EU
Editorial: Urgent EU and US action required in Kosovo following the Zubin Potok canal attack
Friday’s terrorist attack on the water canal in Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo, underscores the fragile state of stability in Kosovo. The Zubin Potok canal attack is emblematic of the...
Explosions in Northern Kosovo spark harsh condemnation amid growing tensions
According to reports in Kosovar media, a powerful explosion struck the Ibër-Lepenc canal in Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo last night causing significant damage to the strategically critical infrastructure. The attack...
The EU paves the way for opening accession negotiations with Albania on another group of chapters
Albania has moved closer to opening accession talks with the EU on the group of chapters related to ‘External Relations’. On Monday the EU member states decided to request Albania to...
Albania joins SEPA
Albania has officially become a member of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), marking a historic step in its path toward European Union integration. The announcement was made on November...
Bank of Albania urges pension reform amid demographic shifts
As the Albanian government debates a new pension scheme reform, the Bank of Albania has issued a warning regarding the current system. In its opinion on the 2025 budget, the...
EU commissioner-designate for Enlargement: membership negotiations with Albania can be closed by 2027
Speaking at her confirmation hearing with the European Parliament, Marta Kos, Slovenia’s commissioner-designate for Enlargement stated that “today, for the first time in ten years, there is a real opportunity...
Minister Pirdeni unveils 2024-2030 Anti-Corruption Strategy
The Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption, Adea Pirdeni, launched the Intersectorial Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2024-2030, developed in partnership with the EU-funded “EU 4 Good Governance” project. Why...
European Commission’s annual reports urge Serbia and Kosovo to implement normalization agreements, as both countries move in the opposite direction
The Commission’s annual reports on the countries aspiring to EU accession, published on Wednesday, called on Serbia and Kosovo to ‘to implement the obligations stemming from the Agreement on the...
European Commission’s annual report praises Albania’s progress, supports opening another cluster of negotiations this year
The Commission’s annual enlargement package notes that Albanian authorities ‘have maintained a high level of ambition to move forward in the accession negotiations. According to the Commission, Albania has continued...
Italian judges contest government’s attempts to bypass judicial opposition to migrant agreement with Albania
On October 25, judges from the Bologna court requested that the Court of Justice of the European Union clarify the criteria for designating a non-EU country as safe, citing “significant...