TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL A group of people whose houses and businesses sit on the site where the infrastructural project of the Great Ring of Tirana is supposed to pass are protesting for days. They are seeking full compensation at market
By Andrzej Chwalba Many states were born or reborn that created a new political architecture between the years 1918 and 1921 in Europe. Most of them defended and preserved in the following years the autonomy gained in the aforementioned period.
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL A hurricane of false statements, fake news and irresponsible accusations can do much more damage to the truth that any other form. Currently there are two elements in Albania that need to be addressed for the sake
By Johann Sattler “The Balkans begin at the Rennweg (street in the center of Vienna)” – there is hardly any Austrian that doesn’t know this phrase, which is attributed to former Austrian Chancellor Metternich in the 19th century. Since then,
By Arian Koci When after ten years of war and constant siege against Troy, the ancient Greek army retreated leaving a wooden horse behind as a gift to gods, a Trojan priest called Laocoon is said to have told
By Janusz Bugajski After several provocative statements by Serbian and Kosovar politicians and in the midst of relative silence from Washington and Brussels, suppositions are growing that a territorial exchange is being planned between Belgrade and Pristina. Kosovo’s President Hashim
By Prof. Dr. Blerim Reka Almost three decades after Yugoslavia’s dissolution, the new borders of the Balkans are still not fixed and will likely remain so for the next decade. Only a few bilateral demarcation agreements between the former
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
TIRANA, June 17 – Corruption, rule of law issues and lack of reforms continue to be the main difficulties Western Balkans countries face on their path to European Union integration, participants in of a recent discussion about the Balkans at
TIRANA, June 6 – The European Union’s mission in Tirana published its report on the consolidation of the country’s judicial system on Saturday, in which it stressed the transitory period to establishing new judicial institutions has significantly stretched, missing the
