Albania

Opposition MPs resign their mandates, stage symbolic occupation of parliament, ignoring warnings from Brussels and Washington.

After government abolished additional exam fees, protesters are now asking for better standards of education and dorm living conditions.

Foreign Ministry calls on Athens to curtail ultra-nationalists, condemn hate speech aimed at the Albanian minority.

Konstantinos Katsifas had made nationalist claims on social media in days before he died in a shootout near the Greek border.

Fatmir Xhafaj becomes the second interior minister to lose his job this year amid allegations of ties to organized crime.

Gambling has exploded in Southeastern and Eastern Europe, in part due to lack of proper regulations of the industry.

There’s no gas yet, but the TAP project is bringing wealth of another kind to Albania.

Italian minister says Balkan country “showed [itself] to be better than the French government” and other EU countries that have refused to open their doors. 

After years of prodding by its Western partners, Tirana agreed to vet legal professionals. The results are worrying.

Progress in Tirana, but in nearby Serbia, another unsolved murder continues to cloud the country’s relations with the United States.