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Deputy Prime Minister of Albania Visits Hospitalized Archbishop Anastasios in Critical Condition

The Deputy Prime Minister of Albania visited the 95-year-old Archbishop of Albania, Anastasios, who is in extremely critical condition at…

13 January 2025

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania Transferred to Athens for Medical Treatment

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania is being transferred to Athens for medical treatment after his health deteriorated following a seasonal virus.…

4 January 2025

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania Hospitalised Due to Seasonal Virus

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania has been hospitalised in Tirana Health Hospital as a precaution after contracting a seasonal virus. A…

31 December 2024

Fredi Beleri Attacked with Eggs and Yoghurt in Tirana During EU Delegation Visit

Greek MEP Fredi Beleri was assaulted with eggs and yogurt outside the Albanian Parliament during a European Parliament delegation visit…

30 October 2024

Athens Ranked Second Least Liveable City in Europe

Athens ranked second least liveable city in Europe, Zurich tops Europe's most liveable list.

5 April 2024

Greek Prime Minister sets Freddy Beleris mayoral appointment as precondition for Albania EU membership talks

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set the appointment of imprisoned Greek-Albanian Freddy Beleris to his rightful position as mayor…

16 October 2023

HIMARA: Beleri's lawyers meets with Greek counterparts in Athens

The lawyer representing Fredi Beleri, the elected mayor of Himara (Χιμάρα, Albanian: Himarë) in detention in Tirana, visited the Athens…

9 September 2023

Greece Warns Continued Detention of Ethnic Greek Politician Could Jeopardize Albania's EU Bid

Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek minority candidate, was detained on May 12 by Albanian police on charges of trying to…

9 August 2023

Albanian PM Rama: Greece cheated to join the European Union

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who will be the host of the EU-Western Balkans Summit today in Tirana and will…

6 December 2022

Thessaloniki: The 7th Most Underrated City in Europe

Advising its reader to "Ditch your guidebooks and venture to these lesser-known gems", leading travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler has…

2 September 2022

Air Albania to Connect Athens with Tirana with 4 Flights a Week

ATHENS – Air Albania, Albania’s national air carrier, will connect Athens with Tirana with four flights a week, every Monday,…

25 June 2022

Greece 5th on list for vegetarians in Europe

Despite just 2% of the country’s population being vegetarian, Athens has the fifth highest rated vegetarian restaurants in Europe, with…

8 January 2022

A "Greek Park" in the heart of Albania

Although difficult issues, such as finding a solution to the demarcation of maritime zones or issues relating to the Greek…

21 June 2021

Albania's Greek Orthodox Archbishop being treated for COVID-19 in Athens

Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, an ethnic Greek, is fighting for his life in an Athens hospital, suffering from COVID-19. The Archbishop…

13 November 2020

Greece-Albania: What does the demarcation of maritime zones at The Hague mean?

Days before the two years commemoration of the assassination of Konstantinos Katsifas in the village of Vouliaratis (Βουλιαράτες, Albanian: Bularat)…

21 October 2020

Tensions rise between Greeks and Albanians in Northern Epirus

The tourist season in Northern Epirus in southern Albania, specifically in the Greek town of Himarra (Χειμάρρα, Albanian: Himarë) may…

23 June 2020

Albania plans to replace Greeks in Northern Epirus with jihadists and Turkish intelligence officers

Albanian media has exposed Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to relocate illegal immigrants…

13 April 2020

Albanian anti-terror squad terrorise Greek villagers for installing a crucifix at their monastery ahead of Easter

Officers from the Albanian Anti-Terrorist Service stormed homes in the mainly Greek speaking town of Himara in Albania with automatic…

6 April 2020

Albania’s EU membership depends on treatment of Greek minority, says Ministry

Following the EU Commission’s recommendation for EU membership talks for Albania, Greece's Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned its Balkan neighbour…

31 May 2019

Albanian Prime Minister optimistic about bilateral ties with Greece

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama expresses optimism on Greece-Albania bilaterial relations calling them ''historical and traditional''. Rama made the comments…

3 December 2018

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