The European Commission is backing Italy in its innovative but controversial protocol with Albania to process migrants in the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting ...

A friend sent me a Whatsapp message before I left for the airport: “Don’t let yourself be robbed in the rogue state of Albania”. In Tirana, I met Adri Nurellari, an impressive individual who shaped ...

The Action Strengthening the efficiency and quality of Justice in Albania (SEJIV) is supporting the justice governing institutions and courts in the implementation of the reforms aimed at increasing ...

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The attempt to process migrants in Albania comes after two previous failures in October and November when Italian judges refused to approve the detention of two small groups at Albanian processing ...

In Albania, thousands of Afghans who fled their ... a town on the Adriatic coast about 70 kilometres northwest of the Albanian capital of Tirana, hundreds of Afghans were given temporary shelter ...

During one of my first weekends in Tirana, the capital of Albania, just a month after taking up my role as Deputy Ambassador for Tirana and Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2016, I sought a place ...

Italy said Sunday it was transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania ... agreement between Rome and Tirana. Their cases have been referred to ...

Once known as "the North Korea of Europe", Albania is turning to its millennia-old sites and rich cultural heritage to recast its image. After a period of turmoil, places often talk about looking ...

Italy has resumed sending illegal migrants to its new Albania processing centre as Giorgia Meloni, the country’s prime minister, attempts to circumvent the European Court of Justice (ECJ).