{"id":84711,"date":"2026-05-22T17:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84711"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:08:37","slug":"sources-for-euronews-albania-eu-ambassadors-approve-the-interim-benchmarks-report-for-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/sources-for-euronews-albania-eu-ambassadors-approve-the-interim-benchmarks-report-for-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources for Euronews Albania: EU ambassadors approve the interim benchmarks report for Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources told Euronews Albania that the ambassadors of EU member states have approved the interim benchmarks report for Albania. The approval of this report paves the way for the intergovernmental conference between Albania and the EU, which will be held on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Council of the European Union also announced this Friday that the eighth meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania will take place on May 26, 2026, in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting will serve to confirm Albania\u2019s fulfillment of the interim benchmarks, as well as to define the closing benchmarks for Cluster 1 \u2018Fundamentals\u2019. This cluster includes key areas of the integration process, such as the functioning of democratic institutions and public administration reform.<\/p>\n<p>This framework also includes Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and Chapter 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security), as well as the economic criteria related to Chapter 5 (Public Procurement), Chapter 18 (Statistics), and Chapter 32 (Financial Control),\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is considered an important step in Albania\u2019s EU accession negotiation process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources told Euronews Albania that the ambassadors of EU member states have approved the interim benchmarks report for Albania. The approval of this report paves the way for the intergovernmental conference between Albania and the EU, which will be held on Tuesday. 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