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Balluku publishes WEF report: Albania ranks first in energy sustainability
Euronews Albania
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June 18, 2025
Albania ranks first in terms of sustainability in the energy sector. The World Economic Forum has published the ranking of countries based on three pillars considered the most important for energy development. In the sustainability column, Albania...
European Parliament to open Tirana office this year
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
The European Parliament will open a regional office in Tirana this year, a move Albania’s government says signals growing momentum toward full EU membership. Speaking from Strasbourg, Taulant Balla, Albania’s Minister of State for Parliamentary...
Berisha: Without the Return of Free Voting, Albania Cannot Have a True Opposition
Euronews Albania
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June 20, 2025
The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, emphasized in a media statement this Friday that the sole priority of the opposition is to restore free voting rights for Albanian citizens. He stated that any opposition that accepts the current...
Mediterranean heritage on display in Albania’s National Library
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
Over 700 rare books, maps, and manuscripts — some dating back to the 1300s — are now on display in Tirana as part of the “Memory of the Mediterranean” exhibition at Albania’s National Library. The month-long exhibition opened as part of Tirana’s...
Italy remains Albania’s top trading partner
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
Italy dominates both sides of Albania’s trade, supplying food, clothing, and machinery, while buying back textiles, shoes, and construction materials. In the first five months of 2025, Albania exported goods worth 73.3 billion leks to Italy and...
34th Anniversary of the Socialist Party, Rama: We do not shy away from responsibility, Albania will join the EU within this decade
Euronews Albania
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June 19, 2025
“This mandate comes with greater responsibility than ever before, precisely because it resulted from stronger support for the Socialist Party. We have never avoided the responsibilities that come with victory. That is the main reason why we never...
Ghanaian teenager Abdul Latif Yakubu secures move to Albania's KF Iliria
GhanaWeb
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June 20, 2025
Albanian club KF Iliria have completed the signing of promising Ghanaian youngster Abdul Latif Yakubu from Marks Holmes Football Academy. The young attacker becomes the latest African talent to join the Balkan club's ambitious project. Yakubu, who...
Stabilisation and Association in Strasbourg, Bardhi: On May 11, Albania regressed
Euronews Albania
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June 18, 2025
The head of the Democratic Party’s Parliamentary Group, Gazment Bardhi, in his address at the Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee in Strasbourg, described the May 11 elections as a step backward for Albania. According to Bardhi,...
Election slows €128M in Albania investments
Gazeta Tema
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June 18, 2025
Albania held back €128 million in planned spending from January to May 2025 as the May 11 election froze public investment. Institutions spent €2.655 billion, below the €2.783 billion plan. Election law limits activity in campaign periods. Delays...
Three Views of Albania and the World Order
Albanian Daily News
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Les Nemethy, the founder and CEO of Euro-Phoenix, a financial advisory firm focused on emerging markets, a former World Banker, gives his impressions on the changes that have happened in Albania since his first stay in Albania as an expert of the...
Judge challenges Albania’s payouts for wrongful jail time
Gazeta Tema
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June 19, 2025
An Albanian judge has taken the government to the Constitutional Court, calling the state’s €30-a-day compensation for wrongful imprisonment “unconstitutional, unfair, and economically meaningless.” Judge Bevis Shehaj filed the case after...
EU Document Urges Albania to Address Political Pressure on Judiciary
Balkan Insight
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June 18, 2025
Albanian PM, Edi Rama. Photo: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA. An informal document produced by the Council of the European Union expresses concerns over the first “cluster” of areas being negotiated between Tirana and Brussels as part of Albania’s EU...
From Tehran to Tirana: Why Ukraine Should Care About Iran’s Next Chapter
Kyiv Post
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June 18, 2025
Echoes of 1990s Europe in 2020s Iran In the late summer of 1995, I was in Tirana, Albania, advising on the country’s fragile transition from its authoritarian past. Few could have imagined that Tirana would one day host members of the Iranian...
OPINION: From Tehran to Tirana: Why Ukraine Should Care About Iran’s Next Chapter
Kyiv Post
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June 18, 2025
Echoes of 1990s Europe in 2020s Iran In the late summer of 1995, I was in Tirana, Albania, advising on the country’s fragile transition from its authoritarian past. Few could have imagined that Tirana would one day host members of the Iranian...
EU launches migration governance project in Albania
Gazeta Tema
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June 18, 2025
The European Union has launched a new project to strengthen Albania’s capacity to manage migration and asylum, as part of its EU accession alignment. EU Ambassador Silvio Gonzato announced the start of the EU4Migration project at an event in...
10 million EUR of EU funds to upgrade Albania’s migration and asylum systems
Albanian Daily News
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The European Union, together with IOM and UNHCR and the Ministry of Interior, officially launched the EU4MIGRATION project today in Tirana. With a budget of EUR 10 million provided by the EU, this four-year initiative aims to support Albania in...
Jenny Berggren of the legendary group “Ace Of Base” delivers a magical concert in Tirana
Euronews Albania
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June 18, 2025
Spectacle, emotion, and nostalgia—this is what singer Jenny Berggren of the legendary group “Ace of Base” brought to the capital on Tuesday evening. In a concert held at Skanderbeg Square, Berggren electrified the crowd and her fans by performing...
25% of vehicles in Albania skip taxes, checks
Gazeta Tema
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June 18, 2025
A quarter of all registered vehicles in Albania are not paying road taxes or passing technical inspections, with total debt reaching €140 million. Out of roughly 500,000 vehicles, 256,000 are non-compliant, according to official data. Authorities...
Albanian anti-corruption court keeps Tirana mayor in custody
Gazeta Tema
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June 17, 2025
Albania’s Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime has declined a request for pretrial release for Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj, who remains in custody as proceedings continue on corruption and money laundering allegations. TIRANA, 17 June...
FM: Albania to open fifth cluster in EU accession talks
Gazeta Tema
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June 17, 2025
Albania will open the fifth cluster in its EU accession negotiations in the coming days, Foreign Minister Igli Hasani said on Tuesday, calling the move part of the country's accelerated path toward European integration. The new step in talks with...