Albania

06/19/2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leading into the final week before Albania’s parliamentary elections, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), along with Senators Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), issued the following joint statement announcing the Senate’s passage of a resolution recognizing Albania’s democratic achievements:    » read more »

BUCHAREST, Romania, April 3, 2008 – NATO formally offered membership today to two of the three Balkan nations President Bush had strongly advocated for acceptance.

Albania and Croatia were accepted by the 26 other NATO members to begin the accession process after hours-long discussions of the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s principal decision-making body, this morning.    » read more »

May 9, 2007 -- The following statement was issued today in Tirana by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission to Albania:    » read more »

09 May 2007 -- Three of the six men who were arrested and charged with plotting to attack U.S. soldiers at the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey are ethnic Albanian brothers born in Macedonia.    » read more »