Английская Википедия:Albania–Australia relations
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Foreign relations exist between Australia and Albania. Albania has a resident ambassador in Canberra, whereas Australia has a non resident ambassador in Italy.[1]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's appointment as Prime Minister in Australia following the 2022 Australian federal election made Albanian headlines, due to his last name 'Albanese' translating to 'Albanian' in Italian.[2] His father was an Italian-Albanian man who met his mother during an overseas trip in the 1960s.[3]
The first visit between Albania and Australia occurred in April 2012 when the assistant minister for foreign affairs Richard Marles met with the Albanian prime ministerШаблон:Who. Later that year the Albanian foreign ministerШаблон:Who visited Australia.[4] Trade between the two countries is small bordering on insignificant, grossing just $3.4m in 2013.[4] The Australian government has called for the protection of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and Macedonia.[4]
Australian news publications have noted social media manipulation occurring sourced from persons in Albania.[5]
Migration from Albania to Australia has been noted to occur for at least four generations; migrants include members of Albania's Muslim community, some of whom have moved to Shepparton, Victoria; as featured in an Australian documentary film.[6] Some migration stories to Australia have made local news headlines, including in The Chronicle,[7] and AdelaideNow.[8]
In recent years, deportations of some Albanian migrants from Australia has made Australian headlines after visa cancellations following criminal offending.[9][10]
The pretender to the Albanian throne, King Leka, married the Australian schoolteacher Susan Cullen-Ward.[11] The couple spent most of their married life living in Rhodesia and South Africa.[11] Susan is the mother of the current pretender to the Albanian throne, Leka Zogu.[11]
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