Albania's left-wing Freedom Party said Monday its leader and former Albanian president Ilir Meta has been arrested on alleged money laundering charges. Meta, 55, was arrested in the capital ...

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TIRANA, Albania — Albanian opposition activists blocked major roads for several hours Tuesday in a nationwide rally demanding that the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet ...

Albania is implementing important structural reforms that will support equitable growth, raise productivity and competitiveness in the economy, create more jobs, and improve governance and public ...

Albanian officials say they prevented a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania ...

The ruling was a major blow to the conservative government’s plan to have asylum claims heard in Albania instead of Italy. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Italian ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s prime minister on Tuesday said his government had turned down many requests from other European Union countries to take in thousands of asylum seekers but made an ...

Protesters in Albania have vented their fury over the arrival of immigrants from Italy, denouncing the move as "undemocratic" and contravening human rights. An Italian naval ship brought the first ...

Under the protocol signed between Italy and Albania last year, those sent to Albania must not show signs of torture, illness or vulnerability or be part of nuclear families traveling together.

ROME, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Italy is transporting a first group of migrants to Albania aboard a navy ship, a source close to the matter said on Monday, activating a controversial plan to process ...

SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship on Saturday took back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum ...

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