Tag : Albania

Bulgaria’s new government maintains Enlargement veto

While Bulgaria’s November 14 elections managed to interrupt the political logjam that had paralyzed the country for many of 2021, which required three consecutive elections, the incoming authorities in Sofia has indicated it hopes to see progress, ho...

Conflict in Ukraine and Kosovo are connected

Vladimir Putin claims that defending ethnic Russians justifies army action towards Ukraine. Putin’s concern for Ukraine’s Russian minority is bombastic. His larger international aim is to confront NATO and undermine US leadership to redeem the Russia...

Amateur hour for US diplomacy in Albania

On December 11, Sali Berisha, a two-term Prime Minister and President of Albania, was addressing some ten thousand jubilant Democratic Celebration congress members within the Tirana important soccer stadium. The political occasion was a novelty in so...

Integration or isolation for the EU?

Last week, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen visited Albania and different Western Balkan nations. Her fundamental political message was that the future of our nations is inside the European Union. Relating to Tirana and Skopje, she stated...

Enlargement: EU’s turgid Brdo Declaration seen as a “fail”

The 2 EU candidate nations hoping for a serious jump-start to their long-delayed EU accession procedures suffered a serious setback on October 6 at Brdo, Slovenia, the place the EU and Western Balkan leaders met to map out the subsequent part of the...