The Latest Breaking News from Albania

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Albania’s parliament elected its top military official as the country’s new president

Albania's parliament on Saturday voted in chief of defence Bajram Begaj as the country's new president, a largely ceremonial position.With 78 votes in favour in the 140-seat parliament, Begaj will run Albania’s highest office for the next five years. Major General Bajram Begaj, 55, became chief of defence of Albania's…

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Friday that his party has picked the country's chief of defense to be the new president after failing to choose a consensus candidate with the opposition.

An official funeral ceremony has been held in Albania for former President Bujar Nishani, who died as a result of an undisclosed, long-running illness at the age of 55

A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year have held a protest in Albania over the failure to expedite their move to the United States

Albania says former President Bujar Nishani has died at 55 following a serious health problem

Four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians who joined extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp, a Kurdish official from northeast Syria said Friday. Abdul-Karim Omar, an official who negotiates with countries on the return of their citizens, tweeted that,…

The Pashaliman base located under the Vlora Bay was built in the 1950s

The office of Albania's prime minister says the country has offered to NATO a naval base in an effort to highlight the tiny country’s value in the alliance “in these difficult times."