Rama: Initiative to abrogate specialist court “orchestrated” (Klan Kosova)
Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, in an interview to the Albanian-based Report TV, spoke about Kosovo and the initiative to abrogate law on specialist chambers which he said was “orchestrated”. At the same time, he said allegations against KLA commanders in the Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty’s report are “science fiction”. “It is […]
Read More →Moscow calls out Albanian PM on “Greater Albania ambitions” (B92, Serbian media)
Recent statements by Albanian Prime Minister Albania Edi Rama are “fully in accord with the widespread Greater Albania ambitions.” The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this in a comment by the Information and Press Department “regarding statements by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the Macedonian parliament passing the Law on the Use of […]
Read More →Simic: Serbs and Albanians pillar of peace and stability (KIM radio)
“Relations between Serbs and Albanians on the rise,” said Kosovo Parliament vice-president Slavko Simic during a meeting with Albanian Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruci, KIM radio reports today. Kosovo Parliament Vice President Slavko Simic met with Albanian National Assembly Speaker Gramoz Ruci during a two-day visit to Kosovo. Simic says that the reconciliation between the Serbian […]
Read More →Edi Rama speaks about Kosovo’s border demarcation with Montenegro (media)
After the meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, in Tirana, Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, spoke at the joint press conference about the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro. He said that Kosovo is interested to resolve this problem which has become an obstacle on the road towards the EU. […]
Read More →Vulin: As always there is no sincere interlocutor among Albanians (Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin stated to Tanjug, it was proven once more there is no sincere interlocutor among the Albanians when it comes to the crucial significance for both, the Serbs and Albanians. “As always when Vucic initiates topics of crucial significance and importance for the Serbs and Albanians, it shows there is […]
Read More →Rama shares Vucic’s writing on Kosovo (Gazeta Metro)
Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, shared on his Facebook page the writing of the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, where he speaks about Kosovo. Rama called the text “story of the day” and valued highly the road toward improvement of the relations between Albanians and Serbs. He added that reciprocal efforts in the dialogue will relax […]
Read More →Spahiu: Nonsense of Rama and Thaci (KIM radio, Kontakt Plus radio)
Analyst from Kosovo Nexhmedin Spahiu says that threats of Edi Rama and Hashim Thaçi to the EU on the unification of Albania and Kosovo are nonsense. Spahiu said that the eventual unification of Kosovo and Albania cannot jeopardize FYROM or Montenegro, let alone Serbia, and that statements of these two officials were funny, he also said that […]
Read More →Moscow reacts to “Albanian unification” talk (B92)
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs late last week issued a statement reacting to “a series of recent statements by various Albanian politicians.” These statements that concern “the redrawing of borders in the Balkans” have raised particular concern, the Russian MFA said. “We assert that, under the guise of unfounded accusations of attempts to destabilize […]
Read More →Delawie: U.S. against imprudent discussions for unification (RFE)
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, assessed the statements for the possibility of unification of Kosovo with Albania, as “imprudent”. “The U.S. Government supports the sovereignty of Kosovo and Albania. We are against imprudent discussions for unification and exaggerated reactions towards such statements, which mine sustainability in the region,” Delawie said. His reaction came […]
Read More →Albania pitches itself as bastion against Russian influence (B92, Tanjug)
Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati, who is visiting Washington, says that his country has “the most developed democracy in the Western Balkans.” In addition, Bushati says that Albania is “a bastion against Russia’s influence in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Croatia.” However, he avoided replying when German Marshall Fund of the US President Karen Donfried […]
Read More →EU to Rama: Political interruptions breach neighborly relations (Lajmi)
The European Union has reacted to the statements of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, saying that political interference breaches good neighborly relations. The Spokesperson of the European Commission, Maja Kociajancic, said that the region of Western Balkans has a clear European perspective, as confirmed recently by the European Council. “We work with all partners […]
Read More →EU reacts to Rama’s statement (B92, BETA)
The European Union has said that “political interference undermines the consolidation of good neighborly relations.” This was the organization’s reaction to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama saying that “a union” between Albania and Kosovo “cannot be ruled out” if EU membership prospects for the region fade. The statement was made for the Beta agency on […]
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