Albania is implementing important structural reforms that will support equitable growth, raise productivity and competitiveness in the economy, create more jobs, and improve governance and public ...

An Albanian man wanted for murder has won the right to stay in Great Britain under the European Convention on Human Rights. Fatmir Bleta, 64, was sentenced to 13 prison after leaving Albania ...

Serbia expelled two Swiss citizens on Thursday after a court gave them suspended prison sentences for making a double-headed eagle gesture seen as an offensive symbol of "Greater Albania", prosecutors ...

Migrant workers from Africa have told BIRN about having to surrender their passports on arrival in Albania, working unpaid overtime and facing deportation once they are no longer required.

An Italian naval vessel delivered the first group of asylum seekers to Albania as part of a controversial deal that raises the stakes in how European Union member states grapple with migration.

Italy is first EU country to divert migrants outside bloc Government hopes process will deter migrants Rights groups oppose deal; Meloni says setting an example for Europe SHENGJIN, Albania ...

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Albanian officials say they prevented a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania ...

Albania opened the first chapters of negotiating its accession to the European Union in Luxembourg on Tuesday. The Balkan country, which was granted candidate status in 2014, held its first accession ...

The ruling was a major blow to the conservative government’s plan to have asylum claims heard in Albania instead of Italy. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Italian ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister on Tuesday said his government had turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum seekers but made an ...