Albania protests against Kushner resort swell as EU warns over accession bid
Rama, a socialist, has rejected calls to resign and defended the scheme, saying an environmental impact assessment would be completed.
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Thousands protest Trump-linked luxury resorts in Albania
The developments, on Albania's Adriatic coast, are backed by Affinity Partners, the investment firm of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law.
Albania membership talks enter final phase
"We are EU fanatics, and EU fanatics cannot place a veto on EU decisions," PM Rama said.
Italy and Albania reaffirm migrantion deal amid doubts over its future
Meloni has repeatedly framed the agreement not only as a tool for protecting Italy's national borders.
Albania says it will not renew migration deal with Italy
The agreement allows Rome to process certain asylum claims in facilities on Albanian territory.
Fierce anti-government protests in Albania after corruption charges
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Albania's capital on December 22 2025, hurling petrol bombs at the government building housing Prime Minister Edi…
Albanian PM appoints world’s first AI-generated minister
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he had appointed the world's first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial intelligence…
Albania’s PM Rama wins historic fourth term, opposition says vote ‘stolen’
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has secured an unprecedented fourth term in power after his Socialist Party seemed to have sailed to election victory, official…
Italy deports first criminal migrant via Albanian camp ahead of ECJ ruling
Italy has sent the first illegal immigrant back to his home country via a camp set up in Gjader, Albania.
Heathrow Airport fire throws air travel into disarray across Europe and beyond
Air passengers have reported "carnage" as a fire closed London's Heathrow Airport, cancelling at least 1,351 flights due to take off or land from Europe's busiest…
Italy’s Meloni vows to overcome all obstacles to Albanian migrant deal
Italy's prime minister on February 17 vowed to push ahead with a plan to deport irregular migrants to camps built in Albania, which has been stalled by national…
Albania bans TikTok for a year after killing of teenager
Albania announced on December 22 a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the…
Greece ‘will support Albania’s EU bid if Greek minority is protected’, says PM Mitsotakis
Greece has pledged to support Albania's long-standing bid for European Union membership.
Italian Court rules migrants in Albania must return to Italy
The immigration section of Rome's court rejected the detention of migrants at the new hosting and repatriation centre in Gadjer Albania, the judge ruled on October…
First of many? Italy sends first batch of asylum seekers to Albania
"We took extra time so that everything was done in the best way, but we are very satisfied with the results of this work," Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said.
Albania releases ethnic Greek MEP on probation
“After 16 months of continuous detention, I am now free and proud, but certainly not happy.
Italy misses own deadline to open migrant camps in Albania
Italy's plans to set up detention camps in Albania for migrants picked up at sea has been delayed.
EU to use ‘peace’ fund to back Albanian military
Brussels officials insisted the "peace" funding would take the form of "equipment not designed to deliver lethal force"
Albania grants leave to jailed ethnic Greek mayor for European Parliament opening
Fredi Beleris, an ethnic Greek who won local elections in Albania but was arrested on charges of vote-buying, has been granted a five-day leave from prison to attend…
German interior minister tempted by Italy’s ‘Albanian model’ asylum system
German interior minister Nancy Faeser has expressed interest in how Italy aims to more asylum application procedures in Albania.
Greek ruling party to run jailed politician in EP elections
Greece's ruling conservatives have announced that they will run a jailed Albanian politician as one of its candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections.
Albanian parliament ratifies migration centres deal with Italy
Albanian lawmakers on Thursday ratified a migration deal with Italy under which it will build processing centres for migrants sent on to its Balkan neighbour…
Albania’s arrest of Greek mayor reaches European Parliament
The ongoing controversy between Greece and Albania has reached the European Parliament with the arrest by Albanian authorities of a mayor belonging to the nation's…
Funeral scuffles heighten Albania-Greece tensions
The funeral of the grandmother of elected ethnic Greek mayor Fredi Beleri in Himarë, Albania, has intensified the strained relations between Greece and Albania.
Albania faces funeral controversy over Himare’s ethnic Greek mayor
Himarë, Albania The funeral of ethnic Greek mayor's grandmother in Himarë, Albania has intensified the strained relations between Greece and Albania.
Albania’s ex-leader swears revenge for house arrest
Albania's former prime minister Sali Berisha has sworn revenge on sitting Prime Minister Edi Rama over his house arrest, which began on December 30.
Albania’s Constitutional Court freezes migrant deal with Italy
The Albanian Constitutional Court has prevented the Parliament in Tirana from discussing or ratifying an asylum agreement forged by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama…
Albanian opposition wants to block asylum agreement with Italy in the courts
The centre-right Democratic Party (DP) in Albania is going to the country’s Constitutional Court to fight an asylum agreement between the progressive Albanian…
Balkans now feeling fallout of Israel-Hamas war
The fall-out from the Israel-Hamas war is starting to be felt in the Balkans, where greater numbers of Palestinian refugees are arriving.
Call this a smooth enlargement process? Fireworks explode in Albanian Parliament
Chaos erupted in Albanian Parliament on November 20 when the opposition used chairs and fireworks to try to block voting on the new budget