PM says Albania’s agriculture holds vast untapped potential

  Prime Minister Edi Rama told farmers and agribusiness leaders that Albania’s agricultural sector holds “extraordinary, still-untapped potential” and should be central to the country’s path toward EU membership by 2030. Speaking at a roundtable in Tirana, …

Fortis Energy can build a major solar plant in Albania

Turkish renewable energy company Fortis Energy has been granted a construction permit to build a 62-megawatt (MW) solar plant near the town of Ersekë in southeastern Albania. The facility will play a key role in transforming the country’s sustainable …

Albania marks 35 years since 5,000 stormed embassies for freedom

TIRANA, July 2 – Albania is marking 35 years since over 5,000 citizens stormed foreign embassies in Tirana in 1990, a defining moment in the country’s break from communist isolation. On July 2, 1990, thousands of Albanians scaled embassy walls seeking …

Albania launches app for anonymous police abuse reporting

TIRANA, July 3 – Albania’s Ministry of Interior has launched “Agjencia Dixhitale,” a new mobile app enabling citizens to anonymously report misconduct by police and other public safety officers. The app allows users to file complaints or flag abuses …

Fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauls in his net early in the morning in Albania's Vlore Bay

'I lost my battle': warming sea killing Albania fishing

As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, the catch was too small to even feed his family. Albanians like him have lived off the sea for generations, but Kocaj fears his way …

Fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauls in his net early in the morning in Albania's Vlore Bay

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Albania’s ‘Lads of London’ Create Bigger Problems for Their Home Country

A dry season, newswise, from the Balkans, has been filled a bit over the last week by a series of posts on X exchanged between British far-right leader Nigel Farage and Albanian MP Edi Rama over the level of criminality among Albanians living in the UK. …

Man who fled communist Albania warns against Zohran Mamdani: 'We cannot allow this to spread'

The state will increase funds for Bulgarians in North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova

Georg Georgiev Photo: BTA In 2025, 1.3 million euros are planned for the implementation of the program for support of organizations of Bulgarian communities from Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova and of citizens of North Macedonia with Bulgarian …