Latest News from Albania
Montenegro Hosts NATO Exercise Amid Russian Tension
An international military exercise called "Montenegro 2016", involving servicemen and women from the 32 NATO member and partner countries, started in the capital Podgorica on Monday
The consequence management field exercise, organized jointly by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, EADRCC, and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry, ends on Friday.
Albanians Rally Against Power Plants and Trash Imports
Chanting "Don't touch Valbona" and "No Waste Imports in Albania", several thousand Albanians attended a protest concert on Sunday in Tirana, invited by a group of artists from Albania and Kosovo who offered a free show dedicated to environmental issues.
The mainstream media in the country did not cover the event.
Albanian Court Stalls Vital Judicial Reform Law
The Albanian Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday to stall one of the core laws on judicial reform, a move that experts believe could jeopardise the country's chances of opening EU accession talks this year.
The court accepted a request from the main opposition Democratic Party to stall progress on the Law on Reassessment of Judges and Prosecutors, known as the 'vetting' law.
Thaci: Albania 'Obliged' to Speak out on Kosovo
Since taking up office as Kosovo's head of state in February, President Hashim Thaci seems to have moved away from the limelight.
In government as Prime Minister, Thaci supported the establishment of the Specialist Chambers in the Hague, a new court that will deal with war crimes committed in Kosovo during 1998-2000.
Albanian Asylum-Seeker Numbers in Germany Rise Again
The number of Albanians requesting asylum spiked once again in September, after numbers fell in the first part of 2016.
A year exactly after Berlin acted to curb the numbers, by declaring Albania a safe country, the phenomenon of thousands people seeking asylum each month has started to emerge again.
Edi Rama: "Greater Albania" belongs to the past
Edi Rama - Photo: AP
BELGRADE - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he believes that the possibility of unification Albania and Kosovo - "Greater Albania" - belongs to the past, writes Serbian daily "Kurir".
Rama said this on Monday in an interview for "Al Jazeera", when asked to comment on the possible unification of Kosovo and Albania.