{"id":84691,"date":"2026-05-21T14:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84691"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:21:14","slug":"albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Albania has passed the draft of the European Union\u2019s common interim position in the COELA working group meeting held today in Brussels, sources told Euronews.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

According to the same sources cited by Euronews Albania journalist Eksiola Shehu, the Intergovernmental Conference is expected to take place on May 26.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, tomorrow the Interim Benchmark Assessment Report, known as IBAR, is expected to move to the COREPER working group of ambassadors from the 27 EU member states. Its approval is seen as an important step that paves the way for further advancement in the negotiation process, including the phase of beginning the closure of accession chapters.<\/p>\n

The Interim Benchmark Assessment Report (IBAR) is a technical document of the European Commission that evaluates the progress of a candidate country in meeting the criteria required for opening negotiation chapters with the European Union.<\/p>\n

At this stage, the IBAR serves as an initial institutional \u201cscreening\u201d to determine whether Albania has fulfilled the minimum conditions to proceed to more advanced steps in the integration process.<\/p>\n

COREPER is the body that prepares decisions for the Council of the European Union and plays a key role in the political screening of dossiers before they are formally approved, while COELA is the working group responsible for enlargement matters and the technical coordination of negotiations with candidate countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albania has passed the draft of the European Union\u2019s common interim position in the COELA working group meeting held today in Brussels, sources told Euronews. According to the same sources cited by Euronews Albania journalist Eksiola Shehu, the Intergovernmental Conference is expected to take place on May 26. Meanwhile, tomorrow the Interim Benchmark Assessment Report, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":84692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlbania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - 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\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albania has passed the draft of the European Union\u2019s common interim position in the COELA working group meeting held today in Brussels, sources told Euronews. According to the same sources cited by Euronews Albania journalist Eksiola Shehu, the Intergovernmental Conference is expected to take place on May 26. Meanwhile, tomorrow the Interim Benchmark Assessment Report, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1042\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"584\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png\",\"keywords\":[\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\",\"name\":\"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png\",\"width\":1042,\"height\":584},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - Euronews Albania","og_description":"Albania has passed the draft of the European Union\u2019s common interim position in the COELA working group meeting held today in Brussels, sources told Euronews. According to the same sources cited by Euronews Albania journalist Eksiola Shehu, the Intergovernmental Conference is expected to take place on May 26. Meanwhile, tomorrow the Interim Benchmark Assessment Report, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1042,"height":584,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER","datePublished":"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/"},"wordCount":226,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png","keywords":["kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/","name":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png","datePublished":"2026-05-21T12:42:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-21T13:21:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2-35.png","width":1042,"height":584},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-advances-in-eu-negotiations-ibar-passes-to-coreper\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Albania advances in EU negotiations, IBAR passes to COREPER"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84693,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84691\/revisions\/84693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}