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 ...

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 ...

On November 1–2, 2025, the Network Against Migrant Detention – a coalition of Italian and Albanian organizations united in opposing the Rama–Meloni agreement – gathered in Albania for a two-day ...

Albania has appointed the world’s first-ever AI government official in hopes of rooting out some of the Balkan state’s long-running corruption. Announced this week by Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minster ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country's uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama's ...

At Scutari the Archbishop of Albania, Monsignor Mjeda, declared last week, ex cathedra: “The recent Italo-Albanian treaty of Tirana (TIME, Dec. 13) is an outrage, and reduces Albania’s independence to ...

In Gjadër, Albania, towering barbed-wire fences enclose the many migrants who dream of a better life in Italy. The village’s stunning pastoral landscape and the tranquility of the grazing sheep are ...

Albania joined Kosovo in criticising Serbia's practice of marking ethnic Albanians' addresses as ‘inactive', describing it as a "violation of human rights and standards for the protection of ...