TIRANA, June 28 – Financial institutions supervised by Albania’s central bank display medium to high risk on money laundering and terrorism financing, a report assessing the exposure of commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions has shown. Half of the 60
TIRANA, June 28 – Albania’s main Tirana-Durres highway is in its final stage of an emergency intervention after having degraded and turned into a nightmare for drivers over the past year. The highway’s Tirana-Durres carriageway has already been reconstructed by
TIRANA, June 28 – The Albanian government has neither confirmed nor denied that a Switzerland-based company with alleged ties to Russian giant Gazprom is conducting contract negotiations to acquire three oilfields in southern Albania. Albania’s Energy Minister Damian Gjiknuri says
When talking about fashion, one think of Paris or Milan. However, it has been almost a year now since Albanian fashion has reached a milestone with 3D ties designed and produced in Tirana. Fiordi Pernaska, the executive director of Tirana-based
TIRANA, June 27 – Two-thirds of foreign direct investment that flowed into Albania in the first quarter of this year came from two major energy-related projects, already in their final stage of investment, signaling of tough times ahead starting next
TIRANA, June 27 – The foreign ministers of European Union member states spoke in favor of opening accession negotiations with Albania, but postponed the necessary unanimous decision to start them until June 2019, expecting further progress from the country in
TIRANA, June 26 – The seizure of €3.5 million in cash at Albania’s main port of Durres this week in alleged drug profits has apparently confirmed speculations that money illegally entering the country is one of the main reasons behind
TIRANA, June 26 – Polemics persisted between the government and the opposition’s Democratic Party this week concerning the big amount of cash that was found inside two cars in the Durres port. The head of the opposition’s DP Lulzim Basha
TIRANA, June 26 – According to Albania’s former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, the new maritime border agreement between Albania and Greece – the third round negotiations of which concluded on Saturday – is an attempt by current PM Edi Rama
By Lufti Dervishi 48 hours prior, and yet no one can say for sure what the decision of the European Council regarding the possibility of opening the negotiations for Albania and Macedonia will be. To date, at least 3
