Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government has vowed to open controversial migrant processing centers in Albania that have ...

When the tiny village of Gjadër in northwestern Albania got word that a migrant detention facility was to be built on a disused military airbase, plenty of locals were dismayed. Aleksander Preka ...

Italy's right-wing government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is intent on maintaining its controversial reception ...

The Meloni government has blocked nearly 200,000 migrants from crossing the Mediterranean to Italy since coming to power two ...

Italy's hard-right government vowed on Monday to press ahead with its controversial migrant centres in Albania, even as they ...

The Italian government relaunches the pact with Albania after recent European rulings and pressure.

Rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni struck a deal with her counterpart Edi Rama last year to divert to the Balkan country ...

A view of the beach in front of Shëngjin, Albania, a town where Italy built a processing center for migrants. (Cain Burdeau/Courthouse News Service) SHËNGJIN, Albania (CN) — In what may become a model ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania will host the start of next year’s Giro d’Italia, race organizers announced Monday. The first three ...

Meanwhile, Italy has stopped sending migrants to Albania and detention facilities lie empty. Nevertheless, Meloni has repeatedly said she is confident that her plan would eventually work despite ...

But two groups of migrants who were brought to Albania by an Italian coast guard ship were instead routed back to Italy after courts refused to validate their transfer. The Italian courts both ...

Italy's hard-right government vowed Monday to press ahead with its controversial migrant centres in Albania, even as they stand empty due to legal challenges. After a meeting with her top ...