{"id":85547,"date":"2026-07-11T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=85547"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:13:10","slug":"kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the world’s best-known rappers, Kanye West, was welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who shared footage of their meeting on social media.<\/p>\n

The video shows Rama introducing the American artist to aspects of Albania’s culture and history.<\/p>\n

West arrived in Albania ahead of his concert scheduled for Saturday evening at Eagle Stadium in Kashar, on the outskirts of Tirana.<\/p>\n

To ensure the event runs smoothly, Tirana Police have announced temporary traffic restrictions on roads surrounding the Tirana\u2013Durr\u00ebs motorway.<\/p>\n

Eagle Stadium, built on a 65,000-square-metre site at the first kilometre of the Tirana\u2013Durr\u00ebs motorway, was constructed with the support of a \u20ac4 million government fund for the organisation of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the world’s best-known rappers, Kanye West, was welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who shared footage of their meeting on social media. The video shows Rama introducing the American artist to aspects of Albania’s culture and history. West arrived in Albania ahead of his concert scheduled for Saturday evening at Eagle Stadium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":85548,"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":"\nKanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - 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\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the world’s best-known rappers, Kanye West, was welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who shared footage of their meeting on social media. The video shows Rama introducing the American artist to aspects of Albania’s culture and history. West arrived in Albania ahead of his concert scheduled for Saturday evening at Eagle Stadium […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1026\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\",\"name\":\"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg\",\"width\":1026,\"height\":668},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting\"}]},{\"@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":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - 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\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - Euronews Albania","og_description":"One of the world’s best-known rappers, Kanye West, was welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who shared footage of their meeting on social media. The video shows Rama introducing the American artist to aspects of Albania’s culture and history. West arrived in Albania ahead of his concert scheduled for Saturday evening at Eagle Stadium […]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1026,"height":668,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting","datePublished":"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/"},"wordCount":130,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg","keywords":["kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/","name":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-11T16:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T17:13:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot_6-4.jpg","width":1026,"height":668},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kanye-west-welcomed-by-edi-rama-albanian-pm-shares-footage-of-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kanye West welcomed by Edi Rama, Albanian PM shares footage of meeting"}]},{"@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\/85547"}],"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=85547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85549,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85547\/revisions\/85549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}