The EU has taken the first legal step toward Albanian accession by signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Tirana on Monday (12 June).
Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha called the move "the opening of a new horizon for the future of the Albanian people and the end of a 15 years' long transition period" Balkans agency DTT-NET.COM says.
"The signature of this agreement is a milestone on Albania's road to European standards," Austrian foreign minister Ursula ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.