1-Tirana, the center of world diplomacy During July Tirana was visited by the German chancellor (the first one to officially visit Albania), the head of the European Parliament Martin Schultz and US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and the Greek minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolaos Kotzias. Even though these might be normal diplomatic visits,Read more
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The awakening of Albania During and after the visit of Serbian PM Aleksander Vucic on 27th of April in Tirana, that marked undoubtedly a step forward in the relations between Albania and Serbia, the fragile relationships between our country and the two neighbor states, Macedonia and Greece, continued to be the main topic of theRead more
On ‘’incidents’’ with Macedonia and Greece Two important events in the regional and international sphere marked May in the bilateral relations between Albania and two of its neighbouring countries: Macedonia and Greece. Regarding Macedonia, during the second week of May, after the grave armed clashes between local police and several people with Albanian ethnicity (mainlyRead more
1- EU or USA integration? One of the major events of this month was the official visit of Minister Ditmir Bushati in the United States, where in April 18 he opened the doors for the reconstruction of the Albanian Embassy in Washington, while on April 20 he signed a joint declaration of Strategic Partnership betweenRead more
The problems with the new law of the Foreign Service In March 20th the Albanian Parliament adopted a new law “For the Foreign Service”, which before the adoption faced a strong debate within the Foreign Commission of the Parliament, where two members of the majority, including the chairman of the Commission criticized it. Nevertheless, inRead more