The Latest Breaking News from Albania

Thomas Tuchel to select first England squad from 55-strong long list

England play Albania and Latvia in World Cup qualifiers later this month.

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Thomas Tuchel has ‘55 players’ on England list after ‘hitting ground running’

Tuchel takes charge of his first England games, against Albania and Latvia, later this month

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Home Secretary appeals release of Albanian killer fighting deportation from UK

Cela is suspected to have flown to the UK from Spain using a fake passport

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Inside Home Office deportations as 19,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals removed from UK

Social media campaigns warning about the dangers of illegal working in Britain have gone live in Vietnam and Albania, but migrants continue to cross the Channel

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Minister 'astonished' Albanian criminal wasn't deported partly due to son not liking foreign chicken nuggets

Britain’s Border Minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Government was appealing the case

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Serbia and Albania move on from ‘drone’ game but tensions still simmer

The rivals will co-host the Under-21 European Championship in 2027, 11 years on from a football flashpoint that sparked a diplomatic incident

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Italy takes back 43 migrants it planned to process in Albania, a 3rd failed attempt to keep them out

An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025

Italian court refers asylum seekers’ case to ECJ in challenge to Meloni’s migrant deal with Albania

An Italian appeals court has refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a controversial migration deal to move the proceedings beyond European Union borders

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Italy denies asylum for 43 migrants relocated to Albania, and observers say they were denied lawyers

Italian authorities have rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process said illegally deprived them of legal assistance

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Albanian Archbishop Anastasios Honored For Reviving Orthodox Church

Archbishop Anastasios mourned in Tirana for his role in reviving Albania's Orthodox Church post-communism.

Top News · Jan 30, 2025