Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship

Adams was granted citizenship and a passport from Balkan country by a special decree from the republic's president

Eric Adams has obtained citizenship and a passport from Albania, according to reports on Friday from the Balkan country which received effusive compliments from him during a visit there months earlier.

The Albania Daily News first reported that the former New York City mayor had requested both and was granted them by a special decree from the republic's president, Bajram Begaj. A spokesperson for Adams confirmed that development in a statement distributed to the news media, and it was evidently chronicled in Albania's official government journal.