Albania

The Albanian government has removed a clause from its Government Gazette which allowed for the arbitrary confiscation and impoundment of land and properties of Greek expatriate residents in the Himara region. An Albanian government cabinet decision published on March 29 in...

The President of the Republic of Greece, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, is paying a two-day official visit to Montenegro, where he sent a strong message to some of Greece's neighbors on Thursday. Pavlopoulos sent a clear political message from Podgorica, the capital...

The parents of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old man who was slain by Albanian police on October 28, recently sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexist Tsipras stating "You have forgotten about us." Katsifas was shot by special forces belonging to...

Greeks who live in the seaside town of Himara in Albania have already seen their houses demolished and their properties seized since the passage of a new bill which allows the town to be rebuilt to increase tourism. The ethnic Greeks...

Greece expressed its "deep concern" on Tuesday over the recent decision by the Albanian government to "arbitrarily" expropriate property belonging to the Greek minority for the purposes of tourism development. In a strongly-worded statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in...

Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Autocephalous Church has stated that he sent condolences to the families of both Konstantinos Katsifas and Petrit Zilfa, despite recent reports to the contrary. The Archbishop's clarification comes after a recent report in Albanian media...

Albania has posted sensitive information about its senior intelligence operatives on the internet, publicizing crucial details about their identities, according to a recent report from Great Britain's The Independent newspaper. Senior intelligence agents' identities, operational roles, daily habits, vehicles and...

There was tension on Saturday morning at the Greece-Albania border as Albanian police used strict checks to deter Greek citizens from going to Konstantinos Katsifas' 40-day Memorial Service in the village of Vouliarates. Katsifas was shot dead by the Albanian Rinea Special...

Albania's foreign ministry issued a statement on Wednesday blaming Greek authorities for the deaths of four Albanian citizens residing in Greece. All the deaths occurred in the span of two weeks. The most recent death was of a man killed...

Albanian PM Edi Rama (third from left). Photo AMNA Relations between Greece and Albania are "historical and traditional", said Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). Rama spoke at a conference titled "News Agencies...