European Commission to help Albania implement reforms

European Commission to help Albania implement reforms

06/05/2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU gave its full support to Albania Monday (May 5th) to complete reforms aimed towards integrating the country into the Union. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha in Brussels that he needs to do more if his country wants to start negotiations to join the EU. “I assured [Berisha] of the European Commission’s help financially and in other fields,” Barroso said, adding that it is too early to set a date for Albania’s accession negotiations. (Panorama - 06/05/08; KLAN, BallkanWeb, TopChannel, AP - 05/05/08)
Albania, Croatia to send joint letter to NATO member states

06/05/2008

TIRANA, Albania – After receiving invitations to join NATO last month, Albania and Croatia are working together to agree on moves that will help them advance to full membership. On a visit to Tirana Monday (May 5th), Croatian Parliamentary Speaker Luka Bebic proposed to his Albanian counterpart Jozefina Topalli that they send a letter to the parliaments of NATO’s 26 member countries regarding Albania’s and Croatia’s accession aspirations. “This will help us move faster towards ratification of the agreement and to receive full membership,” Topalli said. Bebic said that they could improve relations between the two countries and “speed-up the ratification of the agreement”. (BallkanWeb, TopChannel - 05/05/08)

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