Albania PM: ‘Russia will not attack any other European country’
In an exclusive interview, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama refuted concerns that Russia is planning further conflicts.

In an exclusive interview, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama refuted concerns that Russia is planning further conflicts.






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A weary electorate votes in parliamentary elections after campaign dominated by EU hopes and political corruption.
Forty men of various nationalities arrive onboard an Italian navy ship in the northern port of Shengjin in Albania.
Italian naval ship lands 49 people in Albania in a third transfer under controversial 2023 deal between Rome and Tirana.
The decision comes after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a classmate following a social media fight.
Under the deal, people from ‘safe’ countries are to be held in Albania while their claims for asylum are processed.
Rome boasts of deal processing asylum seekers outside EU. Critics complain of ‘cruel experiment’ that undermines rights.









There were explosions and fires in Albania’s capital as police confronted anti-government protesters.
Sentiments towards the EU expressed by some civil society actors increasingly overlap with those of anti-EU forces.
Cause of blackout remains unknown, but early indications point to spike in electricity use due to severe heat.