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Last-minute deals mean carriers avoid being banned from flying to the EU. Russia and Albania have agreed to block two airlines from flying into the EU because of safety...

France, Italy and Spain send five planes to help put out fire in northern Greece. Planes from three EU member states have joined efforts to fight forest fires in Greece, the...

Albania risks falling further behind in its bid to join the EU. The European Union has warned Albania that it will fall even further behind in its bid to join the EU if...

A businessman explains why visa-free travel is so important for Albanians. Albanian businessmen in rich countries are nearly invisible. This is commonly assumed to stem from...

The huge strides made towards improving governance. Albania has made huge strides to improving its governance, as many international international organisations can attest.

Rules to take effect in mid-December. EU interior ministers today (8 November) decided to lift visa requirements for citizens of Albania and of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The...

There is a general feeling in Brussels that Albania belongs  with the most troubled would-be members of the European Union, Kosovo and Bosnia, even though, unlike...

Commission to propose opening Montenegro talks, but crime and corruption hold back Albania's EU bid The European Commission will next month recommend that member states open...

Concerns that move could be blocked by France. The European Parliament today (7 October) backed plans to lift visa requirements for citizens of Albania and of Bosnia and...

Committee supports assessment that the two countries have met required conditions. MEPs on the civil liberties committee have voted in favour of lifting European Union visa...

Visa requirements set to be lifted for both countries as Commission estimates all conditions are met. The European Union is aiming to lift visa requirements for citizens of...

The astonishing endurance of Sali Berisha. On 19 May, Sali Berisha, Albania's prime minister, received a threatening letter. Since Albanian politics has always been a...

Commission hopes to lift visa requirements in the autumn. The European Commission today proposed that members of the Schengen travel area should lift visa requirements...

Albania, nearly as bad as Eritrea? The regime in Eritrea appears impervious to outside influence, let alone pressure. Ronald K. McMullen, the US ambassador, took up his post...

EU set to scrap visa requirements for citizens from Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia on 19 December. EU justice and home affairs ministers are expected to give the go-ahead...

EU foreign ministers ask Commission for formal opinion on the opening of talks.

Albanians, Bosnians, Kosovars still need Schengen visas. Citizens of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia may be able to travel to most European Union member states without...

Albania has an awful long way to go before becoming an EU member. Albania submitted its application for membership of the European Union on 28 April this year, at the end of...

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina lagging behind in efforts to meet EU requirements. The European Commission is to propose next Tuesday (14 July) that EU member states...

Voting still ongoing, but European enlargement commissioner welcomes 'tangible' results in election process. European Union representatives have given a cautious approval to...