Enlargement

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...

Von der Leyen: the future of the Western Balkans is in the EU

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that the future of the Western Balkans lies in European Union membership, during her State of the Union speech at the European...