Albania

According to Reuters, if confirmed, the result would extend the PS’s majority and allow Rama to continue pursuing his central campaign promise: full European Union membership by 2030.

According to Reuters, the election was dominated by competing promises to accelerate Albania’s EU accession and widespread allegations of corruption.

While Socialist Party leader Edi Rama remains the frontrunner, official results are expected by Monday

Imcumbent Prime Minister Edi Rama promises EU membership, while his opponent Sali Berisha lauds Trump.

Metropolitan Ioannis of Korce, who had been serving as the locum tenens of the Archbishopric following the passing of the late Archbishop Anastasios on January 25, was elected as the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania on Sunday afternoon by Metropolitans of the latter’s Holy Synod. The Church of Albania’s Holy Synod convened […]

The country’s Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said the year-long suspension would be imposed in the coming days.

The body of Archbishop Anastasios will be transferred to Albania on Tuesday and lie in state until his funeral and burial on Thursday.

The Archbishop’s body will remain in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens until the early hours of Monday

Politicians praised Archbishop Anastasios’s contributions to Orthodoxy, his commitment to peace and understanding, his academic and theological writings, and his service to communities in need.

Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, a prominent cleric, theologian, and scholar, died at the age of 95 on Saturday.

Head of Orthodox Church in Albania remains in an Athens hospital's ICU

The short sit-down took place before the start of the summit in Budapest, and according to sources, the leaders discussed, among other things, Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election

The protesters also left flyers on cars in the surrounding area, featuring the photo of a Greek man of Northern Epirus descent, which stated that he had been killed by the Albanian police.

A video appears to show a man verbally attacking Beleri, shouting, "You disgrace! Shame on those who put you in politics and in the European Parliament."

Albania made a new start in its accession perspective with the second intergovernmental conference after the unfreezing of the procedures put on hold while MEP Fredis Beleri remained in jail. With clear references to the protection of minorities and minority property rights that satisfy Athens, Tirana will have to stick to what’s been agreed or […]

Sixteen men mark the first transferred in a controversial deal meant to reduce the number of migrants arriving in Italy.

Beleri was freed from prison after a court ruled there were grounds for his release under the condition he report to Albanian police

Greece remains the top choice for Albanian tourists, with 23% expressing a preference to the neighboring country to the south

He again asserted his innocence, something he's maintained from the beginning and from an Albanian prison, something he said is now acknowledged by the Albanian public

The newly elected MEP expressed his gratitude for the support he's received since his arrest, saying, "I am emotional and happy. We will discuss the rest in Athens'