Albania

Start-Up Nation vs Lock-Up Nation: What is slowing Israel-Albania economic ties? - opinion

Israelis are no strangers to risk as they thrive in complex environments, but they insist on legal predictability.

JANUARY 7, 2026|ByISRAEL KASNETT

On April 6 this year, President Isaac Herzog awarded Albania's Edi Rama the Presidential Medal of Honor, Israeli's highest civilian decoration, in a ceremony in Jerusalem.

Flags of Albania and Israel side by side (Illustrative).

Albania becomes 64th nation to join Israel Allies Foundation

Chaired by Romina Kuko of the Socialist Party and Gazmend Bardhi of the Democratic Party, the caucus marks a rare cross-party initiative reflecting Albania’s history of supporting the Jewish people.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and his Albanian counterpart, Elisa Spiropali, sign a cooperation agreement in Jerusalem on Oct. 22, 2025

'System rotten to the core': Israeli FM Gideon Sa'ar slams ICJ, UNWRA

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Thursday sharply criticized the International Court of Justice, calling The Hague-based tribunal “a corrupt political circus.”

OCTOBER 23, 2025|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

A member of parliament from the Democratic Party, Albania's biggest opposition party, sets off a smoke flare as the parliament gathers for a vote on whether to lift the immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha so he can face corruption charges, in Tirana, Albania, December 21, 2023

Bribe-proof official: Albania appoints first AI minister to tackle corruption

Prime Minister Edi Rama said the AI official will manage and award all public tenders in which the government contracts private companies for various projects.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025|ByREUTERS

At least four dead after migrant boat capsizes off English coast

Despite freezing temperatures, more than 500 migrants have made the journey over the English channel in small boats in the last week alone.

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByREUTERS

Police officers gather at the Port of Dover amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, in Dover, Britain December 14, 2022.

'Golden Globe' winner, director Ari Folman presents 'Waltz with Bashir' in Durrës

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Grapevine October 26, 2022: With a little help from his friends

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

GRAYEVSKY TOOK one of the last photographs of late president Shimon Peres.

Albanian PM: ‘Antisemitism is a cause for everyone’

Rama recalled the story of how some 3,000 Jews shipped out into slavery overcame their Roman captors and found safety on the Albanian shores.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

'We need collaboration to fight antisemitism' - Israeli president Herzog

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Advisory Board met with Israel's president and discussed the rise in antisemitism and how to stop it.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel's President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Advisory Board at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 25, 2022.

Albanian PM seeks Israel’s cyber expertise after Iranian attacks

The Iranian cyberattack on Albania earlier this year threatened to paralyze public services and digital systems, hack into state records and further sow chaos.

OCTOBER 23, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 13, 2022.

Film documenting Albanian heroism during the Holocaust returns to Albania

The Albanian code of honor stipulates that it is better to die than to turn one’s back on a person in need.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Kosovo says it foiled assassination plot, confirming info from Iran leak

Kosovo said it foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Albin Kurti in 2021, confirming information published by an Albanian TV station based on data allegedly leaked by Iranian hackers.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByREUTERS