Forget Croatia and Greece - if you want an alternative European summer trip, head to these Balkan beaches in Albania, Montenegro, and beyond.

Kosovo Police have successfully completed the operation codenamed "Distributor," seizing significant amounts of narcotics, weapons, and other illegal items. The operation, which followed a months-long ...

A beautiful European country with stunning beaches and where a beer costs just £1.67 is experiencing a surge in tourism. More Brits than ever are flocking to Albania thanks to its beautiful ...

Albanian PM Edi Rama made a thoughtful gesture to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on her 48th birthday Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a thoughtful gesture to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...

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While everyone loves a good beach day, our coastlines are changing — and not in a good way. A new study, summarized by Down to Earth, shows that one-third of the world's sandy coastlines have been ...

TIRANA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Albania's government has granted strategic investor status to a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to build a luxury resort on an uninhabited ...

The UAE, Italy and Albania signed on Wednesday a deal worth at least 1 billion euros ($1 billion) to build a subsea interconnection for renewable energy across the Adriatic Sea. "We strongly ...

Sazan island. Photo: Gjergj Erebara/BIRN. Albania’s government has approved a request by Jared Kushner to develop the uninhabited island of Sazan, granting the initiative strategic investor status.

Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal on Wednesday. It calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put to use in Albania to produce solar ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the 2024 year-end press conference, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ...

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