Albanian parliament

On Monday and Tuesday, February 23 and 24, Alternate Foreign Minister Nikos Chountis will carry out a visit Tirana, where he will participate in the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) member states being hosted by the Albanian SEECP Chairmanship.

During his stay in the Albanian capital, Chountis will have a series of meetings:

Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki is visiting Albania on Monday as part of intensified contacts between the two Balkan neighbours.

Poposki is scheduled to meet his Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati and Prime Minister Edi Rama as well as the head of the foreign affairs committee in Parliament, Arta Dade, the Foreign Ministry in Skopje said in a press release.

GENEVA - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and her Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta expect the forthcoming visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Belgrade to offer an opportunity for enhancement of cooperation and improvement of relations.

BELGRADE - Serbs in Albania are one of Europe's most endangered minority communities as they have no recognised status of a national minority or the right to receive institutional education and information in their native tongue, and face assimilation and complete extinction as a result, Serbian Renewal Movement MP Aleksandar Cotric warned on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Representatives of Western Balkan parliaments stated on Monday that more efficient draw of foreign investments in the region calls for a better investment climate, harmonisation of fiscal policy, reduction of taxes, countering corruption and better education.