Albania's long journey toward EU membership received a boost over the weekend as the country signed a stabilisation and association agreement (SAA) with the EU after three years of preparations.
EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn and foreign minister Besnik Mustafaj in Tirana on Saturday (20 February) signed the agreement, which is the first legal step to fully-fledged EU membership.
The SAA is a contractual economic and political relationship with the EU, which obliges Alban...
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