The European Commission’s 2025 Progress Report highlights both progress and persistent weaknesses in Albania’s EU accession path. Only 12 of 40 negotiation chapters are close to EU standards, while ...

On Oct. 6, Albanian Appeals Court Judge Astrit Kalaja was shot inside the Tirana courtroom where he oversaw a property dispute case, according to the International Commission of Jurists. Kalaja died ...

The world’s first AI government official is going about as well as anyone could expect. Yesterday, the virtual assistant “Diella” made its “inaugural address” to the Albanian parliament. Maybe ...

Albania has appointed the world’s first-ever AI government official in hopes of rooting out some of the Balkan state’s long-running corruption. Announced this week by Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minster ...

Albania has appointed the world's first AI bot as a minister who will be in charge of procurement. NBC News' Ellison Barber talks to Washington Post Tech reporter Gerrit De Vynck about what to expect ...

Prosecutors in the North Macedonia city of Kumanovo have opened an investigation into possible hate speech offenses after nationalist and anti-Albanian chants erupted at a basketball match against ...

Apollonia has been hard at work in preschool, learning things like, as she put it: “numbers and letters.” And next year, she’ll be able to do that learning in both English and Albanian — in the first ...

Muzik’s Auto Care, 704 W. Erie Ave. in Lorain, has provided reliable automotive service to the local community for 83 years. The auto repair shop started in 1942, said John Muzik, the third-generation ...

Sali Berisha, leader of the opposition Democratic Party in Albania, leaves the parliament on Dec. 21, 2023. Berisha appears to be getting an election boost from some political operatives affiliated ...

Some of the sweet sounds played by the San Francisco Symphony are from the composition "Strange Beasts" by Black composer Xavier Muzik. The talented artist recently won the third annual Emerging Black ...

European police claim to have disrupted a major Albanian drug smuggling gang after they were able to decrypt and analyze private communications between the group and corrupt officials. Europol ...