Edi Rama

Albania, Serbia extend co-operation despite diplomatic skirmish

VIENNA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said in Vienna on Monday that Serbia is a stable partner and wishes to have an even more active role in the future, especially in energy, infrastructure and transport interconnections.

The massive, top secret Cold War nuclear bunker of former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was opened to the public on Saturday, decades after it was built by the paranoid communist regime fearing an attack by the West that never came.

BELGRADE - German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm said that the recent visit by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is an important achievement and a step in the right direction in the development of bilateral ties, despite, as he said, an unfortunate episode.

BELGRADE - Sensitive issues between Serbia and Albania should be discussed in a more constructive and responsible manner, head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Serbia Eduard Kukan has told the Belgrade daily Danas.

Prime Minister Edi Rama was booed on Wednesday by students protesting in front of the government office against a decision to transfer the Geology and Mining Faculty to the Justice Ministry for use by the High Court.

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BELGRADE - The undiplomatic move by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama thwarted the ultimate goal of his visit to Serbia - a major breakthrough in the relations between the two countries, says former Serbian ambassador to Berlin Ivo Viskovic, a professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences.

WASHINGTON - The United States commends Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the first official visit by an Albanian prime minister to Belgrade in nearly 70 years, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of State.

Albania limits import of Serbian pharmaceutical products

BELGRADE -- Serbian Economy Minister Željko Sertić says Albania in September passed a law limiting imports of drugs and medications of all types produced in Serbia.

This move ignores all protocols and agreements signed between the two countries, he added.

BELGRADE - Serbian Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic said Wednesday that Albania had passed a law at the beginning of September limiting imports of drugs and medications of all types from Serbia into Albania, a move ignoring all protocols and agreements signed between the two countries.