Sali BerishaApril 20, 2013 09:00

EU enlargement: the real answer to ethnic tensions in the Balkans

Commentary: Albanian PM sees this as a key to peace, stability and security for Albania.

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Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha arrives at the EU Headquarters for a European People's Party (EPP) enlarged summit on Dec. 13, 2012 in Brussels. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

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TIRANA, Albania - Five countries in the Balkans, including Albania and neighboring nations, are at various steps along the path to full membership in the European Union. Recent headlines – and our region’s history – serve as reminders why it is so important that all five nations join the EU, not only for our own economic futures, but also for the peace and stability of our region, our continent and the entire world.

Albania celebrates 100 years of independence (PHOTOS)

Jill LangloisNovember 28, 2012 21:05

Albania celebrates 100 years of independence from the Ottoman Empire, declared on November 28, 1912. Albanians flooded Tirana's main square wearing red and black, with faces painted and ready to eat a giant cake made to look like their country's flag.

Students killed in southern Albania bus crash

Luke BrowneMay 20, 2012 23:11

The bus was one of two vehicles carrying 75 third-year students from Aleksander Xhuvani University in the city of Elbasan on a pre-graduation trip to the southern city of Saranda.

From Swaziland to Papua to Georgia, here are the world's forgotten revolutions

Barry NeildJune 8, 2011 06:29

LONDON — From Swaziland to Papua to Georgia, here's what the media have been neglecting — and why.