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EU hopefuls from the Western Balkans have faced a years-long delay on their membership path. Ahead of its flagship enlargement summit on 4 November, Euronews examines the reasons why the process has lost momentum in recent years and why some of the region's citizens now have reservations.

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Albanian PM reveals his AI minister is pregnant, will soon give birth to 83 AI babies to serve the nation

The happy mother is expecting octacontatriuplets.

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Starmer calls Western Balkans Europe’s ‘crucible’ as he kicks off summit

The Prime Minister is hosting leaders from Western Balkan nations as the UK seeks to agree further measures on deterring illegal migrants.

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Starmer to host Western Balkans leaders as UK seeks to stem flow of migrants

The UK is already working with partners in the region, comprised of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Evening Standard

Kosovo offers to become first country to accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers

However, Kosovo is an outlier in the region, whose other leaders say ‘looking for places to dump immigrants’ is evidence the UK is in ‘a very dark place’

The Guardian - UK

Talks on Balkans ‘return hubs’ for failed asylum seekers ongoing

Talks are set to continue with countries in the region.

Evening Standard

France’s Macron and Albanian leader caught laughing at Trump’s repeated confusion over where he thinks he’s ended wars

Trump has confused parties in Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict before

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Experts Question Albania's AI-generated Minister

Last week, Albania announced that an AI-generated minister would take charge of a new public tenders portfolio.

International Business Times

Albania's government debuts its AI ‘minister’ to parliament

Prime Minister Edi Rama has introduced an AI-generated bot which he has called a government minister in the Albanian parliament

The Independent UK

Albania hopes world's first AI-generated minister can cut back corruption

Albania is looking to artificial intelligence to tackle corruption in public finance, as Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints the world's first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders.

Radio France Internationale

European country appoints AI-generated ‘minister’ to tackle corruption

Diella, meaning a female ‘Sun’, is the new State Minister for Artificial Intelligence

The Independent UK

Albania appoints world’s first AI government ‘minister’ to root out corruption

The digital assistant, called Diella, is pictured as a woman dressed in traditional Albanian garb.

Euronews

Albania puts AI-created ‘minister’ in charge of public procurement

Edi Rama, PM, says digital assistant Diella will make Albania ‘a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption’

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage apes Donald Trump with vow to send UK prisoners to El Salvador

NIGEL Farage has said he would seek to send prisoners to El Salvador if he became prime minister.

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UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in very dark place’, Albanian PM warns

Edi Rama said things that would have been inconceivable a decade ago are now normal in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Third-country asylum plan shows UK is in ‘a very dark place’, says Albanian PM

Exclusive: Edi Rama attacks British return hubs scheme as looking for ‘places to dump immigrants’

The Independent UK

UK ‘to ask Kosovo’ to take failed asylum seekers in overseas ‘return hubs plan’

North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia said to be being considered for housing UK’s failed asylum seekers

The Independent UK

God saved Trump to give Europe last chance to get its act together, says Albanian prime minister

Edi Rama, who has just secured his fourth term as prime minister of Albania, warned Europe had been ‘sleepwalking’

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Starmer announces migration ‘return hubs’ on Albania visit, but Albania doesn’t want them – what’s going on?

Keir Starmer became the first British prime minister to visit Albania since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1921. During the visit, he announced that the UK plans to set up “return hubs” for asylum seekers whose claims are rejected by the UK.

International Business Times

Albania's Rama Gives Showman's Welcome To Europe's Leaders

Kneeling to greet Italy's Giorgia Meloni and gripping France's Emmanuel Macron in a bro hug, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted Europe's leaders Friday with his showman's panache undampened by torrential rain.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer digs himself into a hole in Tirana while Tories froth about a flag

Keir was supposed to be here for a deal on an asylum returns hub but his towering host had a surprise in store

The Guardian - UK

Starmer reveals plans to send refused asylum seekers to overseas ‘return hubs’

PM proposes use of third countries during visit to Albania, which rules out role in any such UK scheme

The Independent UK

Britain says it's talking with some countries to set up migrant return hubs

Britain's prime minister says his government is talking with several countries to host rejected asylum seekers as they wait to be deported

The Independent UK

UK to begin talks on return hubs for failed asylum seekers

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

The Independent UK

Starmer to announce new crackdown on people smugglers on visit to Albania

The visit marks another attempt by Sir Keir to get a grip on the agenda and bring the fight to Reform UK

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