Foreign ministers of Albania
Albania Opposition Leader Renews Call for Vetting Politicians
After boycotting Albania's parliament for around two years, one of the first initiatives of the opposition when it returned in September, after losing the April 25 elections, was vetting politicians.
Opposition Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha has called for the same vetting procedure to be applied to politicians as to justice officials.
Berisha Rallies Support to Regain Albanian Opposition Leadership
The former leader of Albania's main opposition Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, on Tuesday told supporters in the central town of Kavaja that he intends a return to the helm of the party he left in 2013, in a direct challenge to the current leader, Lulzim Basha.
"Albania and Kosovo to have joint embassies in Africa and Asia"
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Olta Xhaka, stated after the meeting with the Kosovo Foreign Minister Donika Gerval that Albania and the so-called Kosovo will soon have joint diplomatic missions in Africa and Asia, Reporters reports.
"Unacceptable"
Russia considers the statement of the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the unification of Albania with Kosovo unacceptable and expects an appropriate reaction from the West on that occasion.
This was stated by the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.
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Rama Cynically Plays Gender Card With Women-Majority Cabinet
He chose a well-respected professional lawyer and an equally respected scientist, both from civil society, to head his Socialist Party list.
Today, neither of those women is part of parliament. Rama, the so-called "women-promoter" and "gender champion", ditched both of them.
He brought them in and escorted them out. It was all a personal decision done for personal gain.
Rama's priority - agreement signed with Vučić, also lobbying for Kosovo's recognition
Moreover, on his priority list is to launch the "Open Balkans" initiative.
Also, his priority is the launch of the "Open Balkans" initiative, i.e. the implementation of the agreement reached on July 29 by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, Edi Rama and the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev.
Week in Review: Shuffling and Reshuffling
Reshuffling the Cards
Montenegrin PM Zdravko Krivokapic and Deputy PM Dritan Abazovic in a police camp training. Photo: Government of Montenegro
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Opposition Ex-Leader’s Fate Overshadows Return of Albanian Parliament
Albania's opposition Democratic Party will end its boycott of parliament on Friday, but faces serious questions over how it will handle a decision by party leader Lulzim Basha to remove his predecessor and mentor, Sali Berisha, from its parliamentary caucus.
Rama Appoints Albania’s First Mainly Female Cabinet
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced his new cabinet following the April 25 elections, creating a new record in the country by giving women 12 of the 16 posts in his team.
‘They are Humans’: Albania Memorializes Dramatic Exodus to Italy
This wasn't the first mass escape from Albania. A few months before, on March 6, 1991, several thousand more Albanians reached Italy after seizing cargo ships in the ports.
A year earlier, on July 1990, some 5,000 others took refuge in foreign embassies in the capital, Tirana. Thousands more crossed the land border to Greece.