Europe

Tensions are escalating between the Serb minority and the Albanian majority in Kosovo, prompting the Serbian armed forces to enter a state of high alert. Serbian military intervention is unlikely but remains a distinct possibility. Northern Kosovo is the epicenter...

Pop star Dua Lipa has been granted Albanian Citizenship for promoting global awareness of her home country through her music. The decree awarding her Albanian citizenship was handed to her by Bajram Begaj, the president of Albania, who noted that...

Greeks who live in the seaside town of Himara in Albania have already seen their houses demolished and their properties seized since the passage of a new bill which allows the town to be rebuilt to increase tourism. The ethnic Greeks...

Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Autocephalous Church has stated that he sent condolences to the families of both Konstantinos Katsifas and Petrit Zilfa, despite recent reports to the contrary. The Archbishop's clarification comes after a recent report in Albanian media...

Albania has posted sensitive information about its senior intelligence operatives on the internet, publicizing crucial details about their identities, according to a recent report from Great Britain's The Independent newspaper. Senior intelligence agents' identities, operational roles, daily habits, vehicles and...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stoked controversy on Monday following a meeting in the city of Peja, Kosovo between representatives of the Albanian and Kosovo governments. Rama spoke forcefully about the ongoing efforts of the two sides to achieve the unification of...

Greeks of Himara reacted, as massive police forces arrived in the area on Tuesday in order to help with the implementation of the project to demolish Greek homes and businesses. Several houses and businesses that belong to Greek minority residents...

Five out of eight Greeks who ran in Albania's Sunday elections managed to get elected, with Vangelis Dules, President of the Human Rights Party winning marginally in the Democratic Party ballot in the region of Avlonas. However, the Greek participation...

Nineteen Greek expatriate families living in Himare, Albania, were ordered by local authorities to evacuate their homes within five days because they will be demolished. The evacuation notices were served on October 28, Greece's National Day. According to local authorities,...

The Albanian government said that a statue of Catholic missionary Nilo Catalano will be erected in place of the Saint Athanasios Orthodox church that was demolished on Wednesday. The Saint Athanasios church in the village of Drymmades was demolished by...

Himare, Albania, municipal authorities demolished the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Athanasios in the early morning hours of Wednesday to the dismay of Orthodox Christian locals. Bulldozers and municipal police arrived at the Drymades village where the church is and started...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama did not let the Greek government's comments on developments within Albania slide by. Last week, police and employees of the Himare Municipality in Albania had entered the Orthodox Holy Church of Saint Athanasios and attempted to remove objects...

Over the weekend, the Albanian Foreign Ministry expressed concern for the death of Ilia Kareli in prison in Nigrita, Greece on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said it “condemns attacks against authorities imposing the law, as well as all acts of violence against Albanian citizens...

The 7th Greek-Albanian Economic and Business Forum with the main subject "The Role of Banks in the post-crisis period" is organized by the Greek Embassy in Tirana, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and the Greek Business Association. The...

The Albanian parliament, in today’s meeting, Thursday 26 September, decided by vote the election of the president of the Human Rights Union Party, Vaggelis Dule (Vangjel Dule) to the office of the Vice-President of the Albanian Parliament. A number of...