Just over five months ago, Edi Rama, leader of Albania’s Socialist Party, won his fourth consecutive election to remain prime minister, a post he has held since 2013. As Albania’s Riviera became the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Albania’s parliament elected its interior minister as the country’s new president on Monday, despite a boycott in the vote by opposition lawmakers. Bujar Nishani’s name was put ...

Albanian President Ilir Meta on Saturday cancelled local elections scheduled for June 30, a decision promptly rejected by Prime Minister Edi Rama who said the polls would go ahead. The announcement ...

As Albania is defending democracy and standing up for a shared global security together with the United States and Great Britain, supporting Ukraine’s full territorial sovereignty and independence; ...

Albania's left-wing Freedom Party said Monday its leader and former Albanian President Ilir Meta has been arrested on alleged corruption charges. Meta, 55, was arrested in the capital, Tirana, by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Albanian President Ilir Meta speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tirana, Albania, on April 21, 2021.

Former Albanian President Ilir Meta was arrested on Tuesday in the capital of Tirana on suspected money-laundering and corruption charges, as well as hiding personal income following a visit to Kosovo ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian prosecutors on Monday arrested former President Ilir Meta on suspicion that the left-wing Freedom Party leader engaged in alleged corruption, money laundering and hiding of ...