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Vucic, Rama on infrastructure projects, EU integration

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.

CEEC prime ministers want cooperation with China

CEEC prime ministers want cooperation with China

BELGRADE -- Prime ministers of Romania, Albania, Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzegovina said in Belgrade that good projects are "key for further cooperation with China."

The Central and Eastern European countries and China must then be efficient in their implementation, they told a summit in Belgrade.

Second day of summit to be marked by bilateral meetings

BELGRADE - The second day of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European Countries will be marked by a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings between the host and guests in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Illicit Outflows Rob Balkan Economies of $100bn

The report, released Tuesday, estimates the cost of illicit transfers by analyzing discrepancies in balance of payments data and direction of trade statistics, as reported to the IMF, in order to detect flows of capital that are illegally earned, transferred, and/or utilized.

Greek Olympian blamed for Albanian doping

By George Georgakopoulos

A row has broken out between the national weightlifting federations of Greece and Albania following claims over the weekend that the former Greek Olympian and current national squad coach, Leonidas Sabanis, played a role in the doping of three Albanian athletes at last month’s World Championship in Kazakhstan.

Rama: No real change without governing through sense of duty

BELGRADE - Governing through a sense of duty and not of power brings real change, and that is precisely what has released a lot of energy in Albania and put collaboration, transparency and modernization in the forefront, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European count

Albanian minister: We need better regional cooperation

BELGRADE - Albanian Minister of the Interior Saimir Tahiri said Friday that Western Balkan countries had to cooperate better than criminals, who adapted quickly to any new situation, if they wanted to be more successful in the fight against all types of crime.

Serbia should request rights for its minority in Albania

BELGRADE - Serbia is entitled to request rights for its minority in Albania, as the Albanian minority in Serbia has absolutely all the rights, in line with top European and world standards, Aleksandar Cotric, a member of the Serbian parliament's committee on the diaspora and Serbs in the region, said on Friday.

"Serb minority in Albania denied rights"

"Serb minority in Albania denied rights"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has the full moral right to demand for its minority in Albania the same that it provides for the Albanian minority in Serbia, says an MP.

Albania and Bosnia Lag in Europe GDP Table

Albania has the lowest Gross Domestic Product, GDP, per capita and the lowest Actual Individual Consumption, AIC, of 37 European countries, according to a report by the EU statistics agency Eurostat.

The research covered all EU member states, plus Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro, Bosnia and Albania.

Kosovo Wins Right to Compete in Olympics

Athletes from Kosovo are celebrating the IOC decision to grant Kosovo full membership, which means they will be fielding their own national team for the Brazil Olympics.

The decision was reached at the 127th session of the IOC held in Monaco and follows an earlier decision in October by the IOC to grant Kosovo provisional recognition.

Left-Wing ABV: South Stream Could Be Redirected through Nabucco Route

Bulgarian President (2002-2012) and ABV leader Georgi Parvanov has proposed that the South Stream pipeline undergo a second change in route to use the one planned for the Nabucco pipeline.

Parvanov's comments follow last week's decision of Russia to renounce South Stream and to launch an "alternative" version going to Turkey instead.

Albania President Nominates Central Bank Governor

"In the candidature of Gentian Sejko, who comes from the ranks of the banking system, I valued the managerial experience, his education and moral integrity," President Bujar Nishani said in a statement accompanying the decree on Monday.

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