A man was found drowned on Thursday in the Albanian city of Durres and emergency teams worked around the clock to evacuate dozens of people from flooded houses hit by heavy rainfall.
Italy's government is ready to push ahead with a contested plan to hold asylum seekers in detention centres in Albania, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.
Lake Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage site that straddles North Macedonia and Albania, is at risk from pollution, overfishing, and urban development, the United Nations body and experts say.
Albania receives first group of migrants in the port of Shengjin on Wednesday morning under a deal with Italy, setting in motion the EU's first asylum seeker diversion scheme.
Two reception centres built in Albania opened on Friday to take in migrants arriving in Italy, an Italian official said, part of a bilateral deal to curb irregular migration into the European Union.
