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England to face Serbia in European qualifying for 2026 FIFA World Cup

The draw for the European qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has pitted England against Serbia in the group stage. Spain take on Netherlands in their Nations League quarterfinal, and the winner will join Turkiye, Georgia and Bulgaria in Group E while the losing team goes into Group G alongside Poland, Finland, Lithuania and Malta. World Cup 2022 runners-up …

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6 months ago

UEFA fines Albania, Serbia $10,700 each for nationalist fan banners at Euro 2024 games

Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany — UEFA fined the Albanian and Serbian soccer federations 10,000 euros each on Wednesday for fans displaying banners with nationalist maps at European Championship games. Serbia fans’ banner included the independent territory of Kosovo and a slogan “No Surrender” at a 1-0 loss against England in Gelsenkirchen. The Albanian federation was fined a further 27,375 euros for fans …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania has installed a “sophisticated” network of cameras along its border with Kosovo, supplied by the British government in an attempt to stem the number of migrants flowing into the United Kingdom and to track criminal activity in the region, the U.K. home office said Wednesday. Top British officials had called Albanians’ arrivals “an invasion,” sparking a …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Zelenskyy seeks support, arms at Albania summit of Balkan nations

Al Jazeera

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and has promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of Southeast European countries. Longtime Moscow ally Serbia has not imposed sanctions, and neither Belgrade nor Kyiv recognise the independence of Kosovo, Serbia’s former predominantly Albanian southern province, which backs …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Albania’s deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry

Associated Press

SHENGJIN, Albania — When the leaders of Albania and Italy announced a contentious agreement earlier this week to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving by sea, some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation. Italy had welcomed thousands of Albanians fleeing poverty after the fall of communism more than three decades ago, and Albania’s current government …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK

Associated Press

BAJRAM CURRI, Albania — Monika Mulaj’s son was in his second year of college in Albania, studying to become a mechanical engineer, when he resolved to make a daring change: He told his parents he would leave his lifelong home for a new future in Britain. The deputy mayor of Bajram Curri, Abedin Kernaja, said young people leave because of …

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2 years ago

Host Albania has high hopes for EU-Western Balkans summit

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Albania's prime minister said Monday that a European Union summit in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Heavy rains in the Balkans cause flooding, killing 6 people

Associated Press

SHKODER, Albania — Torrential rains in the Balkans over the past two days led to floods that killed at least six people, prompted widespread evacuations and caused significant damage, authorities said Monday. Early Monday, police divers found the bodies of two missing men, a father and son whose car was washed away Sunday in the village of Boge, some 150 …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Three former presidents of Albania and one of Kosovo on Wednesday visited ethnic Albanian former commanders in the fight against Serbian rule in Kosovo who are being held in a Netherlands prison pending trial for alleged war crimes. support and solidarity with their last battle in defense of Kosovo’s war for freedom and independence.” An EU-backed war …

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2 years, 3 months ago

3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states agreed Friday to help each other with potential food or energy shortages and have urged the European Union to include the volatile region in its support plans. The leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania held a summit in the Serbian capital Belgrade …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Parliament has asked Europe’s top human rights body to rescind a 2011 resolution that cited since-unsubstantiated allegations of human organ harvesting during the 1990s war in Kosovo. In 2011, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly passed a resolution calling for a European Union mission in Kosovo to investigate “war crimes and organ trafficking” in Kosovo …

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2 years, 10 months ago

With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending his top security envoy to the Balkans where Moscow has been trying to maintain influence mainly through its ally Serbia, according to reports. “There’s information that mercenaries are being recruited in Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina to knock Russia out …

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3 years, 8 months ago

FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Harry Kane ends England goal drought to sink Albania

Firstpost

This was the England captain Kane’s first international goal since he scored against Kosovo 500 days ago in November 2019. Tirana: Harry Kane ended his six-game England goal drought as he inspired a 2-0 win in Albania in Sunday’s World Cup qualifier. Kane also set up Mason Mount’s second half goal as England made it two successive Group I victories …

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3 years, 9 months ago

EU’s Frontex renews joint border control deal with Albania

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, has renewed its agreement with non EU-member Albania to strengthen cooperation in border management, fighting cross-border crime, and returning migrants who enter the country illegally. The renewed deal, signed online Wednesday due to the pandemic, comes two years after Albania became the first country that’s not a member of the 27-nation …

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England to face Serbia in European qualifying for 2026 FIFA World Cup

UEFA fines Albania, Serbia $10,700 each for nationalist fan banners at Euro 2024 games

Albania installs British-funded cameras along its border to stem flow of migrants, criminal gangs

Zelenskyy seeks support, arms at Albania summit of Balkan nations

Albania’s deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry

Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK

Host Albania has high hopes for EU-Western Balkans summit

Heavy rains in the Balkans cause flooding, killing 6 people

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage

Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims

With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans

FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Harry Kane ends England goal drought to sink Albania

EU’s Frontex renews joint border control deal with Albania