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In depth: Armed attack on Kosovo police raises fears of escalation, draws wide condemnation

In depth: Armed attack on Kosovo police raises fears of escalation, draws wide condemnation

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Elections chief: Parliament constitutionally obligated to grant diaspora distance-voting rights by year’s end

Elections chief: Parliament constitutionally obligated to grant diaspora distance-voting rights by year’s end

TIRANA, Sept. 20, 2023 – Ilirjan Celibashi, the  head of Albania’s Central Election Commission (CEC), says the country’s parliament must provide a solution to the issue of Albanian citizens being

  • Albania launches 2023 Census following delays, challenges

    Albania launches 2023 Census following delays, challenges

  • Albanian PM announces major cabinet reshuffle, including changes at foreign affairs, finance, agriculture, health and education

    Albanian PM announces major cabinet reshuffle, including changes at foreign affairs, finance, agriculture, health and education

  • Analysis: Calls for unity grow as divided DP faces hard future 

    Analysis: Calls for unity grow as divided DP faces hard future 

  • Albania set to reassume UN Security Council Presidency at key time 

    Albania set to reassume UN Security Council Presidency at key time 

  • Michel’s 2030 EU enlargement goal welcomed, but also met with skepticism

    Michel’s 2030 EU enlargement goal welcomed, but also met with skepticism

  • Looking to escape economic rut, Albania pins hopes on yet uncertain oil bonanza 

    Looking to escape economic rut, Albania pins hopes on yet uncertain oil bonanza 

  • Multiple arrests made in high-profile corruption case linked to hospital sterilization concession

    Multiple arrests made in high-profile corruption case linked to hospital sterilization concession

  • Analysis: Continued detention of elected mayor strains Albanian-Greek relations

    Analysis: Continued detention of elected mayor strains Albanian-Greek relations

  • Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives, SPAK seizes Tirana’s waste incinerator, setting stage for more corruption charges 

    Linking ownership of shell companies to fugitives, SPAK seizes Tirana’s waste incinerator, setting stage for more corruption charges 

  • Influential Albanian politician led organized crime group in Australia, intelligence reports claim

    Influential Albanian politician led organized crime group in Australia, intelligence reports claim

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The Unfinished EU: Western Balkan Integration as a Geostrategic Necessity

The Unfinished EU: Western Balkan Integration as a Geostrategic Necessity

By Tanja Fajon, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Slovenia, Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of European and International Affairs of Austria, Gordan Radman Grlic, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of

  • Op/ed: Nuclear energy still a long-term option for Albania

    Op/ed: Nuclear energy still a long-term option for Albania

  • Analysis: Calls for unity grow as divided DP faces hard future 

    Analysis: Calls for unity grow as divided DP faces hard future 

  • Editorial: Latest Tirana-Athens spat is bad for both Albania and Greece

    Editorial: Latest Tirana-Athens spat is bad for both Albania and Greece

  • Analysis: Continued detention of elected mayor strains Albanian-Greek relations

    Analysis: Continued detention of elected mayor strains Albanian-Greek relations

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Albania’s exports hit hard by currency strength

Albania’s exports hit hard by currency strength

TIRANA, Sept. 20, 2023 – Albania’s exports saw a sharp decline of almost 22 percent year-on-year, according to the latest official data, with exporters blaming the local currency’s strength making

  • Looking to escape economic rut, Albania pins hopes on yet uncertain oil bonanza 

    Looking to escape economic rut, Albania pins hopes on yet uncertain oil bonanza 

  • Analysis: What’s behind the free fall of euro’s value in Albania?

    Analysis: What’s behind the free fall of euro’s value in Albania?

  • OTP Bank Albania wins Euromoney 2023 award as ‘The Best Bank in Albania’ for the fourth year in a row, strengthening its position as a leading financial institution in the banking industry

    OTP Bank Albania wins Euromoney 2023 award as ‘The Best Bank in Albania’ for the fourth year in a row, strengthening its position as a leading financial institution in the banking industry

  • Albania sees unprecedented tourism boom ahead of high season  

    Albania sees unprecedented tourism boom ahead of high season  

  • OTP Bank Albania: Establishing a firm foundation to serve Albania’s dynamic economy and society 

    OTP Bank Albania: Establishing a firm foundation to serve Albania’s dynamic economy and society 

  • Bank of Albania keeps key rate unchanged as record strength of local currency helps curb inflation, puzzling experts

    Bank of Albania keeps key rate unchanged as record strength of local currency helps curb inflation, puzzling experts

  • Albania and region need to diversify renewable sources to have energy security, experts say

    Albania and region need to diversify renewable sources to have energy security, experts say

  • Albanian currency’s record strength against euro has winners and losers tally outcomes

    Albanian currency’s record strength against euro has winners and losers tally outcomes

  • What do Albania’s upcoming municipal elections mean for foreign investors?

    What do Albania’s upcoming municipal elections mean for foreign investors?

  • Faced with corruption and unpredictable tax system, top business associations demand comprehensive reforms

    Faced with corruption and unpredictable tax system, top business associations demand comprehensive reforms

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‘Peaceful Sky Ukraine’ to open at GALERIAKALO

‘Peaceful Sky Ukraine’ to open at GALERIAKALO

  • Obituary: Ferid Murad, Albanian-American Nobel laureate 

    Obituary: Ferid Murad, Albanian-American Nobel laureate 

  • Young doctors confront challenges in the frontlines of Albania’s aging rural areas 

    Young doctors confront challenges in the frontlines of Albania’s aging rural areas 

  • Ancient Albania palafit village could be Europe’s oldest settlement 

    Ancient Albania palafit village could be Europe’s oldest settlement 

  • Përparim Kalo talks poetry at event marking publication of ‘Eja’

    Përparim Kalo talks poetry at event marking publication of ‘Eja’

  • Kadare’s ‘Chronicle in Stone’ published in Polish through Marek Jeziorski translation

    Kadare’s ‘Chronicle in Stone’ published in Polish through Marek Jeziorski translation

  • ‘Eja’: A lawyer’s passion for poetry brings some of the world’s best to Albanian readers

    ‘Eja’: A lawyer’s passion for poetry brings some of the world’s best to Albanian readers

  • Society for Albanian Studies calls for nominations for the annual Stavro Skendi Book Prize

    Society for Albanian Studies calls for nominations for the annual Stavro Skendi Book Prize

  • Albania’s Belba Winery featured at VinItaly’s Open Balkan stand  

    Albania’s Belba Winery featured at VinItaly’s Open Balkan stand  

  • Vjosa River valley declared a national park by Albania’s government 

    Vjosa River valley declared a national park by Albania’s government 

  • Museum diplomacy: National Museum of Medieval Art in Korça starts offering tours in Ukrainian 

    Museum diplomacy: National Museum of Medieval Art in Korça starts offering tours in Ukrainian 

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    Elections chief: Parliament constitutionally obligated to grant diaspora distance-voting rights by year’s end

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    Albanian PM announces major cabinet reshuffle, including changes at foreign affairs, finance, agriculture, health and education

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