Albania: Italy pays bill for tourists' dine and dash

In a unsocial enactment of diplomacy, Italy's authorities has settled the edifice measure of 4 Italian tourists successful Albania who near without paying.

The dine and dash successful the metropolis of Berat made headlines successful some countries.

The chatter prompted Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama to rise it with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, portion she was visiting the country.

She responded by telling her ambassador to "go and wage the measure for these idiots," helium told La Stampa newspaper.

Italy's embassy successful Albania confirmed successful a connection that it had paid the bill, reportedly astir €80 (£68), connected behalf of its citizens.

"The Italians respect the rules and wage disconnected their debts and we anticipation that episodes of this benignant volition not hap again," it said.

Italy's agriculture curate and Ms Meloni's brother-in-law, Francesco Lollobrigida, was besides connected the travel to Albania and told the Reuters quality bureau that paying the measure was a substance of pride.

"A fewer dishonest individuals cannot embarrass a federation of decent people," helium said.

It is unclear erstwhile the incidental happened but information video of the radical walking retired of the edifice and wandering into the nighttime has gone viral connected societal media.

The edifice proprietor told Albania's Report TV that it was the archetypal clip customers had near his constitution without paying and said the 4 Italians had adjacent complimented the food.