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Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni visits an under-construction asylum processing centre in Albania, set to be run by Italy, with her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, days ahead of European elections. Under a controversial deal between Rome and Tirana, Albania has agreed to take in asylum seekers plucked from the seas off Italy, register them at a migrant centre on the Adriatic Sea and then house them at another centre inland while their claims are processed. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a meeting with Albanian Prime minister Edi Rama, as European leaders hold a regional Balkan summit in the Albanian capital. IMAGES
European officials, including Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Charles Michel, president of the EU council among others, take a group picture with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Berlin process leaders' Summit in Tirana, Albania. On the agenda at the meeting are discussions around a greater convergence with the European Union and "supporting ecological and digital transition" in the region. IMAGES
European officials, including Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Charles Michel, president of the EU council among others, are welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Berlin process leaders' Summit taking place in Tirana, Albania. IMAGES
At a press conference at the European Union-Western Balkans summit, the EU Council President Charles Michel says that believes "the future of our children will be more secure and prosperous with the Western Balkans inside the European Union". Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen both hail the EU's energy support for the region, which von der Leyen says is testament to their shared desire to "tackle the knock-on effects of this atrocious war that Russia has unleashed together". Russia's war in Ukraine has underscored the importance for the EU of bringing the Balkans into its orbit, to stabilise the region and counter the influence there of both Russia and China. SOUNDBITE
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama votes in a parliamentary election, where he hopes to clinch a second term in office, pledging to boost economic growth and complete sweeping reforms of Albania's notoriously corrupt judicial system that have been demanded by Brussels. IMAGES
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