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Exploring the quieter corners of this Balkan jewel
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Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni takes ferry to Albanian coast on private visit
European Commission president offers to increase funding for countries waiting to join the bloc
Facing the lowest wages and highest living costs in the Balkans, abandoned wives and mothers fend for themselves
Prime Minister Edi Rama defends his record, but scandals abound in the small Balkan state
Illegal surveillance network shows power of organised crime in Balkan nation
Sophisticated social media campaigns entice young men from deprived rural areas to make hazardous journey
Fresh data fuel rhetoric around crisis over cross-Channel migration
Off limits for decades, the pristine peaks of the Valbona valley are now being explored by a fledgling heli-ski operation
Nato and the EU have done well to contain rising tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, but deep-seated problems persist
Premier welcomes French proposals as potential basis for compromise on tensions with Bulgaria
MPs move to lift veto on accession talks but North Macedonia could reject conditions brokered by France
PM Petkov removed in confidence vote that threatens deal to lift veto on North Macedonia accession talks
Berlin throws its weight behind unblocking stalled enlargement process
As the shadow of communism fades, a new generation of cooks is rediscovering the country’s gastronomic heritage — and its potential
Central bank agrees to help five European countries counter market fallout from Ukraine war
The Albanian author on her family’s ordeal under Hoxha, her ‘obsession’ with freedom — and what the free market gets wrong
Edi Rama aims dig at bloc’s politicians for being too influenced by nationalist pressures
It is 30 years since Alec Russell’s last visit to the country — and the welcome extended to Afghan refugees shows how far it has come since the fall of communism
Prime minister says he would ‘never’ allow ‘very rich’ nations to set up camps
Two books champion rarely heard voices to chart the chaos and convulsions that blighted the country throughout the cold war and beyond
Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia to launch own border-free travel and business zone amid frustration with Brussels
Albania’s 1990s pyramid scheme debacle highlights risks of regulatory paralysis on the cryptocurrency explosion
April 25 elections were smoother than 2019, but belied growing political polarisation
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