Tag: Edi Rama
Balkans 21.12.21 | 11:47

Rama invites other countries to join ‘Open Balkan’ initiative

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, who is hosting Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić in Tirana, opened on Tuesday the seventh meeting as part of the ‘Open Balkan’ initiative, calling on Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the initiative. It...

Balkans 23.11.21 | 11:04

Rama: No words of comfort over horrific tragedy

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has expressed his heartfelt condolences for the victims of the bus accident that claimed 46 lives at a motorway in Bulgaria early on Tuesday. In a Facebook post, Rama described the tragic event as an “enormous pain” and said there were no words to describe...

Macedonia 04.11.21 | 20:14

Macedonia is a great example of EU’s unfulfilled promises, say Vucic, Rama and Dimitrov in a joint statement

As our path to the EU derails, we remain committed to meeting EU standards. We cannot allow this negative spiral to jeopardize the very foundations of the future and prosperity of the region. The European Union is moving forward, while the region is stuck in the dilemmas of the EU itself, are some of...

Balkans 29.10.21 | 17:49

Unification of Kosovo and Albania becomes more likely if the Balkans are not integrated in the EU, Edi Rama says

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stated that the unification of Albania with Kosovo will get more likely if they are left out of the European Union. In an interview with a German paper, Rama said that the Balkans could return to the tensions of the past if its countries are left isolated. Albania is...

Balkans 11.08.21 | 10:49

Rama: “Open Balkans” erases borders between Albanians

“Open Balkans” is not only a path for the future and prosperity of the Albanian nation, but also a new and great opportunity on the way for Serbia to recognize Kosovo, the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama wrote on Facebook on the occasion of the initiative which also includes Zoran Zaev...

Macedonia 29.07.21 | 19:56

“Open Balkans” aims to contribute positively to the common future of citizens and the entire Western Balkans

In a joint statement after Thursday’s meeting in Skopje, the Prime Ministers of Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, stressed that the announced “Open Balkans” initiative aims to positively contribute to a common future of citizens...

Macedonia 28.07.21 | 21:21

Zaev: Balkans is our common European home

Zoran Zaev hosted Wednesday Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who will participate in the main panel of the Regional Economic Forum set to be held tomorrow in Skopje. This afternoon I welcomed Serbian President Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Rama, after which...

Macedonia 22.07.21 | 11:36

Zaev holds online meeting with Vučić and Rama ahead of regional economic forum

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Thursday had an online meeting involving preparations for the Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation, organized together with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. This morning I had a productive meeting dedicated to the preparations...

Balkans 09.06.21 | 09:24

Rama-Yanev meeting: Bulgaria hods to framework position, Albania will not take sides in dispute between Skopje and Sofia

The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Albania discussed bilateral relations and current issues on Albania’s European agenda and Albania’s EU path, as well as opportunities for further cooperation of common interest in a number of sectors such as the economy, agriculture, mining, energy and...

Balkans 02.10.20 | 15:41

Rama: Albania, Kosovo ambition is to remove the border

Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, during today’s meeting of Kosovo and Albania governments taking place in Tirana, said the ambition of both countries is removing the border, Gazeta Express reports. If we refer the meeting of our cabinets held in Peja [Kosovo] all the documents are being implemented...

Macedonia 29.09.20 | 11:18

“Beautiful Albania”: Rama on Facebook brags about the Macedonian canyon Leshnica

“Beautiful Albania” writes the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on a photo from the Macedonian canyon Leshnica, located on the Shar Mountain. The comments below the photo include tags of the Macedonian government, President Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Deputy Prime Minister...

Macedonia 10.10.19 | 09:34

Zaev and Rama to discuss “small Schengen” with Vucic

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic went on a walk around Novi Sad late on Wednesday with their guests – the Prime Ministers of Albania and Macedonia, Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev. Zaev and Rama traveled to Belgrade, or Novi Sad, at the initiative of the Serbian...

Balkans 02.10.19 | 18:09

Rama: Parliamentary elections in 2021

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says he is open to dialogue with the opposition about the electoral reform. Rama said in a televised interview that he was ready to sit down at any moment and talk about electoral reform, because time is flying. The Prime Minister declared that “the elections will...

Balkans 19.08.19 | 09:39

Basha: Rama is Balkan’s most corrupt Prime Minister

Chairman of Democratic Party (DP) Lulzim Basha shared a video message announcing that all international reports point to Edi Rama as the most corrupt Prime Minister in the Balkans. Basha accuses his rival of ‘stealing Albania with a bunch of predatory oligarchs and laundering drug and crime money’....

Macedonia 05.06.19 | 17:05

Zaev: Germans fear my friend Edi Rama could initiate unification with Kosovo, I do not believe in those things

The European Commission’s report on North Macedonia is the most positive so far and says that everyone, without exception, agrees that the country should start accession negotiations, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in Brussels, adding that his government made significant efforts and took great...

Balkans 13.05.19 | 16:34

Edi Rama for TV Pink: I don’t want borders with Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia or Serbia

In an interview with Belgrade-based TV Pink, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Albanians in Albania and Kosovo are brothers who now live in two different countries and they should unite. He pointed out that he wants a region without borders. I don’t want borders with Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia,...

Balkans 28.03.19 | 19:44

Rama: Local elections will be held even without opposition

Prime Minister Edi Rama, has commented on Thursday during his speech in the Parliament, the situation created in the protest and the black ink thrown to Interior Ministry. According to him, despite all the actions that the opposition takes, local elections will be conducted within the deadline, with or...

Macedonia 13.03.19 | 17:01

Zaev in Tirana: The Framework Agreement is fulfilled and we are working in the spirit of the agreement through building a society for all

The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Bujar Osmani, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Deputy Minister of Culture Vladimir Lazovski, paid an official visit to the Republic of Albania. Zaev began his official visit with a meeting with Albanian...

Balkans 14.02.19 | 14:32

Lawmaker throws ink at Rama, disrupts Albania parliament session on North Macedonia’s NATO accession

Albania’s parliament on Thursday suspended a session on neighbor North Macedonia’s accession to NATO after an opposition lawmaker threw ink at the prime minister. Lawmakers were to vote to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO accession. But the session was disrupted when Lulzim Basha, main...

Macedonia 14.02.19 | 09:35

Rama: We are spiritually alongside the families of bus victims

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has extended his condolences to the families of the victims from the fatal bus crash and wished the injured a speedy recovery. “I am saddened by the tragic bus accident in the neighboring country of North Macedonia, where the number of victims and injured shocked...

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