The government of Albania establishes national holidays. These are called red-letter days and are paid holidays under Albanian law. Weekly holidays are 36 hours periods that include Sunday. The weekly ...

Albania is implementing important structural reforms that will support equitable growth, raise productivity and competitiveness in the economy, create more jobs, and improve governance and public ...

Albania’s former President and curent leader of the opposition Freedom Party, Ilir Meta (C), is escorted to a police vehicle at Tirana’s Police Headquarters, in Tirana, on October 21, 2024 ...

The coastal city of Vlore was, until recently, a secret to many outside of Albania, surrounded by some of the most unspoilt nature reserves in Europe, a haven for rare bird watching and a stop-off ...

Italy's plan to process asylum seekers in Albania was dealt a serious blow on Friday, just days after the first group of migrants were sent to the Balkan country. A court in Rome ruled that 12 of ...

An Italian court has ruled against its government's attempt to send a dozen migrants to newly opened centres in Albania. The 12 people were part of a first group of 16 due to go to the two sites ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's five-year deal to send migrants rescued at sea to camps in Albania for processing has been dealt a significant blow by the courts, only days after the first ...

Rome Court rejects detention of migrants in Albania Government to appeal decision, pass new rules to pursue plan Migrants to be taken to Italy on Saturday ROME, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Italian ...

The ruling was a major blow to the conservative government’s plan to have asylum claims heard in Albania instead of Italy. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Italian ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers rescued from the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An Italian navy ship has docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants ...

But the first migrants sent to Albania were deemed ineligible for detention there. GJADER, Albania — Behind a high metal fence close to the edge of Europe, Italy’s far-right government this ...