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Albania to Probe World Bank-Financed Plant

A spokesperson for Albania's General Prosecutor's office has told BIRN that  prosecutors will review all the procedures over the award of a concession to an Austrian company to build a controversial hydro-power plant.

"All the people that might have knowledge of the project will be questioned as part of the investigation," Albi Serani said.

PM welcomes "EU's shy reaction to Rama"

PM welcomes "EU's shy reaction to Rama"

KRUPANJ -- Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday "it was good that the EU reacted" to the Albanian prime minister's statements about "unification of Kosovo and Albania."

However, noted the Serbian premier, the organization did so "in a shy manner."

Vucic: We welcome EU response to Rama's statement

KRUPANJ - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic qualified as positive on Wednesday the fact that the EU reacted to the statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama concerning the possibility of unification of Kosovo and Albania.

It is high time redrawing of borders in the Balkans stopped, Prime Minister Vucic said.

EU reacts to Albanian PM's statement

EU reacts to Albanian PM's statement

BRUSSELS -- The EU has reacted to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's statement about "unification of Kosovo and Albania."

Kocijancic: Provocations by Taci, Rama unacceptable

BRUSSELS - Statements of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo Foreign Minister Hasim Taci on unification are unacceptable provocations and are not in line with the policy of cooperation in the region, Spokesperson of the European Commission Maja Kocijancic stated.

Djuric: Rama's statement attempt to blackmail EU

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric has said that Tuesday's statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama about a unification of Albania and Kosovo is an attempt to blackmail the European Union, apart from being a blunt and brutal threat to stability and peace in the region.

Vucic: Rama,Taci will not "finish dreams of unification"

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told Tuesday Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo Foreign Minister Hasim Taci they will "not finish their dreams of unification of Albania and Kosovo, no matter who supports them in this."

Albania, Kosovo Call for Greater EU Integration, Warn of Unification

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama warned the EU that his country could unify with Kosovo "in the classic way" in case the Union did not intensify the integration of Pristina.

Rama made this statement during a joint interview with Kosovo's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci on Tuesday, B92 reports.

Serbian PM Vows to Stop Albanians Uniting

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has gone on Twitter to declare that Serbia will never let Albania and Kosovo unify in one state.

His tweet on Tuesday came after Serbian media reports claimed that Edi Rama of Albania had said that if the EU failed to allow the two states to unite within a borderless Europe, they would unify in "the classical way".

Albanian PM's statement is "attack on peace"

Albanian PM's statement is "attack on peace"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric says Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's latest statement represent "an attack on peace."

Rama warned the EU that unless Albania and Kosovo unify through membership in that organization, they would do so "in the classic way."

Vucic: Kosovo and Albania will not unite

BELGRADE - Kosovo and Albania will never unite, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in reaction to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's statement.

Albanian PM warns his country and Kosovo "will unify"

Albanian PM warns his country and Kosovo "will unify"

PRISTINA -- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has warned that his country and Kosovo "will unify in the classic way" unless the EU "opens up roads for Kosovo' integration."

FM: Region should build ties based on interests

FM: Region should build ties based on interests

BELGRADE -- Countries in the region should focus on finding common interests in order to overcome recent incidents, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.

Detained Albanian MP's Brother Absolved of Murder

Forty-one-year-old Lamaj was killed by gunfire from an AK-47 assault rifle after parking his car outside his apartment in the Vasil Shanto neighbourhood of Tirana.

Frroku, a businessman with a history of conflicts with Lamaj, was arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece, one day later and extradited to Albania.

Dacic: Steinmeier to visit Belgrade on April 28

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Friday that his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a visit to Serbia on April 28.

"This is our most important foreign policy activity in April," Dacic said at a regular monthly press conference.

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