The ship, expected to arrive at the port of Shengjin on Thursday morning, left Lampedusa with only eight asylum seekers after judges in Catania and Rome rejected the Meloni government's decree on 'safe countries' last Monday.
The clash between (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfig Al-Rabiah recently completed a tour of the Balkans. The visit took him to Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro.
The tour aimed to discuss improvements in the Umrah experience for pilgrims from (...)
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc could "draw lessons" from the contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania ahead of an EU summit focusing on migration.
She made the remarks in a letter to member (...)
The first asylum seekers from Italy to have their applications processed in Albania arrived via ship to the Albanian port of Shengjin on Wednesday morning.
The 16 men will undergo health screening and identification procedures before being (...)
The Spanish government is considering setting up an emergency reception center for migrants at Ciudad Real airport located south of Madrid.
According to Spain's Minister of Education and Science Pilar Alegria, politicians are exploring "hundreds" of (...)
Sweden's gang violence has escalated to the point where its homicide rate linked to gang warfare is now one of the highest in Europe, with shooters often being minors.
There is an average of one shooting per day for every 10 million inhabitants, and (...)
Albania will open its first chapter of accession talks with the European Union on Tuesday in Luxembourg, as it aims to make headway in its decade-long bid to join the 27-country bloc.
Tuesday's accession conference will be the second held between (...)
Italy, which receives the most migrant arrivals in the European Union, is partially outsourcing the challenge from today, as it opens the first of two planned camps in neighboring Albania.
The centers will be used to house up to 3000 migrants per (...)
The controversial deal, in which the Western Balkan country will host thousands of asylum seekers on Italy's behalf, is expected to last for five years and provides shelter to up to 3,000 migrants picked up by the Italian Coast Guard in (...)
SKOPJE — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance and the Presidency of the Islamic Union of the Republic of North Macedonia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Sunday in Skopje, the Macedonian capital.
The MoU was signed by (...)
Four Balkan countries suffered simultaneous power cuts lasting several hours on Friday as the region sweltered in a summer heatwave.
Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and large areas of the Croatian coast were hit by the afternoon blackouts, brought on by (...)
TIRANA —Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tirana, Albania, has announced the conditions for temporarily exempting Saudi citizens from entry visas to Montenegro.
The conditions include the duration of stay should be 30 days or less during the period between (...)
RIYADH — The Albanian government issued a decision on Wednesday to allow Saudi citizens, who are holders of a valid passport, to enter Albanian territory without a visa during the period from March 6, 2024 to December 31, 2024. This was revealed by (...)
TIRANA — In a recent meeting with a delegation from the Federation of Saudi Chambers, led by Hassan Al-Huwaizi, Albanian President Bajram Begaj extended an invitation to Saudi businessmen to invest in Albania, assuring personal guarantees for their (...)
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian advances at a summit he co-hosted in Albania on Wednesday.
Zelensky said that increasing the supply of armaments, and especially ammunition, was paramount for (...)
Spanish police say they have busted a gang of ex-military men from Eastern Europe who allegedly robbed luxury homes in the southern Málaga province.
Six people were arrested on Wednesday, including the alleged ringleader from Albania. A stash of (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, acclaimed the forming the Board of Trustees of the Green Initiative Foundation.
The foundation is to be chaired by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman and (...)
Border officials in the UK and France have welcomed a "really significant" drop in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel this year in small boats.
Official figures are down by over a third compared with 2022.
The UK has helped to fund (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to "examine" whether asylum applications could be processed abroad.
It marks a further hardening of the government's position on illegal migration, as parties seek to counter electoral gains by the far (...)
An offshore firm helped create companies used by members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including one hiding the late mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's yacht, the BBC can reveal.
Seychelles-based Alpha Consulting also helped to form more than (...)
Two Swedish nationals have been shot dead and a third person injured in Brussels, in an attack which prosecutors are treating as terrorism.
The Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 qualifier football match being played in the city was abandoned.
Brussels is on (...)
RIYADH — In a series of diplomatic calls, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan called on UN Security Council members to uphold their responsibility in maintaining international peace and security by pushing for an immediate cessation of (...)
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat.
After the ballots were cast and counted, Assembly President Dennis Francis announced Albania, Brazil, (...)
Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing.
It was expelled from the UN's pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces invaded (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for expanding the UN Security Council and reforming the right of veto granted to its permanent members, in his first in-person address around the iconic horseshoe table.
"Regardless of who (...)
