Albanian baker comes to the desert to serve baked goodies

Jared and Ivanka's Albanian island

The Albanian government has approved a controversial $1.4 billion deal with Donald Trump's son-in-law to develop the island of Sazan into a "luxury resort", said Balkan Insight. Sazan, an uninhabited island off the southern city of Vlorë, was an...

Albania evacuates citizens from Iran amid strained ties

TIRANA, July 1 – Albania has evacuated a family of five from Iran, despite having no diplomatic relations with Tehran, Foreign Minister Igli Hasani confirmed in a televised interview. Hasani told Top Channel the operation was completed five days...

Albanian watchdog flags ATM fee issues, urges reforms

TIRANA, July 1 – Albania’s Competition Commission has called on the central bank to tighten oversight of ATM withdrawal fees, after a market review revealed low transparency and inconsistent charges, especially for foreign cardholders. The...

Albanian Scientist Named Among Canada’s Top 5 Researchers

Kozeta Miliku, an Albanian scientist, has been recognized by the prestigious The Globe and Mail as one of the five most promising scientists in Canada. In an exclusive interview with journalist Xhensil Shkëmbi, the Korça-born researcher shared her...

1 Green Coast Hotel - MGallery Collection: A New Chapter for Elite Tourism in Albania

One of the most ambitious projects in Albanian elite tourism comes to life this summer with the official opening of Green Coast Hotel – MGallery Collection, located on the Green Coast beach, one of the pearls of the Albanian Riviera. This hotel is...

City to launch first Albanian bilingual class this fall in the Bronx

Apollonia has been hard at work in preschool, learning things like, as she put it: “numbers and letters.” And next year, she’ll be able to do that learning in both English and Albanian — in the first ever Albanian transitional bilingual class to...

Berisha at the OSCE Assembly: Albania is a narco-dictatorship, help us vote freely

The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, is participating in the proceedings of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Porto, Portugal. In his address today before the Assembly, Berisha emphasized the urgent need for Albania to restore...

Albanian prosecutors link ex-president’s family to $240k luxury spending

Albania’s anti-corruption prosecutors say Monika Kryemadhi, the ex-wife of former president Ilir Meta, spent nearly $240,000 using a U.S.-linked credit card in what may be a new episode of political corruption. According to the Special...

Albanian MP on trial warns OSCE of China–Russia ties

Fatmir Mediu, an Albanian MP currently on trial over a deadly 2008 munitions blast, told the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly that China, Iran, and North Korea are enabling Russia’s war in Ukraine and undermining European security. “China is Russia’s...

Chinese and Albanians among 12 accused of cannabis and money laundering conspiracy

Chinese and Albanian nationals are among those charged with offences some of which are said to have been going on for more than a decade. Besnik Ademaj, 50, of Sunningdale in Norwich, and Jianping Liu, 40, of Alicante Way, also in the city, are...

Meloni’s Albania Protocol Faces Another Wave of Attacks by Activist Judges

The migration agreement signed between Italy and Albania highlights the growing divide between national institutions and the European establishment regarding tackling illegal immigration. While the European Commission and several member states are...

Rama Forces UK’s Farage Onto Backfoot Over Albanian Criminals

AI-generated illustration published on Edi Rama’s X account depicting the Albanian PM with Nigel Farage. Photo: X/@ediramaal Britain’s famously loquacious far-right leader, Nigel Farage, may be regretting starting an X spat this week with...

Albania’s manufacturing sector faces fresh job cuts

Albania’s garment and footwear industry faces new factory closures and layoffs after summer, driven by falling orders, euro depreciation, and rising costs, industry leaders warned. Edvin Prençe, head of ProEksport Albania, said the sector employs...

Berisha tells OSCE Albania is a dictatorship

PORTO, July 1 – Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha told the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly that Albania has become “a narco-dictatorship” under Prime Minister Edi Rama, accusing the government of suppressing elections and enabling drug...

Eureporter: Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, held without charge for past five months

Erion Veliaj, the Mayor of Tirana (pictured), has been held without charge for the past 5 months, while he is investigated by SPAK. He was arrested by Special Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime Structure (“SPAK”) in February following accusations...

Albania sees strong deposit and lending growth

Deposits in both the lek and euro have surged in Albania, according to Bank of Albania data as of the end of May. Lek-denominated savings reached 645 billion leks, rising by 5 billion from April, largely driven by businesses but significantly...

Albanian PM delivers perfect response to Nigel Farage’s ‘post-Brexit delusion’

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama delivered the perfect response to Nigel Farage as their social media spat continued. Rama and Farage have clashed on X following a set of contentious claims the Reform UK leader made during a GB News segment....

"Albanian watermelons gain popularity in Dutch and German markets"

Furkan Karaca, Enjoy Trade Holland: At Enjoy Trade Holland in Venlo, the Albanian watermelon season has begun. "We've been in contact with these growers in Albania for some time, visited them a few times, and that led to this cooperation," says...

Albanian burglar’s crimes not ‘extreme’ enough for deportation

A serial burglar with nearly 50 convictions cannot be deported back to Albania after a judge ruled that his offending was not sufficiently “extreme” to provoke public “revulsion”. An immigration appeal hearing was told that Zenel Beshi had been...