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Tirana hosts FII Europe summit with focus on investment and leadership
Tirana hosted the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Europe Summit for the first time, bringing together political leaders, global investors, tech founders, and economists to discuss Europe’s economic resilience, technological innovation,...

Tirana hosts European Political Community Summit with 51 leaders in attendance
On Thursday and Friday, Tirana became the center of Europe as 51 heads of state and institutional leaders arrived for the sixth European Political Community (EPC) Summit, hosted for the...

Albin Kurti refuses to drop divisive speaker candidate despite continuing parliament deadlocked
Three months after Kosovo’s national elections, caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti reaffirmed Saturday that his party, Vetëvendosje, will not propose a new candidate for speaker of parliament, despite lacking the...

Twelfth attempt to unblock Kosovo parliament fails, transitional government proposal rejected
Kosovo’s deepening institutional deadlock dragged into a fourth week on Tuesday, as the 12th attempt to constitute the new parliament once again failed. The session, like the eleven before it,...

Kosovo political deadlock deepens as LDK leader rejects Kurti’s coalition offer, proposes transitional government
Kosovo’s political crisis took a new turn on Monday as the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku, rejected a governing coalition proposal from Acting Prime Minister...

Kosovo government dismisses press freedom concerns, critics call reaction alarming
The Kosovo government has rejected the latest Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report that ranks the country 99th globally for press freedom, claiming the issue lies not in government interference, but...