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WW2 - Time when Kosovo Albanians wanted to create ethnically pure "Greater Islamic State"
Historical evidence demonstrates that genocide and ethnic cleansing were perpetrated upon the Serbian population of Kosovo and Metohija, first by Ottoman Turks, then by Albanian leaders and the populace and continued throughout the Communist period, during which the ethnic Serbian population was forced to emigrate.
Albanian PM warns EU against leaving 'vacuum' in the Balkans
Russia and Islamist militants could try to boost their influence in the Balkan nations if the European Union doesn't take them in as members, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Rama told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung it was in the EU's interests to try and bring Balkan states into its fold.
Albanian Greens Press Parliament on Waste Imports
Environmentalist protesters rallied at dawn on Thursday in front of Albania's parliament to urge ruling party MPs not to push for another vote on a controversial law on waste imports.
Greens fear the MPs intend to adopt the law once again after President Bujar Nishani in mid-October refused to authorize it.
Albania Town Declares Trump Honorary Citizen
In a surprise move, the Mayor of Kamza, Xhelal Mziu, a town of more than 100,000 inhabitants near the Albanian capital, has declared US President-elect Donald Trump an Honorary Citizen.
Mziu, who comes from the opposition centre-right Democratic Party, announced the decision on a Facebook post and on the council website.