Website: Albania and the European Union

Albania is a potential candidate country for EU accession following the Thessaloniki European Council of June 2003. On 18 February 2008 the Council adopted a new European partnership with Albania. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the country was signed on 12 June 2006 and entered into force on 1 April 2009. It supersedes the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related aspects, which entered into force in December 2006. The EU-Albania visa facilitation agreement entered into force in January 2008 while the readmission agreement entered into force in 2006. Albania submitted its application for EU membership on 28 April 2009.

Wikipedia: Accession of Albania to the European Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union

Website: EU Info Centre in Albania http://euinfocentre.al/

EurActiv: Tag: Albania http://www.euractiv.com/locations/albania/

Albania: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Policies: Albania and the EU http://www.punetejashtme.gov.al/en/mission/eu-integration

http://www.eeas.europa.eu/albania/index_en.htm http://www.eeas.europa.eu/albania/index_en.htm

EU Delegation to Albania http://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/albania/index_en.htm

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