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The European Commission recommended that the EU open membership talks with Albania in its November 2016 assessment. [9] In June 2018 the European Council agreed on a pathway to starting accession talks with Albania by the end of 2019. [10] [11] Albania's EU accession is bundled with North Macedonia's EU accession.
On 8 November 2023, the European Commission adopted a new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, with the aim of bringing them closer to the EU through offering some of the benefits of EU membership to the region in advance of accession. The Growth Plan provides €6 billion financial grants and loans for the entire region in return of ...
The initiative was founded on 29 March 2023 in Skopje, North Macedonia by Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo, Kreshnik Ahmeti, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Olta Xhaçka, and the advisor for Foreign Policy of Montenegro, George Radulovic.
Cameron said small boat arrivals from Albania to the U.K. fell by over 90% in 2023 as the two countries fought people smuggling gangs, and Britain has removed almost 6,000 Albanians, according to ...
The official EU media (the speeches of the European Commission) frequently referred to the enlargement to the CEE region as "an historical opportunity" and "morally imperative", which reflected the desire of the EU to admit these countries as members, even though they were less developed than the Western European countries. [70]
Generally being pro the accession of Albania to the European Union, the Netherlands has vetoed many times Albania's advancement, claiming lack of credible reforms, corruption situation and organized crime. In 2018 the European Commission released a progress report where it recommended the open of negotiations with Albania.
1 January – Croatia adopted the euro and became the 20th member state of the eurozone. [1] They entered the Schengen area and became the 23rd European union member to do so, and the 27th states to accede to the union overall [2]
15 December – Albania returns 20 icons to North Macedonia that were trafficked a decade ago, according to Albania's Culture Ministry.A handover ceremony is held at the National History Museum in the Albanian capital, Tirana.