site.btaEU Agrees to Membership Talks with Albania, North Macedonia
                                            
                                                                                                                                                        From right, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala shake hands prior to the conference (AP Photo)
                                                                                                                
                    
                    
                        
                                                                                            
                        
                    
                                                        
                    
                
                The start of EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia was announced on Tuesday at the first intergovernmental conference with Tirana and Skopje chaired by the rotating Czech Presidency of the EU Council.
Speaking on behalf of the
                                    
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