Ipse related to Albania

Mirela Kumbaro

Inserted 1 year ago

“As minister of tourism and environment there is a kind of check and balance [to my role]. I may be proud that we have 7.5 million tourists but, to be sincere, I am not asking for more. I am asking for quality, for people to stay longer than the average three to four nights, and to come all year round. Beaches aren't unique. What's unique [about the country] is virgin, untouched, undiscovered. What we want is tourism that is friendly to the environment, responsible and sustainable. We don't want tourism concentrated only in certain areas, but tourism that focuses on cultural heritage, gastronomy, hiking, rafting, nature … there are so many little farms that people can go to and enjoy all of this.”

Theguardian

Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania

24 Feb 2023 2 3

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our goal is that the Balkans have no more borders for people, for the movement of goods, capital, and services - four European Union principles.”

Rferl

Albanian Prime Minister

21 Dec 2021 5 2

Lindita Nikolla

Inserted 2 years ago

“Greece is a precious neighbor, a historical and stable friend, an important partner of Albania on the path to democracy, progress and European integration. The cooperation between our two countries is strategic and we are determined for it to continue to be strengthened in the spirit of good neighborhoodness, for the benefit of our common interests, close partnership in NATO and a common European perspective. Albania is grateful to Greece for the great, clear and determined support of the European integration process, the opening of negotiations and we are convinced that we have this support for holding the first Intergovernmental Roundtable during the Slovenian Presidency, within December 2021. Countries connect the two strong bridges of friendship: the Greek minority in Albania, which enjoys all the rights enjoyed by Albanian citizens and the community of Albanian emigrants in Greece, which constitute the largest community of foreigners and for thirty years contribute for their families, for the economies and welfare systems of both countries.”

Balkaneu

Speaker of the Parliament of Albania

21 Oct 2021 3 3

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“The astonishing price increases of gas and carbon in all international markets, and the strong trend towards increased oil prices, accompanied by a general increase of prices of day-to-day consumption products, are standing today in front of all countries as shadows of an enemy army, over the horizon of an upcoming difficult winter for the world.”

Balkaninsight

Albanian Prime Minister

08 Oct 2021 4 3

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“It has been a long process, but even more with the EBRD [European Bank for Reconstruction and Development], for reasons that it has not been easy to understand. Currently we need to connect Durres with Montenegro in the sense of railway, as it does not make sense. On the other hand, the conncection of Durres with Hani Hotit and Montenegro will promote trade. We look forward to working on the other Durres-Prishtina railway and then connecting with Nis, which brings investment in a wider regional network. I am not putting it on the priority table, but these three are priorities. Another segment is Durres-North Macedonia, which will be meaningful for the region. It will be more important in parallel with the work we have started for the New Port of Durres, which will be more dignified from an environmental point of view. This was in terms of railways and roads. Of course, we wish to be able to accompany the Durres-North Macedonia railway project with infrastructure projects, and we will overcome some obstacles in the current situation. The rest is about digital history, opening up a new horizon for young people. We have a lot of talented young people who need to be socialized through a comprehensive way of presenting themselves to the digital world.”

Balkaneu

Albanian Prime Minister

08 Oct 2021 9 6

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“The biggest challenge for us as a government is how we can manage to give girls and boys who finish high school with excellent results, an alternative choice to running abroad. We are coming from a very steep path. A few years ago we had to face a situation where the network of our universities was a loose network, according to all political appetites, but outside the standards and the accreditation process was completely subjective, unprofessional and political. As a result, we found dozens of universities completely out of the conditions to be considered reliable centers of knowledge and we were forced to close full of them.”

Balkaneu

Albanian Prime Minister

10 Sep 2021 2 4

Zef Mazi

Inserted 2 years ago

“Albania's request for the EU to approve as soon as possible, without hesitation, the negotiating framework for Albania and the date for the first Intergovernmental Conference is quite justifiable. It seems that Albania started the road to the EU yesterday. This is not true. I am giving some facts. The journey started in 1992 and it is not a race between states, the one who reaches the finish line is the first! The basic, old, unwavering principle of the EU is the merit of every candidate. This is the basic criterion, on which the candidates are evaluated. There is no other written criterion for 'group merit', 'group of states' or that 'states entering a group'.”

Balkaneu

Albania's Chief Negotiator with the European Union

03 Aug 2021 2 2

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“We prepared for the first big wedding with all the decorations. The European Commission said that we are ready for the integration process … First wedding, the bride did not come; the second wedding, the bride did not come. We are not preparing any third wedding. We are hostages of EU nationalisms. The path of Western Balkan integration is dependent more and more on EU nationalisms. When I talk about EU nationalisms, I am talking about the nationalisms of powerful countries holding hostage leaders who are not yet nationalists. In the Balkans, when we copy, we go further than the original. The Bulgarian attitude is a result of what Bulgaria has learned within the EU from the great ones. Bulgaria has learned that it can use local politics to block others.”

Balkaninsight

Albanian Prime Minister

15 Jul 2021 7 4

Belinda Balluku

Inserted 2 years ago

“The 'Blue Corridor', or the Adriatic-Ionian Corridor, traverses the entire Western Balkans which is washed by the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, starting from Croatia to Greece. Albania has an important part of this corridor, so we started working last year, but due to the pandemic and financial problems created by the pandemic, this project was stopped for the time being, to continue very soon this year. Immediately in the fall we will once again start the race for the construction of the 'Blue Corridor', which will start from the entry point connecting Albania and Montenegro, from Murriqani and to the exit point connecting Albania with Greece, in Kakavija.”

Balkaneu

Albania Minister of Infrastructure and Energy

14 Jul 2021 9 2

Michael Roth

Inserted 2 years ago

“Many of you feel frustrated and disappointed from the EU as in the past a lot has been done, and you all know that there have been other conditions to be fulfilled on the side of Albania, such as the Constitutional and High Court. Albania delivered, and it has scored a lot of progress, while the same can be said for North Macedonia. Therefore, for this reason, we are working under pressure in order for the Council to make a positive decision so that we can finally launch negotiations. There is a lot to be done, you are only at the beginning of the path, rule of law, functioning justice system, a modern administration, respectful approach towards cultural and religious minorities. We are not only an economic and financial community but also a community of values.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office

28 May 2021 3 4

Edi Rama

Inserted 2 years ago

“For us, European path is not one of the choices, but the only and ultimate choice.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

Albanian Prime Minister

06 May 2021 2 2

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 3 years ago

“I was happy to meet with Edi Rama. Albania can count on the EU's support to rebuild after the earthquake & tackle the pandemic. I hope to visit Albania soon. We discussed accession negotiations. Our position is clear: Albania's future is Europe and negotiations should start.”

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President of the European Commission

02 Mar 2021 3 4

David Sassoli

Inserted 3 years ago

“Excellent meeting with the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama. Albania is delivering key reforms on the way to EU accession. I therefore expressed the EP's [European Parliament] support for the timely start of the first intergovernmental conference.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

President of the European Parliament

01 Mar 2021 4 3

Lulzim Basha

Inserted 3 years ago

“Our joint journey to change Albania begins today. Our coalition, the Democratic Party and the Alliance for Change and the Socialist Movement for Integration, have joined all forces to guarantee that April 25 will be the day of change.”

Balkaninsight

Head of the Democratic Party (Albania)

01 Mar 2021 2 4

Monika Kryemadhi

Inserted 3 years ago

“We as the LSI [Socialist Movement for Integration] and PD [Democratic Party] will continue to be two entities with their own identities and we will continue to, and at times we may, have objections to certain policies – but we pledge that we will find a common language of cooperation and work hard always to put the interests of Albania and the Albanians first.”

Balkaninsight

Head of the Albanian party Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI)

01 Mar 2021 2 4

Gent Cakaj

Inserted 3 years ago

“We have expressed our deep concern over the process of deliberately removing Albanian addresses in Medvegja, Bujanovac and Presevo. We will continue to work tirelessly to raise international awareness of the situation of Albanians in the valley. We share the view that the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue should end with the recognition of the Republic of Kosovo by Serbia”

Balkaneu

Albanian Foreign Minister

04 Dec 2020 6 2

Edi Rama

Inserted 3 years ago

“It is a good step that now Albania has freedom of movement with basically all countries, including Serbia, with which we signed freedom of movement [deals] between our citizens – with no other document [necessary other] than ID cards. I think this is a very positive step.”

Balkaninsight

Albanian Prime Minister

09 Nov 2020 1 3

Edi Rama

Inserted 3 years ago

“Albania is a sovereign country and I am the Prime Minister of a sovereign country. Let our friends and partners listen to this. What we are doing is to bring the electoral system of Albania within the framework of the one billion inhabitants of the world of the OSCE/ODIHR.”

Balkaninsight

Albanian Prime Minister

30 Jul 2020 3 3

Ilir Meta

Inserted 5 years ago

“I would urge everyone not to sacrifice the country for their posts or their ambitions. Although I have no responsibility for the current situation and although I have made maximum efforts to prevent such crisis, I’m ready to sacrifice in order to find a political solution which restores constitutional, institutional, political and democratic normality in the country and guarantees a fast progress toward the opening of EU accession talks. I am ready for both extremes.”

Balkaneu

President of Albania

20 Mar 2019 (approx) 1 1

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“Our goal is that the Balkans have no more borders for people, for the movement of goods, capital, and services - four European Union principles.”

“For us, European path is not one of the choices, but the only and ultimate choice.”

“I was happy to meet with Edi Rama. Albania can count on the EU's support to rebuild after the earthquake & tackle the pandemic. I hope to visit Albania soon. We discussed accession negotiations. Our position is clear: Albania's future is Europe and negotiations should start.”

“Excellent meeting with the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama. Albania is delivering key reforms on the way to EU accession. I therefore expressed the EP's [European Parliament] support for the timely start of the first intergovernmental conference.”

“Our joint journey to change Albania begins today. Our coalition, the Democratic Party and the Alliance for Change and the Socialist Movement for Integration, have joined all forces to guarantee that April 25 will be the day of change.”

“It is a good step that now Albania has freedom of movement with basically all countries, including Serbia, with which we signed freedom of movement [deals] between our citizens – with no other document [necessary other] than ID cards. I think this is a very positive step.”

“Albania is a sovereign country and I am the Prime Minister of a sovereign country. Let our friends and partners listen to this. What we are doing is to bring the electoral system of Albania within the framework of the one billion inhabitants of the world of the OSCE/ODIHR.”

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