Current Affairs Archives - Tirana Observatory

The dilemma over the criticism of the Greek veto

By raising the Beleri issue in Brussels, Athens has not raised a bilateral Greek-Albanian issue but an absolutely internal, serious and...

How a think-tanker’s vision, backed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, secured the College of Europe’s presence in Tirana. In...

by Veton Surroi 1 The Western Balkans are now joined by Ukraine and Moldova to follow together the race between geopolitics and cynicism...

Fredi Bejleri’s case should be dealt with as a democracy issue, not as an ethnic minority one A wave of political commentary and...

April 10, 2023• Current Affairs

By Alba Cela In the last days of March, the Foreign Affairs ministers of Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo launched the...

Dragan Smigić’s stick and the four lessons from the north Veton Surroi The first lesson of the events of these days in the four northern...

October 13, 2022• Current Affairs

These were the remarks by the Ambassador of Spain in Albania, Álvaro Renedo Zalba, on the occasion of the National Day of Spain. On behalf...

Remembering U.S. leadership in Albania’s NATO membership and Kosovo’s independence By ALBERT RAKIPI In a trajectory of extreme ups...

By Alba Cela The expression above is commonly used in English-speaking countries to show inertia as an often decisive force in political...

March 28, 2022• Current Affairs

By Dr. Dušan Janjić Opposition to NATO enlargement has been a constant in Russian foreign policy, from the collapse of the Soviet Union...