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The Newsroom The European Union responded on May 9 with statements from both its member state ambassadors accredited to Albania and a spokesperson in Brussels, condemning what the institution described as personal attacks by Democratic Party chairman Sali Berisha against the EU Ambassador to Albania, Silvio Gonzato. The exchange unfolded over the course of …
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Prime Minister Edi Rama used the eighteenth episode of the sixth season of his weekly podcast, Flasim, to address several policy and governance matters: Albania’s EU accession progress marked on Europe Day, the opening session of the World Law Congress in Tirana, the launch of the second phase of the EU for Municipalities programme, and …
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Prime Minister and head of EU Delegation appear jointly at Europe Week opening, pushing back against the opposition narrative that accession negotiations have stalled. President Begaj, Foreign Minister Hoxha, and European Council President António Costa add to the day’s messaging. Opposition MPs use the occasion to list unmet conditions. The Newsroom Albania marked Europe …
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The Newsroom The eighth in the series of street protests called by Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, held on Thursday evening on Boulevard Dëshmorët e Kombit in central Tirana, drew the smallest crowd of the cycle, produced no political speeches, and ended with three militants detained after a failed attempt to break a police cordon …
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The Newsroom Tirana hosted the opening session of the World Law Congress on Thursday, the first formal step in a programme of preparatory events that will culminate in the 30th edition of the Congress in 2027, when the Albanian capital becomes the seat of what its organisers describe as the Davos of Law. The session, …
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Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday to brief deputies on the state of Albania’s EU accession negotiations, the Commission’s Interim Benchmark Assessment Report, and the joint Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung op-ed signed by Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Hoxha rejected the opposition’s central claim that the …
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The Newsroom The Democratic Party’s Commission for the Organization and Control of Electoral Operations has formally disqualified every announced challenger to Sali Berisha in the 23 May leadership contest, leaving the former prime minister as the sole candidate in a process that the PD itself once described as the most consequential internal vote since the …
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The Albanian prime minister presents new bronzes at Galerie Société and thirteen drawings at the Italian Embassy, then sits for a reverse interview with Fabrizio Bucci on Brussels, Ukraine, and Tirana’s ambition to become “a little Italy.” The Newsroom Edi Rama arrived in the German capital this week wearing the second of his two …
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At the Foreign Policy Forum 2026 organized by the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha sets out a doctrine of flexibility in an unpredictable world, reaffirming EU accession, regional cooperation, and Kosovo’s international consolidation as core priorities. Speaking at the Foreign Policy Forum 2026, organized by the …
