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Albania, North Macedonia finally start EU membership talks

Albania and North Macedonia began membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday, overcoming a series of obstacles thrown up by EU governments despite an original promise to begin negotiations in mid-2018.

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EU starts membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia

The European Union is starting the long enlargement process that aims to lead to the Albania and North Macedonia joining the bloc

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NATO in talks to build naval base in Albania, prime minister says

Albania is in talks with NATO to build a naval base at Porto Romano, a port under construction on its Adriatic coast, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday.

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Macron ends French EU presidency with four global summits

French President Emmanuel Macron – badly bruised during parliamentary elections that took away the absolute majority of his party group Ensemble – will focus on international politics during the last days of France's presidency of the European Union.

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Bulgarian political crisis casts shadow over Balkans summit

A Bulgarian government crisis is threatening to tarnish a European Union summit that was intended to bolster the EU membership hopes of Balkan countries

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'It's a disgrace', EU hopeful Albania says of Bulgaria's veto

Bulgaria's block on North Macedonia's progress to join the European Union is a "disgrace", Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said as he arrived for a special Balkans summit with EU leaders, whom he also accused of "impotence".

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EXPLAINER: Western Balkans' promised EU future still hazy

European Union leaders will seek to offer support this week to six Western Balkan nations that have long been knocking at the bloc’s doors

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Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership

In Kosovo, which has been waiting for visa-free travel to the European Union since 2010, a restaurant owner has erected a large replica of France's famed Eiffel Tower for its diners.

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Albania enlists Patagonia to make wild Vjosa River a park

Albania plans to make the Vjosa River and its tributaries the country's latest national park

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Albania elects top general as the country’s new president

Albania’s parliament elected its top military official as the country’s new president

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Albania to choose chief of defense as president

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday that his party has picked the country's chief of defense to be the new president after failing to choose a consensus candidate with the opposition.

Reuters

Albania offers Soviet-built naval base to Nato ‘in these dangerous times’

The Pashaliman base located under the Vlora Bay was built in the 1950s

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Albania offers ex-Soviet built naval base to NATO

The office of Albania's prime minister says the country has offered to NATO a naval base in an effort to highlight the tiny country’s value in the alliance “in these difficult times."

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Albania seeks to pursue EU membership separately from N. Macedonia

Albania will ask the European Union if it can pursue its membership bid separately from its neighbour North Macedonia which continues to face a Bulgarian veto, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday.

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Turkey's Erdogan in Albania to boost bilateral ties

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Albania to talk with Prime Minister Edi Rama on strengthening bilateral ties and also inaugurate new apartments funded by Turkey for Albanians left homeless by the 2019 earthquake

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