A controversial deal struck between the Italian and Albanian governments is regarded as having been partly inspired by the UK government’s long-running attempts to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/16/how-rish-sunak-giorgia-meloni-rapport-boost-hard-right-agenda-rome-trip

All the Kosovo Albanians from Wil were there, Calmy-Rey says, recalling the day of the declaration of independence, which she happened to spend at an Albanian church service.

Source: https://genevatimes.ch/kosovo-in-switzerland-switzerland-in-kosovo/

All throughout the golden, beautiful day — as I got ready surrounded by my sisters, mother and friends, as I danced to the beat of the traditional Albanian drum I had insisted on having — I sneaked away to swallow pills and push needles into my arm.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/style/for-a-bride-with-chronic-illness-a-wedding-cut-short.html

An Albanian jailed for running a brothel allegedly frequented by rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio has escaped deportation after a judge described him as 'clever and industrious'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12108807/Judge-hails-clever-Albanian-boss-brothel-allegedly-used-rugby-star-Lawrence-Dallagio.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And a judge warned cannabis farms being run by Albanian criminal networks had reached 'epidemic levels' and had, in his judgment, 'become something of an industry'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12805777/Albanian-narcos-flooding-uk-streets-drugs.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"As I am also Albanian, the family had wanted to contact me for a while as they had heard that I am one of the Albanian lawyers that deal with immigration.

Source: https://oakvillenews.org/news/locals-support-two-year-old-albanian-child/

"As I am also Albanian, the family had wanted to contact me for a while as they had heard that I am one of the Albanian lawyers that deal with immigration.

Source: https://oakvillenews.org/news/locals-support-two-year-old-albanian-child/

Bagan put three foreigners — Albanian Armando Sadiku, Frenachman Hugo Boumous and Petratos — in its attack formation at the start but East Bengal did a fine defensive job in thwarting them.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/durand-cup-2023-final-kolkata-derby-mohun-bagan-sg-vs-emami-east-bengal/article67267468.ece

Braverman’s emphasis on male Albanian asylum seekers is an attempt to frame this humanitarian movement as illegitimate.

Source: https://theconversation.com/the-uks-unworkable-immigration-plans-allow-the-government-to-blame-others-for-its-failure-202207

But before Mansell can decide, Toma and several Albanian henchmen arrive to collect them both.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/justified-city-primeval-season1-episode7-recap-spoilers/

In 1998 and 1999, this led to a guerrilla war in which the Albanian majority in Kosovo wanted to fight secession from Serbia.

Source: https://houstonianonline.com/kosovo-and-serbia-want-to-normalize-mutual-relations/

Just how that might work in practice is unclear, but many Albanians see the plan as a way of repaying Italy for having welcomed hundreds of thousands of Albanian migrants fleeing post-communism chaos in their home country.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/1211/To-curb-migrant-numbers-Italy-looks-to-Albania-for-help?icid=rss

Lugja, who was assisted by an Albanian interpreter, will be released on licence half-way through his eight month jail term unless the Home Office deport him.

Source: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23746236.jail-banbury-cannabis-farmer-caught-growing-drug/?ref=rss

McGonigal faces sentencing early next year in a separate case brought in Washington, D.C. that accused him of concealing a payment from an Albanian intelligence official while on the job.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/12/ex-fbi-counterintelligence-chief-charles-mcgonigal-sentencing-to-begin/

Meanwhile, Albanian Foreign Minister responded angrily to Athens’ remarks, saying it was “nearly impossible to understand how our friends have the right to dispute a court decision in our country."

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/16/greek-candidate-wins-albanian-mayoral-election-from-prison-sparking-a-diplomatic-war-of-wo

Meanwhile, the government has announced 200 Albanian nationals jailed in England and Wales will be sent home for the rest of their sentence amid concerns that UK prisons are nearing capacity.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/braverman-rwanda-immigration-david-cameron-b2344718.html

The arrangement, announced in May, will see 200 Albanian nationals jailed in England and Wales sent home for the rest of their sentence.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/11/19/uk-spending-15m-on-minibuses-and-electric-vehicles-for-albanian-prison-system/

The clashes erupted after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the north, with the backing of Kosovo special police units, following local elections in which turnout was just 3.5 per cent due to a boycott by Serbs.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/eu-blames-kosovo-over-stalled-normalisation-pact-serbia-3771601?cid=cna_flip_070214

The gunbattle has prompted new international concern over stability in Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian majority and declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after a guerrilla uprising and a 1999 NATO intervention.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/exclusive-kosovos-president-blames-serbia-for-shootout-says-kosovo-under-attack/article_48122533-26f2-501d-bdd1-1409228775b7.html

The jewels in the crown of this Adriatic paradise are Lukova and Ksamil, two resorts on the Albanian Riviera with beaches the travel industry (and ) have hailed as the ‘

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/19/albania-beaches-riviera-travel-london-holiday-europe-19993186/