Albania's former president and curent leader of the opposition Freedom Party, Ilir Meta, center, is escorted to a police vehicle at Tirana's Police Headquarters in Tirana on Oct. 21, 2024.

P olice in Albania arrested former President Ilir Meta on corruption charges Monday, saying they had to use force in detaining the 55-year-old. Meta served as Albania's president from 2017 to 2022.

Albanian President Ilir Meta speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tirana, Albania, on April 21, 2021. Credit: AP/Hektor Pustina ...

A court in Balkan nation of Albania has released the country's former president and prime minister after he spent nearly a year under house arrest. Sali Berisha denies the charges of corruption.

Albania’s Sali Berisha is the charismatic champion of his country’s conservative opposition to an aging elite that holds power.Former President Joe Biden, while still in office, tried to get ...

Sali Berisha, 79, who has been indicted for alleged corruption in Albania, ... He served as president of Albania between 1992 and 1997 and as prime minister from 2005 to 2013.

A group tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted the capital of Tirana in retaliation for Albania hosting around 3,000 ...

Albania established a state-owned company to take a stake in a $1.4 billion luxury resort project led by Jared Kushner, ...

Trump and Kushner are set to begin building a luxury resort on an Albanian island that once served as a Soviet weapons base.

FILE -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a question from reporters at Manila's International Airport, Philippines on, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) Albania opposition ...

T he world press was mildly atwitter, last week, over reports that the long expected transformation of President Ahmed Bey Zogu of Albania into a King will shortly be accomplished. Albanians ...

The President of Albania and the Greek Prime Minister expressed their condolences. "Albania today mourns the loss of his beatitude, the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania," said ...