TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s parliament on Thursday suspended a session on neighbour North Macedonia’s accession to NATO after an opposition lawmaker threw ink at the prime minister. Lawmakers were to vote to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO accession. As Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama admonished him, opposition lawmaker Edi Paloka threw ink at Rama. Lawmakers later voted unanimously in favour of the NATO accession protocol for North Macedonia. Albania, a NATO member since 2009, is expecting a positive answer form the European Union to launch full membership negotiations.

Source: National Post February 14, 2019 11:03 UTC