Morning Star.png Kerry in Albania The Morning Star, London, 15 February 2016 US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Albania yesterday to press for “reforms” on the promise of European Union membership. Mr Kerry stopped in the capital Tirana before flying back to Washington following contentious meetings on Ukraine in Munich. The proposals include the creation of an anti-corruption court and prosecutor’s office as well as a national investigative body similar to the FBI. The US has provided about $20 million (£14m) in aid to support the measures and another $5m (£3.5m) has been budgeted for them this year. Mr Kerry said the reforms would be a significant step forward in Albania’s bid to join the EU. After meeting Mr Kerry, President Bujar Nishani said he had assured the US secretary of state of “Albania’s determination [to fight] against organised crime and corruption.” Prime Minister Edi Rama said he expected the reforms to be adopted next month. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5169-Albania-Kerry-heads-to-Tirana-to-t alk-up-EU-membership#.VsFOmvl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
