Albania

Start-Up Nation vs Lock-Up Nation: What is slowing Israel-Albania economic ties? - opinion

Israelis are no strangers to risk as they thrive in complex environments, but they insist on legal predictability.

 On April 6 this year, President Isaac Herzog awarded Albania's Edi Rama the Presidential Medal of Honor, Israeli's highest civilian decoration, in a ceremony in Jerusalem.
Flags of Albania and Israel side by side (Illustrative).

Albania becomes 64th nation to join Israel Allies Foundation

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and his Albanian counterpart, Elisa Spiropali, sign a cooperation agreement in Jerusalem on Oct. 22, 2025

'System rotten to the core': Israeli FM Gideon Sa'ar slams ICJ, UNWRA

A member of parliament from the Democratic Party, Albania's biggest opposition party, sets off a smoke flare as the parliament gathers for a vote on whether to lift the immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha so he can face corruption charges, in Tirana, Albania, December 21, 2023

Bribe-proof official: Albania appoints first AI minister to tackle corruption


U.S. government agency honors Albanian PM for Holocaust remembrance

Rama receives Cultural Pluralism Award at White House ceremony.

Prime Minister Edi Rama receives award at the White House during his visit to the US

Two Kosovo men plead guilty of plotting to attack Israeli soccer team

Kosovo police arrested 19 people on suspicion that they had links with the Islamic State militant group and were planning attacks in Kosovo and neighboring Albania.

Israel's soccer team

Israel suffers crushing defeat to Albania

First-half brace by Sadiku silences blue-and-white in Haifa • 3rd place in group up for grabs

Albania pla yers celebrate their team’s opener in last night’s 3-0 victory over Israel in Haifa, with dejected blue-and-white defender Eitan Tibi (right) walking away in disgust.

Late goal saves Israel from embarrassing loss

Sahar’s spot kick in 95th minute snatches draw with Moldova ahead of WC qualifier vs Albania.

Israel national team strikers Ben Sahar (right) and Itay Shechter experienced a frustrating night in Netanya on Tuesday, with Sahar only finding the back of the net in stoppage-time in a disappointing 1-1 draw against Moldova.

Albanian Red Cross officials visit MDA to learn and collaborate

This is the first time that high-level representatives of the Albanian Red Cross have visited Israel.

A Magen David Adom ambulance stands by near the Western Wall

Kosovo arrests 19 ISIS-linked suspects planning attack on Israeli soccer team

Police seized explosives, weapons, ammunition and a drone from the suspects, who police say were planning 'synchronized terror attacks.'

Israel captain Eran Zahavi celebrates after scoring the opener in last night’s win at Albania in 2018 World Cup qualification.

Brooklyn woman attacks Muslim moms, attempts to rip off their hijabs

The suspect is alleged to have shouted, "this is the United States of America, you shouldn't be different from us," during the attack.

Emirjeta Xhelili.

Grapevine: Jerusalem - A one-horse town?

A round-up of news briefs from around the capital.

PM Netanyahu and Albanian PM Edi Rama

Netanyahu to Albanian PM: Our friendship goes back to Albania protecting Jews from Nazis

The leaders signed on a friendship agreement and a mutual cooperation agreement between Israel and Albania.

PM Netanyahu and Albanian PM Edi Rama

Un auteur francophone à l'honneur

Le prix de Jérusalem sera décerné cette année à l’auteur albanais Ismail Kadaré. Interview d’un écrivain militant qui n’a eu de cesse d’agiter sa plume au nom de la liberté

Ismail Kadaré lors d'une cérémonie en Espagne en 2009