Albania
Edi Rama announces forthcoming strategic partnership deal between Albania and Greece
Greece and Albania will conclude their agreement “with a new document of strategic partnership,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (ANA) on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit concluding in London on Tuesday.
PM Tsipras: We are working for a solution that will not collapse in a few months
Greece’s role in FYROM and Albania’s EU accession proceedings is determinant, stated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday in his address to the SYRIZA central committee.
Nikos Kotzias to FYROM and Bulgaria: We have to intensify our cooperation on Southeastern Europe
“Changes that happen in the world lead us to the conclusion that we must intensify and deepen our cooperation in the region of Southeastern Europe,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday during his opening speech at the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and FYROM, held in Thessaloniki.
PM Tsipras: Greece on the final stretch before exiting memoranda
Greece is now on the final stretch to achieving the goal that brought the government to power; an exit from strict surveillance and the end of the memoranda, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday during his opening speech at the cabinet meeting.
FM Kotzias begins briefing party leaders on FYROM name issue
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias began a round of meetings on Monday with the leaders of opposition political parties in order to brief them on the latest developments regarding the issue of FYROM’s name.
Greece rejects Albanian claims of ‘Cham’ issue included in bilateral talks
Greece’s foreign ministry strongly rejected claims by Albanian officials on Monday that the issue of Cham Albanians is being discussed between Greece and Albania as part of the bilateral talks to resolve open issues between the two countries.
Remains of four Greeks soldiers found in Albania
The remains of four Greeks who fought on the Albanian front in 1940 were located on Tuesday in the village of Dragoti, according to Albanian sources.
FM welcomes initiation of searching for the remains of the Greek soldiers fallen in Albania
“An important step is being taken today towards laying to rest the souls of the Greek soldiers who fell in the Greek-Italian war of 1940-1941. The last unburied fallen of the Second World War,” the Foreign ministry said in an announcement on Monday.
Pavlopoulos thanks Albanian counterpart for granting nationality to Archbishop Anastasios
President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos called his Albanian counterpart Ilir Meta on the telephone on Tuesday and thanked him for granting Albanian nationality to the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania Anastasios, the head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania.
Kotzias: Greek minority affairs a ‘fundamental element’ in Greek-Albanian relations
Greek minority issues, including those relating to property, are fundamental elements of Greek-Albanian relations, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in a letter sent on Wednesday, replying to questions tabled by MPs on the demolition of Greek minority-owned residences and businesses in Himara, southern Albania.