Greece

Albanian government will give 100.000 Euro to help Greece as the wildfires have engulfed near Athens. The decision was made at a meeting this Wednesday saying it amounts to alleviating the consequences of the damage caused by July’s massive fires. The amount will be covered by the state budget reserve fund. Shortly after the meeting,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a reaction says there is no official information about any Albanian victims from the wildfires that have engulfed Athens, Greece. The fire which is engulfed since Monday evening in Athens has caused more than 50 victims, including children. There are also reported hundreds of injured people./tvklan.al 

The main opposition party in Greece, New Democracy, again urges Prime Minister Tsipras’s government to publicize the agreement discussed with Albania. In a statement to the media, “New Democracy” calls “secret diplomacy” that of Prime Minister Tsipras and Foreign Minister Kotzias for talks being held with the official Tirana. Regarding this, the Greek opposition has...

Edi Rama and Alexis Tsipras took advantage of the London Summit to hold a head to head meeting on outstanding issues from the two countries’ agreement. At the end of the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that some issues are still under discussion and that “a positive solution can be achieved soon”. After the first...

“Albania and Greece will postpone for a more convenient time the solution of bilateral differences”, Greek newspaper “Kathimerini” reads. This follows a political decision taken by Prime Minister Tsipras after the acrimonious aftermath of the Macedonia name deal. In a letter for the head of the Committee for Foreign Policy, Kosta Douzinas, they refer to...

The maritime agreement between Albania and Greece is expected to be finalized this week. Klan Television has learned that on Thursday 21th June, two Foreign Ministers, Bushati and Kotzias will meet in Rodos, while parallely with this meeting in Athens will be held the third round of the negotiations between the two groups. The two...

Following the agreement on Macedonia’s name, Greece now aims to solve the issues with Albania as well. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias, has commented on the agreements that are expected to be signed with the Albanian side. Speaking from Moscow, Kotzias mentioned the maritime agreement. He said the issues between Albania and Greece...

Greece’s intention in the negotiations with Albania is to expand the territorial space in the Ionian Sea. This was claimed by Greek Defense Minister Panos Kamenos, as cited by the Greek press. “Soon our territorial waters will be expanded, proclaiming exclusive economic zones, to exploit underwater assets. Our homeland will pass into a new era....

What happens when a drug trafficker ends up selling drugs to an infiltrated police officer? This is the case of an Albanian which was later arrested in Kalabaka, Greece. The trafficker would hand over to his “client”, 1.6 kg of cannabis to 1 thousand Euros. The “client” was a Greek infiltrated policeman. At the meeting...