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Brussels opens final negotiations cluster in Albania's EU accession

The European Union has opened the last remaining negotiation chapters with Albania, bringing the Western Balkan country closer to joining the EU by 2030. "There is no escape from Albania," said PM Edi Rama.

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Starmer: UK to send rejected asylum seekers to 'return hubs' abroad

During his first official visit to Albania on Thursday, the British prime minister said the UK was in talks to set up "return hubs" with "a number of countries".

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Albania elections: Prime Minister Edi Rama seeks fourth term in office

Polls show Rama, who has promised EU membership in the next five years, has a commanding lead over his old rival Sali Berisha, who has been weakened by a corruption probe.

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Kallas says Albania faces tricky reforms but its future is in the EU

Brussels decided in 2020 to start full membership negotiations with Albania, and talks began last October on how the Western Balkan country aligns with the EU in its fundamental principles.

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Protests rock Albanian capital, calling for PM’s resignation

Opposition lawmakers and supporters brought Albania’s capital, Tirana, to a standstill on Tuesday, blocking major roads and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government.

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Albanian opposition protests against government corruption in Tirana

The protesters demand the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker cabinet until the 2025 parliamentary elections.

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Albania aims to be EU member by 2030, PM Rama says

The EU gave a largely positive initial assessment of Albania's progress towards joining the bloc, though Brussels notes room for improvement on corruption, media independence and the judicial system.

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Albania opens EU membership talks amid political turmoil at home

The opening of formal EU accession talks comes days after opposition supporters clashed with police on the streets of Tirana.

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No migrants from Germany in Albanian centres, PM Rama insists

Under a five-year agreement between Tirana and Rome, Albania will process migrants intercepted at sea by Italian authorities in reception centres.

Albania

Protesters in Tirana clash with police demanding PM Rama's resignation

Later this month, Tirana will start discussions with Brussels on how the country aligns with EU stances on the rule of law, the functioning of democratic institutions and the fight against corruption.

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The new EU Commission needs change, major trade union leader says

The European Commission risks being too centralised and not attractive to young people any more, according to Cristiano Sebastiani, the president of one of the EU's major trade unions, Renouveau & Démocratie.

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Albania announces plan to create a Vatican City-like microstate

If all goes to plan, the so-called "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order" will become the world's smallest state, just a quarter of the size of Vatican City.

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Prime Minister Rama insists Albania migrant deal 'exclusive' to Italy

Albania's "unconditional love" for Italy means Rome has the exclusive privilege to house asylum seekers on Albanian soil, Rama told Euronews.

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Protesters in Albania demand resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama

Demonstrators also demanded the release of opposition leader Sali Berisha who has been held under house arrest on corruption charges since last year.

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Did Albania’s PM call the US ‘one of the three evils in the world’?

A video circulating on social media claims to show Prime Minister Edi Rama labelling the US, Soviet Union and Israel as the world’s three “evils”.

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Albania sets up first NATO base in Western Balkans

Tirana also offered and was discussing with NATO a naval base in western Albania.