Albania

PRISTINA - Serbian citizen named Slobodan Gavric, who was arrested in Pristina on Friday with 13 kg of explosives in his possession, was placed in 30-day custody on Saturday on suspicion of organising terrorist activities and bringing explosives into Kosovo.

The ruling centre-left coalition of Prime Minister Edi Rama and the centre-right opposition, headed by the Democratic Party leader, Lulzim Basha, have agreed on a proposal to enable the opposition to end its prolonged boycott of the assembly.,

MEP Eduard Kukan of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) bloc arrived in Tirana on Monday in the wake of last week's visit by Knut Fleckenstein of the European People's Party (EPP) bloc in an attempt to negotiate a solution that will see Albania's opposition return to parliament.

PRISTINA - Members of the Drenica Group who are charged with war crimes committed against civilians in the prison camp of former (ethnic Albanian paramilitary unit) Kosovo Liberation Army in 1998 have been released pending trial, Pristina media reported.

"Serbia should become Albania's ally"

BELGRADE -- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama sayst Serbia "should become an ally of Albania, in order for the people in the Balkans to find peace."

Albanian police said they had arrested two members of a gang who robbed a jewel store in a Tirana mall at the height of the Christmas season last year dressed as Santa Clauses.

The robbers entered the mall dancing and singing, with their guns hidden, but once inside the store they took the weapons out and pointed them at the shopkeeper.

Prime Minister Rama said on Twitter on Wednesday that no public official should expect understanding for failure to pay their electricity bills.

Serbia and Albania recognize driving licenses

BELGRADE -- An agreement was signed on Wednesday on the mutual recognition of driving licenses between Serbia and Albania.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Albanian Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Edmond Haxhinasto signed the document.

BELGRADE, - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Albanian Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Edmond Haxhinasto signed on Wednesday an agreement on the mutual recognition of driving licenses between the two states.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama discussed Wednesday in Belgrade the bilateral cooperation, infrastructure projects and European integration.