Edi Rama

Middle East 08/15/21, 21:01

Albania has agreed to a U.S. request to welcome Afghan asylum seekers. People who worked with Western military forces will be temporarily housed in the Land of the Eagles, if the rapidly advancing Taliban insurgence endangers them. Prime Minister Edi Rama is happy to help the Biden administration offer shelter for ...

Europe 11/26/19, 02:31

Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600. The 6.4 magnitude quake was felt across the southern Balkans and was followed by multiple aftershocks. In nearby Bosnia, another ...

Europe 05/25/19, 11:23

The European Union, the United States and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have called on Albania's opposition to avoid violence in its protests and to hold talks resolve the country's political deadlock.The center-right Democratic Party-led opposition was staging a protest Saturday, demanding that Socialist Prime Minister Edi ...

Europe 05/12/19, 02:04

Albania's center-right opposition has decided to continue protests calling for the resignation of the government and for an early parliamentary election.The leadership of the Democratic Party-led opposition decided to hold a small protest Sunday against the arrest of a senior party official and called a potentially larger, national rally for ...

Europe 05/11/19, 13:49

Albanian opposition parties on Saturday held a protest in Tirana, calling for the left-wing government to resign and for an early parliamentary election.Thousands of supporters of the center-right opposition gathered in front of the main government building at Tirana's main Martyrs of the Nation Boulevard, holding anti-government posters. They threw ...

Europe 04/13/19, 13:38

Albanian opposition parties on Saturday rallied in Tirana, calling for the government's resignation and an early parliamentary election.Thousands of opposition supporters from around the country showed up at Tirana's main Martyrs of the Nation boulevard holding anti-government posters and slogans, throwing flares, firecrackers and other projectiles at police.Protesters broke through ...

Europe 03/28/19, 05:00

Albanian opposition protesters have made further attempts to enter the parliament by force as they demand the government's resignation and an early election.The center-right Democratic Party-led protesters on Thursday used smoke bombs and projectiles and clashed with police trying to break the cordon protecting the parliament building where the weekly ...

Europe 03/21/19, 04:19

A few thousand opposition protesters have gathered in front of Albania's parliament building calling for the government's resignation and an early election.Thursday's rally is part of the center-right Democratic Party-led opposition's protests over the last month accusing the leftist Socialist Party government of Prime Minister Edi Rama of being corrupt ...

Europe 03/20/19, 09:04

The Albanian president says he would be ready to resign from his post if that helped to resolve the country's political crisis.The Democratic Party-led opposition has resigned from its parliamentary mandates and has been holding protests accusing the leftist Socialist Party government of Prime Minister Edi Rama of being corrupt ...

Europe 03/16/19, 06:11

Albanian opposition supporters are holding a protest against the government which they accuse of being corrupt and linked to organized crime.Thousands of supporters of the center-right Democratic Party-led opposition have gathered on Saturday in front of Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama's office to demand his resignation.The opposition, whose lawmakers have ...

Europe 03/13/19, 12:06

The leaders of both Albania and North Macedonia say they believe that the European Union will decide in June to open membership talks with them.North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who on Wednesday was in Tirana to meet with his counterpart Edi Rama, said they expect "the EU to take ...

Europe 02/26/19, 14:18

Supporters of Albania's opposition threw flares and torched a car tire outside the country's parliament Tuesday in an attempt to block ruling lawmakers entering the building amid calls for the government to quit.The center-right Democratic Party-led opposition claims the leftist government of Prime Minister Edi Rama is corrupt and has ...

Europe 02/21/19, 04:44

Albanian opposition supporters have surrounded the parliament building and are demanding that the government resign, claiming it's corrupt and has links to organized crime.Hundreds of police and rolls of barbed wire are protecting the parliament building in downtown Tirana, the capital, from the protesters and Thursday's parliament session has already ...

Europe 02/16/19, 06:46

Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters on Saturday clashed with police in an anti-government rally to protest what they say is a corrupt and inefficient Cabinet, asking for its resignation and early elections.Supporters of center-right Democratic Party-led rally broke police ranks as they tried to enter the building of leftist Socialist ...

Europe 12/11/18, 07:33

Public university students protesting the cost of tuition fees have gathered for the largest rally to date, threatening to escalate it unless their demands are met.Thousands of students on Tuesday held posters, blew vuvuzelas and shouted "Lower the tariffs!" in front of the Education Ministry. Students from other cities and ...