a very popular tourist destination on the Albanian coast, where large police forces and a helicopter joined the fight against the fire. Near another tourist destination, the...
Macedonia 03.08.23 | 13:25

An earthquake in Albania felt in Macedonia

The Sizmological laboratory of the faculty for Natural and Mathematical Studies in Skopje registered an earthquake with a local magnitude of 3.1 degrees by Richter The epicenter of the earthquake was in Albania, 97 kilometers southwest of Skopje. “According to the available data, the earthquake...
Economy 31.07.23 | 19:14

PM Kovachevski: With the one-stop-shop border crossings to efficient and competitive economy

The one-stop-shop system at Kjafasan-Qafë Thanë border crossing with Albania was launched on Monday, ensuring a faster flow of people and commodities. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski, Albanian PM Edi Rama, First Deputy PM Artan Grubi, Albanian Deputy PM Belina Balluku, ministers, MPs attended the...
Balkans 25.07.23 | 15:55

Britain will pay four million pounds annually to Albania to take home its murderers and rapists

According to the recently ratified agreement between Great Britain and Albania, Britain will pay Albania four million pounds annually to take home the 200 most dangerous ethnic Albanian criminals, condemned in Britain for heavy crimes, such as murder, robbery, rape, drug smuggling, Albanian media inform. Among...
Balkans 14.07.23 | 21:58

Albanian man planned to smuggle weapons into Macedonia

Albanian police seized a cache of weapons in the city of Pogradec, on lake Ohrid. The weapons were supposed to be smuggled into Macedonia. The cache consisted of one light machinegun, one automatic rifle, two semi-automatic rifles, and a significant quantity of ammunition. It was found in the stall of...
Balkans 03.07.23 | 17:57

Bill Clinton visits Albania

Former US President Bill Clinton is visiting Albania, for a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama. This evening Clinton will receive a grand welcome in downtown Tirana. He is remembered fondly by the Albanians for launching the Kosovo War against Serbia, that eventually led to independence for Kosovo.
Macedonia 06.06.23 | 10:50

Albanian politicians offer logistic support to Bulgarian attempts to assimilate ethnic Macedonians in Albania

Bulgaria doesn’t spare any means or money to “create” new Bulgarians in Macedonia’s neighboring countries. Issuing Bulgarian passports in the Albanian regions populated by ethnic Macedonians accelerates daily. They are aided in the process  by the local Albanian politicians,...
Macedonia 28.05.23 | 17:42

Poisonous tomatoes from Albania freely sold in the Macedonian markets

A document containing an analysis of tomatoes from Albania, conducted by the Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine in Skopje, reveals that the imported tomatoes contain a forbidden concentration of pesticides, the portal MKD.mk reports. About ten days ago, information appeared on social networks that 10 trucks...
Balkans 17.04.23 | 14:26

Albania: Two Macedonian compete for the position of Mayor of Pustec

Two Macedonians are in the running for Mayor of the  municipality of Pustec in south-east Albania, which is majority ethnic Macedonian. Incumbent Mayor Pali Kolefski from the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration party is candidate of the coalition led by the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister...
Balkans 21.03.23 | 12:16

State Department: Corruption, gender-based violence of concern in Albania, Kosovo

According to the latest United States Department of State report published Monday, corruption and gender-based violence remain critical issues for Albania and Kosovo, Euractiv reported. In Albania, deficiencies with the independence and integrity of the judiciary, a lack of independent media, and ongoing...
Macedonia 14.02.23 | 09:35

Citizens of Serbia, Macedonia and Albania to be able to work in any of the three countries without work permits

Bojan Maricić informed yesterday via Facebook that with the ratification of the laws from the “Open Balkans” initiative, the citizens of Macedonia, Serbia and Albania will be able to work in any of the three countries without work permits, without any barriers, without applying and wait...
Balkans 12.02.23 | 09:28

Albania declares day of national mourning after Türkiye, Syria earthquakes

The Albanian government decided Friday to declare one day of national mourning after earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria earlier this week. Prime Minister Edi Rama said Monday Feb. 13 will be a national day of mourning as a sign of pain and prayer for the victims of the tragedy at the Turkish-Syrian border. ”A...
Culture 15.11.22 | 19:18

Albania will return 20 icons stolen from Macedonia

Albania agreed to return 20 icons which were taken from Macedonia a decade ago. The icons were seized in Albania in October 2013 in a large raid. Experts soon determined that the artefacts were not taken from churches in Albania, but from Macedonia. The culture ministries of both countries reached agreement...
Macedonia 14.11.22 | 09:35

Macedonia and Albania to hold joint government session, special traffic regime in Skopje

A joint session of the governments of the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Albania is to be held on Monday in Skopje with Prime Ministers Dimitar Kovacevski and Edi Rama delivering official addresses. The Skopje police department announced measures for a special traffic regime on the roads in...
Balkans 13.11.22 | 11:51

Albanians protest against the government in front of Tirana parliament

Thousands of people have gone onto the streets of Tirana to demonstrate against the ruling Socialist Party of Albania (PS) headed by long-serving Prime Minister Edi Rama. The demonstration in front of the parliamentary buildings took place late on Saturday and went off peacefully. Opposition leader Sali...
Macedonia 09.08.22 | 22:01

Public Security Bureau director visits Albanian police

Public Security Bureau director Saso Tasevski, accompanied by high delegation of Macedonia, paid Tuesday a visit to the Albanian state police today. Tasevski and the delegation met with the general director of the state police, Gladis Nano and his associates, after holding a tete-a-tete meeting first....
Macedonia 14.07.22 | 12:20

“Opening of negotiations” vs “starting the first phase”: This is the key evidence that Albania is starting negotiations and Macedonia is not

The text of the negotiating framework for Albania, which Telma has obtained contains a clear formulation for “opening the accession negotiations” without the creative two-phase solutions, as in the Macedonian case. The document has the same date, June 17, 2022, when the initial proposal for...
Economy 10.05.22 | 19:21

No Macedonian flag during the “cooking oil summit” in Albania

The meeting in Tirana, during which Macedonia agreed to export some of the cooking oil it is importing from Serbia, to Albania, took place without a Macedonian flag. Both ministers that were meeting, Kreshnik Bekteshi on the Macedonian side and Belinda Baluku on the Albanian side, are ethnic Albanians.
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