Ilir Meta

On 14 and 15 November 2017, Vice President Iliana Yotova will be on a working visit to the Republic of Albania, reported BGNES.

In Tirana, Iliana Yotova will hold meetings with Albania's President Ilir Meta, Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruçi  and Prime Minister Edi Rama, the head of state's press service has said.

The head of the secret service in Albania, SHISH, Visho Ajazi Lika, has resigned from his position to which he was appointed in August 2012.

The news emerged on Monday after Prime Minister Edi Rama's office said Rama had named SHISH vice director Helidon Bendo to President Ilir Meta as Ajazi's successor.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has asked Albanian President Ilir Meta to allow residents of Kosovo the possibility of acquiring citizenship of Albania.

Thaci said he did this because Europe has been unjust toward "the Kosovars."

"Albania is the only hope," Thaci said during a joint press conference with Meta, who is in Pristina, RTS reported on Wednesday.

At a meeting with Albania’s President, Ilir Meta, on Wednesday in Pristina, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci asked Tirana to offer Kosovo citizens Albanian citizenship, to help them escape their current “isolation” from the European Union.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has asked Albanian President Ilir Meta to allow residents of Kosovo the possibility of acquiring citizenship of Albania.

Thaci said he did this because Europe has been unjust toward "the Kosovars."

At a meeting with Albania's President, Ilir Meta, on Wednesday in Pristina, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci asked Tirana to offer Kosovo citizens Albanian citizenship, to help them escape their current "isolation" from the European Union.

Albanian President Ilir Meta has spoken with Croatian Ambassador Sanja Bojas-Juraga about the decision of the Croatian Supreme Court to extradite Ismail Morina.

Albanian President Ilir Meta has spoken with Croatian Ambassador Sanja Bojas-Juraga about the decision of the Croatian Supreme Court to extradite Ismail Morina.

"We rely on you and we appreciate Bulgaria's efforts for the enlargement of the European Union in the Western Balkans.'' With these words, the President of Albania, Ilir Meta, welcomed Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for Justice Reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, said the press office of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Following her visit to Serbia, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva continues today her Balkan tour with talks in Albania.

Recognition of the Bulgarian minority in Albania. This will be one of the main goals of the Foreign Minister.