FOR EDI RAMA these are the best of times and the worst of times—but mostly the best. In May Albania’s prime minister was elected to a fourth consecutive term. His country’s GDP has grown by 160% in ...

Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming services for $82.7 billion, fundamentally reshaping the entertainment industry at closing in late 2026. Time Warner's former CEO ...

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 ...

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 ...

Albania unveils Diella, the world’s first AI minister, to oversee public procurement and fight corruption amid EU membership ambitions. When Albania’s national Assembly convened last month to hold the ...

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 ...

A man on trial in the Albanian capital, Tirana, has allegedly shot and killed the presiding judge. Appeals court judge Astrit Kalaja died on Monday as he was being transported to the hospital, ...

Albanian crime gangs in Britain have become so powerful that drugs bosses are openly mocking our soft-touch justice and advertising for cocaine dealers on social media, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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 ...