The State Department is so far refusing to comment on a growing corruption crisis engulfing the Balkan nation of Albania, a vital U.S. ally in the region. Following an Albanian court’s decision to ...

LONDON — Albania’s leader accused Britain’s interior minister of “ethnic stereotyping” after she singled out 700 Albanian families whose asylum claims had failed in a speech selling an immigration ...

Albania's prime minister accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of "ethnic stereotyping" after she singled out Albanian families in a speech about abuses of the asylum system. Edi Rama criticised ...

One month after traveling to Albania, Mayor Eric Adams held a reception at Gracie Mansion with government officials from the Balkan nation and other members of the local Albanian community. Friday’s ...

The payments underscore how lucrative foreign political consulting can be for operatives with ties to the president. By Kenneth P. Vogel Kenneth P. Vogel covers money and influence in government.

Diella, the country’s first AI system that is now a minister in Edi Rama’s cabinet, will have 83 “children,” who will become parliamentary assistants. Albania’s first non-human minister made up ...

Albania introduces digital offspring of its AI minister in a radical bid for transparency A woman looks at a phone as she uses the Albanian government portal "E - Albania", now assisted by government ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Albania introduced an AI system last month to serve as a minister in the government, a first-of ...

On Oct. 6, Albanian Appeals Court Judge Astrit Kalaja was shot inside the Tirana courtroom where he oversaw a property dispute case, according to the International Commission of Jurists. Kalaja died ...

The 22nd edition of Corpi in Movimento, the festival of original dance, will close with a flourish. On Wednesday at 9 pm, in the Sala Teatrale Palazzo di Città at the Teatro Civico in Sassari, the ...

The world’s first AI government official is going about as well as anyone could expect. Yesterday, the virtual assistant “Diella” made its “inaugural address” to the Albanian parliament. Maybe ...