{"id":19314,"date":"2021-09-01T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19314"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:50:59","slug":"chancellor-angela-merkel-to-visit-tirana-on-september-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/chancellor-angela-merkel-to-visit-tirana-on-september-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Tirana on September 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources close to Euronews Albania have confirmed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be visiting Tirana on September 14.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel chose Albania as the country where she will meet with Western Balkan leaders in line with the Berlin Process.<\/p>\n<p>Her visit was initially announced by AP and then confirmed for Euronews Albania by sources near the Prime Minister\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>During her visit, the chancellor is also expected to hold a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel will meet with the heads of governments, except for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, since the meeting will be on a prime ministers\u2019 level.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Merkel visited Albania was back in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Prime Minister Edi Rama described her visit as \u201chistoric\u201d and thanked Germany for its continuous support in the country\u2019s path towards the European Union.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/06\/merkel-cant-convince-balkan-leaders-to-come-to-an-agreement-on-diplomas-and-free-movement\/\">Merkel can\u2019t convince Balkan leaders to come to an agreement on diplomas and free movement<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/05\/merkel-sees-the-integration-of-the-western-balkans-into-eu-as-a-geostrategic-objective\/\">Merkel sees the integration of the Western Balkans into EU as a geostrategic objective<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/11\/30\/angela-merkel-skeptical-about-opening-membership-talks-with-albania\/\">Angela Merkel skeptical about opening membership talks with Albania<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources close to Euronews Albania have confirmed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be visiting Tirana on September 14. Merkel chose Albania as the country where she will meet with Western Balkan leaders in line with the Berlin Process. Her visit was initially announced by AP and then confirmed for Euronews Albania by sources near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":19331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Tirana on September 14 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/chancellor-angela-merkel-to-visit-tirana-on-september-14th\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Tirana on September 14 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sources close to Euronews Albania have confirmed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be visiting Tirana on September 14. 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