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Now playing Next Albania Brussels must not invent new conditions for EU membership, says Merkel The comments came as Merkel was in the Western Balkans meeting heads of government from Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. 15/09/2021
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Now playing Next Albania My country could be 'North Korea of Europe' again — Albania president Ilir Meta wants Albanians to topple the government, which he claims is a “one-party regime” that threatens progress towards EU membership. 27/02/2020
Now playing Next Albania Albania president calls on people to topple the government Albania's president has called on the people of his nation of nearly 3 million people to topple the left-wing government. 19/02/2020
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Now playing Next World News The Brief: Albania PM defends decision to hold disputed elections Albania's prime minister Edi Rama has defended his decision to hold disputed elections in June. Speaking exclusively to Euronews he also slammed the opposition's decision to boycott the vote. 09/08/2019
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