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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama believes that NATO must regain control over northern Kosovo. The Albanian leader stated this to the Financial Times, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “NATO must regain control of northern Kosovo or face continued violence between ethnic Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the region... Kosovo is the epicenter. Over the past years, the region has turned into a no-man's territory...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama unexpectedly said that Serbia should not be subjected to further pressure from Western countries over its stance on sanctions against Russia. The reason for such words was the constant complaints of the EU and the USA to official Belgrade, which is literally “twisting its arms”, demanding to introduce restrictions against Moscow. At the same time, President Aleksandar Vucic periodically gives...
Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama responded to the appeal of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to NATO countries. Rama also commented on the emotional reaction to this letter of the country’s ex-Prime Minister and one of the leaders of the opposition Democratic Party of Albania, Sali Berisha. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama emphasized that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is quite dangerous and that the only...
The North Atlantic Alliance has officially begun work on the reconstruction of the Kucova airbase in Albania, in the restoration of which it is planned to invest 51 million euros. This was reported by Reporteri, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our country is important as a point of influence in the region,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama commented on the start of work at the airbase. – NATO’s decision to choose this area as a new springboard for...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, despite bitter disagreements over the Open Balkans project, arrived in Pristina to support his colleague and fellow Kosovo “Prime Minister” Albin Kurti. Gazeta Express reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is no doubt that first and foremost, Serbia must recognize this irreversible reality. And it’s unfortunate that instead of concrete progress...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said his government's main goals are to strengthen the credibility of Albania's foreign policy and strengthen Kosovo's position in the international arena. This was reported by Reporteri, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Rama noted that the First Intergovernmental Conference on European Integration and the launch of the Open Balkans initiative, as well as the possibility of involving Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia in this format...
In Skopje, Macedonia, a meeting was once again held between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the prime ministers of Albania and North Macedonia Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev regarding the “mini-Schengen” project. The initiative, which was born on the sidelines of the administration of former US President Donald Trump, has still not found support in other Balkan states since the end of 2019. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, as part of...
As part of NATO's Defender Europe 2021 military maneuvers, demonstration exercises took place at Mother Teresa Square in the Albanian capital Tirana. This was reported by EkonomiaOnline, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The show of NATO strength in the Albanian capital was attended by the country's President Ilir Meta, Prime Minister Edi Rama and the United States Ambassador to Albania Jüri Kim. “This is a historical moment, our readiness and...
The “Minister of Defense” of Kosovo, Armend Mehaj, and the commander of the so-called “Kosovo Security Forces” (FSK), Rahman Rama, met a new batch of American HMMWV armored vehicles. This was reported by EkonomiaOnline, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A symbolic ceremony for Mechai and Rama to accept the next batch of American armored vehicles took place near the FSK barracks (Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës) in Pristina - the former barracks of the Yugoslav People's Army...
More than 28 thousand NATO troops arrived in the Albanian port of Durres to participate in the Defender of Europe 2021 exercise. More than 700 pieces of military equipment were delivered from the United States alone to Albania. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, first of all, the “Defender of Europe 2021” exercises are aimed at training the interaction of the US Army with the armies of the North Atlantic Alliance allies. In a two-week military...
The founder of the ultranationalist pan-Albanian Red-Black Alliance, Kreshnik Spahiu, considers the fact that the Kosovo leadership did not congratulate the winner of the parliamentary elections in Albania as evidence of a lack of national unity. Spahiu wrote about this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “How far we are from national unity is shown by the fact that Kosovo has not yet congratulated Albania on the election results -...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he views the Balkan mini-Schengen as an opportunity to erase the border between Albania and Kosovo. This was reported by Reporteri, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In a conversation with the Pristina media, Rama recalled that the idea of a Balkan Schengen was first put forward by the former Prime Minister of Albania Fatos Nano. He was the first to promote it among the leaders of the Balkan countries. “The first regional Schengen...
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama criticized Brussels for not bothering to provide an anti-Covid vaccine to his country, an EU candidate. Albania Daily News reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Rama said that the strategy adopted by the EU to invest in the COVAX (Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access Facility) vaccination plan has been postponed indefinitely.…
The Serbian Ambassador was summoned to the Albanian Foreign Ministry, where he was given a note of protest in connection with recent statements by Serbian Defense Minister Alexander Vulin. The reason for the protest was the reaction of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to a caustic remark by the Serbian minister after he called the Albanian Durres “the port of Kosovo.” “No “loud mouth” in the Serbian government can insult the Albanian government...
