Albania News

Albania FM Ilir Meta Albanian Foreign Minister Ilir Meta has announced that his country is willing to cooperate with international institutions on the organ trafficking investigation.

Sending a message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha offered his condolences to those who lost their beloved ones in the quake.

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme arrived in Skopje Monday afternoon to discuss possible ways to stop the escalating number of Western Balkans citizens seeking asylum in his country.

US Praise for Albaniaa s Top Prosecutor Tirana Ina Rama and John Withers US Ambassador to Albania John L Withers praised the work of Albania's General Prosecutor Ina Rama on Monday, underlining her integrity in the face of political pressure from both the opposition and the government.

Two explosive devices are allegedly hurled onto a terrace at Yugoslavia's embassy in Tirana, Albania, and damage the building while a reception is being held to commemorate Yugoslavia's Youth Day.

Tirana Albania FM Ilir Meta The Albanian Council of Ministers approved on Thursday the opening of five new embassies in Europe and the Middle East, the latest sign that Tirana aims to take a larger regional role and use public diplomacy to strengthen its economy.

TIRANA, Albania -- Corruption is damaging Albania's image in the world, OSCE Deputy Ambassador to Tirana Renate Hermanns said on Tuesday .

Radovan Karadzic, Sarajevo is not your city, and you have no right to say that it is, just as you do not have the right to say in public, even if it's in court, that someone has dug up bones around Bosnia and brought them to Srebrenica to make a fake graveyard.

TIRANA, Albania - Austria's Verbund power utility says it has started building a ?200 million hydropower station in Albania.

A final rallying call has been issued to Keighley's public to help save palliative care services in Albania.

TIRANA, Albania -- The military is reportedly working to destroy all old ammunition inherited from the communist regime by 2013.

Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu told a special parliamentary session held to mark the second anniversary of independence that the country had accomplished much but faced a 'bumpy road' towards the European Union and NATO.

Tirana Skull found in mass grave The Albanian Council of Ministers approved on Thursday a task force that will seek to find and identify the people executed by the communist regime.

Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu told a special parliamentary session held to mark the second anniversary of independence that the country had accomplished much but faced a 'bumpy road' towards the European Union and NATO.

Their name is scrawled over hundreds of walls across the country, the name chanted at demonstrations and their comments featured in the press on an almost daily basis.

Tirana 24 February 2010 Besar Likmeta Camp X-Ray Guantanamo The Albanian Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that it has accepted the transfer of three prisoners from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A United Nations expert accused Albania today of stalling an international investigation into allegations of torture, killing, and organ trading during the 1999 Kosovo conflict.

Tourism in Albania also had the best increase in the world with 42% growth last year.

Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu told a special parliamentary session held to mark the second anniversary of independence that the country had accomplished much but faced a 'bumpy road' towards the European Union and NATO.

Minister Kavaf said that a meeting will be held between Turkish and Albanian businessmen on tourism.