The Center for Openness and Dialogue (COD) at the Prime Minister’s office has transformed into a promotional space for another Albanian artist, Bujar Luca, who made a comeback to Tirana after 33 years of working and living in France to stage an exh...•
The newly reconstructed village of Thumane, one of the worst-hit areas by a devastating earthquake in November 2019 which is now steadily recovering under the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction programme, hosted a sports celebration event, i...•
The newly-renovated square in the village of Derviçan has been named after Konstantinos Mitsotakis, the first Greek Prime Minister to visit the Dropull region in the southern Albanian district of Gjirokaster.
Addressing a special ceremony, where a s...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama today attended the Global Gateway Forum 2023 together with together representatives of governments from the European Union and from around the world with the private sector, civil society, leading thinkers, financing instituti...•
French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Albania today continued with a visit to the former dictator Enver Hoxha’s villa in central Tirana, which is being transformed into a new cultural destination and the artists’ residence under a project ...•
Joint press conference by Prime Minister Edi Rama and the President of France Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Edi Rama: Mr. President, dear Emmanuel,
I would commence my remark with a short sentence in French to acknowledge in front of you and in fr...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama threw a welcome state dinner for the President of France Emmanuel Macron and the accompanying French delegation at the Palace of Brigades, where he delivered a speech:
Dear Mr. President,
Dear Emmanuel,
Excellency,
Ladies an...•
Tirana’s iconic Pyramid building became today the symbol of hospitality for the Summit of Berlin Process leaders on Monday after having been completely transformed from a dilapidated uninviting structure, a reminder of a brutal regime, into the lar...•
The College of Europe, a post-graduate institute of European studies, established its new campus in Tirana, Albania, on the day of the Summit of the Berlin Process leaders on Monday.
The College of Europe, with its main campus in Bruges, opened its...•
Let me warmly welcome here, at what once was the bastion of a hardcore propaganda.
Dear friends!
It feels truly wonderful to unite and remind our shared journey that was launched 9 years ago by Angela Merkel in Berlin, and standing here as equal memb...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama: Good evening everyone! I am here alongside the honourable President of the European Commission, also a very precious friend and a supporter of Albania since the onset of her term in office as the Head of the European Commissi...•
A branch of the College of Europe will open its doors tomorrow with its first campus outside the European Union, clearing also the way towards high world-class education for Albanian students.
Ahead of the Summit of the Berlin Process leaders, due on...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama’s address at today’s parliament session
Today we have been invited to this motion for debate based on a draft resolution filed with the Assembly of Albania and that popped up from the very same seemingly patriotic chimney,...•
The 2023 tourist season saw a spectacular surge in number of tourists who chose to visit Albania. More than 1.1 million foreign tourists visited Albania in September alone, registering a 30% year-on-year increase. Official data show that over 8.3 mil...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday held an open meeting with representatives of business associations in the country entitled “Deregulation and business climate,” which kick-starts a process of discussion and interaction with the entrepre...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama today is on a working visit to Croatia, where he was received with an official ceremony by the Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković. Prime Minister Rama and his Croatian counterpart Plenković held a tête-à-tête foll...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama today was invited to attend the Berlin Global Dialogue, Germany, Berlin Global Dialogue is a new international forum that unites leaders from business and policy to find joint solutions for a global economy in transition.
The ...•
Press conference by Prime Minister Edi Rama:
PM Edi Rama: Good afternoon! For the first time in over ten years, Albania did not align with a statement of the European Union’s foreign policy.
This fact has, for the sake of truth, caused understandab...•
Prime Minister Edi Rama is paying a two-day official visit to Italy together a government delegation that includes several key cabinet members. Prime Minister Edi Rama began his visit a day ago by meeting the President of Italian Senate, Ignazio La R...•
A forum of the Ministers of Economy from the six Western Balkan countries and European Union member states took place as part of the Berlin Process in Tirana on Tuesday, an event that brought together more than 20 high-level delegations.
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