Albania will open its first chapter of accession talks with the European Union on Tuesday in Luxembourg, as it aims to make headway in its decade-long bid to join the 27-country bloc. Tuesday’s accession conference will be the second held between the EU and Albania since it became a candidate country in 2014. It will allow Brussels to scrutinise the so-called ‘fundamentals’ of accession, including how the country aligns with human rights, the rule of law and the functioning of democratic institutions. Talks on these issues will continue until the very end of the accession negotiations, and pro…