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    Exclusive interview of Croatian Ambassador Zlatko Kramaric: ‘There is progress in Croatian-Albanian relations, but it is still not enough’  

    The first anniversary of the appointment as Archbishop at the head of the Catholic Church/ Mons. Arjan Dodaj: Only God can be the author of our walk!

    Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Anar Huseynov: President Aliyev’s visit to Albania opened a new page in our relations through the specific accords reached

    Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski: Open Balkans and Berlin Process are complementary processes for progress of cooperation among WB countries

    Exclusive/ China’s Ambassador to Albania Mr. Zhou Ding: China and Albania must look towards history to build the future!

    Appeal of Ukrainian Ambassador to Albania Shkurov for maximum support of Ukraine with weapons six months after Russian occupation

    Zoran Djukanovic: “The Montenegrin minority in Albania and the Albanian minority in Montenegro to be bridges of communication of our two countries”

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    From bad to worse in Berlin! Hands off Western Balkans! Electoral expansion of the far right!  Organization of European ( non) security?      

    REALPOLITIK/ A moment’s respite!

    Much ado about nothing! Five problematic “ B-“s with Greece! Hamas divides the world!

    The whole Brussels in Kiev! The third but not the true! Heads high, hands empty! Terrorist Hamas, a democratic and diplomatic failure! Berlin marked the end of absurd dualism!

    European Council President Charles MICHEL, receives Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.  Brussels the 12/01/2021.
Le President du Conseil Europeen, Charles MICHEL, recoit Thierry Breton, Commissaire Europeen chargé du marché interieur. .  Bruxelles le 12/01/2021.,Image: 590631817, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia

    For a new paradigm by the EU and the USA for Kosovo and Serbia after the terrorist attack by serb bands on 24 september.

    Pacifying without reconciliation! Kurti’s autogoal! Between G – 7 and BRICS 11! The Balkans summer theatre continues! A speech for campaign 2024! A prewarned failure!                             

    Marriage spoiled for a lemon! The missed dinner! Sphinx and challenge for the West! Summer theatre in Bled!

    Peace as wishful thinking! Change the course! Brussels bells toll for Tirana!  Beleri between Tirana, Brussels and Athens! Compare the incomparables!  

    A cold shower! Change the tune! Partnership or vassalage? Euro-Atlantist Meloni!

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    The National Assembly of the Democratic Party/ Berisha warns: Civil disobedience is an action without return

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    Silvio Gonzato is appointed EU ambassador to Albania

    China presents 5-point proposal at UNSC on Palestine-Israel issue

    Blinken: We do not want the return of conflicts in the Balkans

    President Begaj, reception for the 111th anniversary of Independence

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    What Does Multipolarity Mean for Kosovo?

    BiEPAG Reacts: EC Country Report 2023 on Albania

    Will Serbia be sanctioned for Banjska clashes in North Kosovo?

    The unfinished EU: integrating the Western Balkans as a geostrategic imperative

    The story of the Ulmas’ martyrdom should be known worldwide

    Triangulation of Eurasia: The North-South Corridor Underreported but pivotal for Our Common Future

    Loose lips sink morale

    Albania and Kosovo: the Leaders, the People, the Narrative

    Offensive defence: How Putin saved NATO

  • Interview

    Exclusive/ The Russian Ambassador to Albania Mr. Mikhail Afanasiev: Russia only aims to end that war started by the West in Ukraine

    Exclusive/ Skopje’s top diplomat to Tirana, Dancho Markovski: OSCE Chairmanship a Project of National Importance for North Macedonia

    Exclusive interview of Croatian Ambassador Zlatko Kramaric: ‘There is progress in Croatian-Albanian relations, but it is still not enough’  

    The first anniversary of the appointment as Archbishop at the head of the Catholic Church/ Mons. Arjan Dodaj: Only God can be the author of our walk!

    Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Anar Huseynov: President Aliyev’s visit to Albania opened a new page in our relations through the specific accords reached

    Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski: Open Balkans and Berlin Process are complementary processes for progress of cooperation among WB countries

    Exclusive/ China’s Ambassador to Albania Mr. Zhou Ding: China and Albania must look towards history to build the future!

    Appeal of Ukrainian Ambassador to Albania Shkurov for maximum support of Ukraine with weapons six months after Russian occupation

    Zoran Djukanovic: “The Montenegrin minority in Albania and the Albanian minority in Montenegro to be bridges of communication of our two countries”

  • Realpolitik

    From bad to worse in Berlin! Hands off Western Balkans! Electoral expansion of the far right!  Organization of European ( non) security?      

    REALPOLITIK/ A moment’s respite!

    Much ado about nothing! Five problematic “ B-“s with Greece! Hamas divides the world!

    The whole Brussels in Kiev! The third but not the true! Heads high, hands empty! Terrorist Hamas, a democratic and diplomatic failure! Berlin marked the end of absurd dualism!

    European Council President Charles MICHEL, receives Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market.  Brussels the 12/01/2021.
Le President du Conseil Europeen, Charles MICHEL, recoit Thierry Breton, Commissaire Europeen chargé du marché interieur. .  Bruxelles le 12/01/2021.,Image: 590631817, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia

    For a new paradigm by the EU and the USA for Kosovo and Serbia after the terrorist attack by serb bands on 24 september.

    Pacifying without reconciliation! Kurti’s autogoal! Between G – 7 and BRICS 11! The Balkans summer theatre continues! A speech for campaign 2024! A prewarned failure!                             

    Marriage spoiled for a lemon! The missed dinner! Sphinx and challenge for the West! Summer theatre in Bled!

    Peace as wishful thinking! Change the course! Brussels bells toll for Tirana!  Beleri between Tirana, Brussels and Athens! Compare the incomparables!  

    A cold shower! Change the tune! Partnership or vassalage? Euro-Atlantist Meloni!

  • Current Events

    COP 28 Climate Summit, Rama: Albania, one of the rare countries that has no carbon dioxide emissions from energy production

    The National Assembly of the Democratic Party/ Berisha warns: Civil disobedience is an action without return

    OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani announces Malta as 2024 Chairpersonship, extension of senior officials following 30th Ministerial Council

    Balla-Goldberg: Albania and Canada, joint investigation against crime

    OSCE Opens Summit In Skopje Amid Boycotts, Criticism Directed At Russia’s Presence

    Parade of Albanians in Tirana, national flag hoisted at “Skanderbeg” square

    Heads of state “land” in Vlora on the 111th anniversary of Independence,

    Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs

    Situation in north a topic of discussion of Foreign Ministers in Brussels

    Ceremony organized in Durrës on 111th anniversary of Independence

  • Top News

    The National Assembly of the Democratic Party/ Berisha warns: Civil disobedience is an action without return

    Beograd, 15. avgusta 2019 - Ministar spoljnih poslova Ivica Dacic sastao se danas sa ministrom spoljnih poslova Japana Taroom Konom. FOTO TANJUG / SAVA RADOVANOVIC / bb

    Why Vučić does not sign Franco-German plan

    NATO Foreign Ministers address deterrence and defence, support for Ukraine, and partnerships

    Silvio Gonzato is appointed EU ambassador to Albania

    China presents 5-point proposal at UNSC on Palestine-Israel issue

    Blinken: We do not want the return of conflicts in the Balkans

    President Begaj, reception for the 111th anniversary of Independence

    Antony Blinken congratulates Albania on Independence Day: USA is proud to work with you as NATO Allies and partners

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Calls for cohesion, solidarity and investment on German Unity Day

3 October, 2023
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3rd from left) arrives for the service at Hamburg's main church, Sankt Michaelis. There are a variety of celebrations in the northern German city to mark German Unity Day. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3rd from left) arrives for the service at Hamburg's main church, Sankt Michaelis. There are a variety of celebrations in the northern German city to mark German Unity Day. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

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Leaders in Germany are calling for cohesion, solidarity and also greater investment in the East as Germany celebrates 33 years as a reunified country, with the main events held in Hamburg this year.

Germany celebrates reunification with a national holiday to mark the day in 1990 when communist East Germany joined the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, creating a single German state for the first time since 1945.

Hamburg’s Bishop Kirsten Fehrs issued a plea for cohesion, in an ecumenical service held in St Michael’s Church. “Let us hold together what is currently drifting apart in politics and society.”

This is everyone’s job, whether or not they are religious, and applies to East and West, political parties, climate forums, sports clubs and support for refugees alike, she said. “Only together can we bring the tanker through the sea of times, on the stream of life that God wants for us.”

She said Germany has become a different place. “More colourful and diverse, but also older and more fearful.” She said the tone had become harsher and people were very sensitive. “That is precisely why we need common images and narratives, a common language that unites us,” she said.

Refugees were at the heart of a sermon by Hamburg’s Catholic Archbishop Stefan Heße who called for solidarity and reform of the European asylum system.

“We need better refugee protection and a fair sharing of responsibility among all EU member states – in short, we need a humane refugee policy and one based on solidarity.”

In September alone, he said, 5,000 people reached the island of Lampedusa some days. This is first and foremost about people, he said. “Behind all these numbers and challenges are individual, specific people whose dignity is as inviolable as ours and that of every human being.”

Meanwhile concerns remain about the weaker economy in the East and Economy Minister Robert Habeck underlined the importance of investments in the region. He aims to see 20 major investments worth a total of €50 billion ($52 billion) in the region, he said in advance to the Funke Group media.

With projects such as chip factories in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony or the settlement of battery companies in Brandenburg, anchors are emerging that will lead to further settlements, such as construction companies or service providers, Habeck said.

“Things are moving forward, and the prospects are becoming more and more concrete. And so we will continue to persevere in turning projects into successes.” Economic support for eastern German regions is high on his agenda, he said.

Semiconductors are important for value creation in many sectors, such as the auto industry, said Monika Schnitzer, a member of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, in comments to the Rheinische Post newspaper.

“From a German and European perspective, it makes perfect sense to have this production locally, especially for geostrategic reasons.” The region around Dresden, for example, can boast a large supply of skilled workers, suppliers and research facilities, she said.

However, Schnitzer also expressed concern about the growth of support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). She said this increase could not be attributed to economic development.

“Explanations are more likely to be found in the ongoing uncertainty experienced, the impression of constant change,” Schnitzer said.

“Both the AfD’s worldview and its programme are, soberly speaking, location disadvantages,” she said, adding that areas governed by AfD members were at risk of isolating themselves.

Schnitzer’s colleague Veronika Grimm, also a member of the economic council, said despite all the crises and their aftershocks, German Unity Day is an opportunity to look to the future with confidence.

“And to make clear that the increasing support for extremist parties – especially the AfD – is perhaps the only real threat to prosperity.”

Nonetheless, inequalities in the reigon remain, with average pensions in eastern Germany still lower than in the west, according to the Labour Ministry.

According to ministry figures, the average pension paid out after 40 or more years of insurance in the eastern German states at the end of 2022 was €1,329 per month, below the level in western German states which is €1,499.

The differences are occasionally more pronounced at state level, with the highest pensions paid in Saarland (€1,565), North Rhine-Westphalia (€1,554) and Hamburg (€1,529).

The lowest are paid in the eastern German states of Thuringia (€1,300), Saxony-Anhalt (€1,310) and Saxony (€1,316).

“After 33 years of German unity, pension unity is not in sight,” Dietmar Bartsch, chairman of the Left Party in the Bundestag, told the newspapers of the Funke media group.

The differences between pensions in the east and those in the west could even increase again in the future he said, pointing to the fact that wages in the East have been significantly lower than in the West in recent decades – and remain so today.

Hamburg was chosen for the celebrations this year as the city-state currently holds the presidency of the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament.

The official ceremony in the northern port city’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall is also set to include a speech by German constitutional court head Stephan Harbarth to an audience of around 1,300, including the main national political leaders and premiers of the country’s 16 federal states.

The celebrations began on Monday with a large party around Hamburg’s city hall and the the inner Alster lake./dpa-Argumentum.al

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