An Albanian lawmaker from the main opposition Socialist Party was shot and killed outside his home late Saturday, according to a police official.

Ari Haan has quit as Albania coach after two losses left the team next-to-last in its World Cup qualifying group.

The senior U.S. diplomat in Albania and his staff have been cleared of allegations that they were involved in covering up the illegal source of ammunition shipped to Afghanistan by an American military contractor, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday

Albania awarded a 35-year concession to the British-Swiss Zumax AG group Wednesday for a euro1.18 billion ($1.55 billion) container terminal for ships in southwestern Albania.

Albania has signed a euro1 billion ($1.3 billion) project with Italy’s Marseglia Group to build an energy park.

An Albanian civil rights group said Thursday it had sued the government to force it to divulge information on an alleged CIA abduction five years ago.

When the U.S. government asked years ago that countries take in detainees freed from the Guantanamo military prison, only tiny Albania answered the call.

When the U.S. government asked years ago that countries take in detainees freed from the Guantanamo military prison, only tiny Albania answered the call.

Albania on Monday passed a law removing from public posts people linked with the feared former Communist secret police, despite criticism from opposition parties and concerns within the international community.

Austrian power utility EVN and Norwegian Statkraft plan to build three hydroelectric power stations in Albania at a cost of euro950 million ($1.37 billion), the Albanian Economy Ministry said Friday.