World Apr 27 Albania’s Socialists win election, gain 3rd straight mandate Albanian electoral officials say the left-wing Socialist Party has secured its third consecutive mandate in a parliamentary election, winning nearly one in two votes and enough seats in parliament to govern alone.
World Feb 15 Kosovo’s leftist opposition party gains landslide win The left-wing opposition leader who's poised to become Kosovo's next prime minister says that he would push hard for his country to join the European Union.
World Nov 05 Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the late 1990s, resigned on Thursday and will face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court based in The Hague.
World Apr 08 Kosovo says it’s ready to resume dialogue with Serbia Albin Kurti, who heads a caretaker cabinet, said a deal should be accompanied by a "political, economic and financial package" to "accelerate the convergence of the two countries' standards of living and their integration into the European Union."…
World Nov 30 Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 51 The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has ended, the prime minister said Saturday, with the death toll at 51 and no more bodies believed to be in the ruins.
World Nov 27 Search teams race to find Albania earthquake survivors The earthquake that hit Albania on Tuesday killed at least 26 people and injured more than 650.
World Nov 26 Albania earthquake kills several; rescuers search for survivors The 6.4 magnitude quake was felt across the southern Balkans and was followed by multiple aftershocks.