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Albanian PM Rama apologizes to Greek PM for offending remarks

December 7, 2022 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 1

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama apologized to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for offending remarks against Greece he had made recently. “I hope you were not offended,” Rama told Mitsotakis on the sideline of the EU-Western Balkan Summit in Tirana on Tuesday. A day before the summit and in an …

France, Netherlands, Denmark block EU accession of North Macedonia, Albania

October 18, 2019 Politics, World Comments Off on France, Netherlands, Denmark block EU accession of North Macedonia, Albania

French President Emmanuel Macron blocked on Friday the begin of EU accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. In support of French position were also the Netherlands and Denmark. The EU Summit deeply disappointed the two Balkan countries, as unanimity is required for new EU member states. Macron said the …

Greece closely monitors Albania’s decision to seize properties of Greek minority

March 31, 2019 World Comments Off on Greece closely monitors Albania’s decision to seize properties of Greek minority

The Albanian government may has removed from the website of the Official Gazette the decision to arbitrarily expropriate properties belonging to members of the Greek minority in Himara. But Greece is closely monitoring the next steps of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama,as taking down the decision, does not mean that …

Edi Rama to expropriate land belonging to Greek minority in Albania

March 30, 2019 World Comments Off on Edi Rama to expropriate land belonging to Greek minority in Albania

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama plans to expropriate properties belonging to members of the Greek minority in Himara, Agioi Saranta and Avlona and utilize the coastal area in South Albania area for touristic purposes. The relevant decision was published in the official Gazette as well as online on Friday and …

Albania discovers “grey zones” in the Ionian Sea as Greece exploits hydrocarbon

May 30, 2017 Politics, World 1

Albania has discovered “grey zones” in the Ionian Sea and claims Greece needs to ask permission from Tirana in order to conduct hydrocarbon exploitation. Following the tactics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama tears bilateral Treaties apart and challenges the Greek sovereignty in the Ionian …

Albanian PM Rama: No territorial claims against Greece

November 23, 2016 Politics 2

In a bid to take the sting out of a string of incendiary remarks, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has denied his country is following an irredentist foreign policy with its insistence on discussing the issue of claims made by the Cham community to the property they left behind when …

Cham Albanians protest visit of Greek FM Kotzias in Tirana (video)

June 6, 2016 Politics 4

It was anything but a warm welcome. Hundreds of Chams Albanian had gathered outside the Foreign Ministry in Tirana to protest the visit of Greek Foreign minister Nikos Kotzias. Holding banners and chanting slogans “Chameria, our mother, wait for us,” and “get rid of the belligerent,” the protesters reportedly even …

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