Edi Rama
Albania and Italy hold historic intergovernmental summit, sign 16 cooperation deals
Prime Minister Edi Rama and eleven members of his cabinet were welcomed Thursday with an official ceremony by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, marking...
PM departs for Rome ahead of Albania-Italy intergovernmental summit
Prime Minister Edi Rama will travel to Rome tonight, November 12, for the first-ever Government-to-Government (G2G) meeting between Albania and Italy — a joint cabinet session aimed at deepening bilateral...
Albania to open final EU negotiation cluster at intergovernmental conference on November 17
Albania will formally open its last remaining negotiation cluster — Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion — during the upcoming seventh intergovernmental conference with the EU, scheduled for November 17, the Danish...
Bank of Albania marks 100th anniversary with tribute to national currency and central banking legacy
The Bank of Albania is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, marking a century since its founding on September 2, 1925. Initially proposed by Albania’s founding father, Ismail Qemali shortly...
SPAK summons Berisha over 21 January killings, former PM demands international prosecutor
Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) has issued a summons for former Prime Minister Sali Berisha as part of its reopened investigation into the 21 January 2011 killings, where four protesters...
Socialists sweep all five municipalities in low-turnout local by-elections
The ruling Socialist Party (SP) won Sunday’s partial local elections in all five municipalities where voting took place — Vlora, Berat, Mat, Tepelenë, and Cërrik — securing landslide victories in...
Albania to raise minimum wage to €500 in 2026, pledges further increases by end of mandate
Starting January 1, 2006, Albania’s minimum wage will increase by 10,000 ALL, reaching the equivalent of €500 per month — a move affecting over 307,000 workers nationwide. The announcement was...
EU hands progress report to Albania, urges completion of key reforms to stay on 2027 track
The European Union has formally delivered its 2025 Progress Report to Prime Minister Edi Rama, with the EU Ambassador in Tirana hailing Albania’s efforts as “excellent” — while warning that...
EU hails Albania’s EU accession progress as “unprecedented,” eyes 2027 membership
The European Commission has described Albania’s progress toward European Union membership as “unprecedented”, placing it among the frontrunners in the Western Balkans enlargement process, alongside Montenegro. Officials called the country’s...
Constitutional Court ruling on Erion Veliaj made public, triggers debate over SPAK case and mayor’s continued detention
The Constitutional Court has formally reinstated Erion Veliaj as Mayor of Tirana, overturning both the government’s decision to dismiss him and President Bajram Begaj’s decree calling early elections. The full...