Albania

Albanian Intelligence Agents Exposed in Stunning Security Breach

Albania has posted sensitive information about its senior intelligence operatives on the internet, publicizing crucial details about their identities, according to a recent report from Great Britain's The Independent newspaper. Senior intelligence agents' identities, operational roles, daily habits, vehicles and...

Tension at Greece-Albania Border over Konstantinos Katsifas' Memorial Service (video)

There was tension on Saturday morning at the Greece-Albania border as Albanian police used strict checks to deter Greek citizens from going to Konstantinos Katsifas' 40-day Memorial Service in the village of Vouliarates. Katsifas was shot dead by the Albanian Rinea Special...

Greece Blamed in Deaths of Four Albanians

Albania's foreign ministry issued a statement on Wednesday blaming Greek authorities for the deaths of four Albanian citizens residing in Greece. All the deaths occurred in the span of two weeks. The most recent death was of a man killed...

Albanian PM Says Greeks and Albanians Have Deep Ties

Albanian PM Edi Rama (third from left). Photo AMNA Relations between Greece and Albania are "historical and traditional", said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). Rama spoke at a conference titled "News Agencies...

Albanian and Kosovar Leaders Mull ‘Greater Albania’ by 2025

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stoked controversy on Monday following a meeting in the city of Peja, Kosovo between representatives of the Albanian and Kosovo governments. Rama spoke forcefully about the ongoing efforts of the two sides to achieve the unification of...

Greece, Bulgaria, FYROM, Albania Meeting Kicks Off in Thessaloniki

The Foreign and Development Ministers of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will open a two-day meeting in the city of Thessaloniki on Thursday evening to discuss cross-border collaboration in the area. Greece's Alternate Foreign...

Ecumenical Patriarch Asks for Ieronymos-Tsipras Deal Clarification

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday called on the Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Georgia Soultanopoulou, asking for an explanation regarding the verbal agreement between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Ieronymos...

Albania Says 52 Greeks at Katsifas Funeral 'Undesirable'

Albania's Ministry of the Interior has labeled 52 Greeks who attended the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas "undesirables", adding fuel to the fire which broke out with the killing of the 35-year-old Greek man by Albanian police. Albanian press reports that the country's...

Albania's Premier: Greece Can Never Be Our Enemy

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama launched an attack on Friday against extreme nationalists in both Greece and Albania following the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas. Responding to a Facebook post calling on him to intervene to stop the "shameful provocation by...

Hundreds Mourn at Katsifas Funeral in Albania (videos)

Hundreds of people bearing Greek flags crossed the border with Albania to join relatives for the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas,, which took place in his home village of Bularat (Vouliarates) on Thursday. The funeral for the ethnic Greek man who was...