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This Auditorium Comes With a Price Tag -Corruption in Albania’s Public Universities

Corruption remains one of Albania’s most stubborn obstacles toward development and its dream for European integration. Although the country marked its biggest historical leap in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for the

2 weeks ago

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Culture·News·Social Issues

Pushing Against Inertia: How Harnex Is Testing the Balkans’ Appetite for Innovation

Tirana loves a good spectacle. Walk through the capital today and you are greeted by sleek new glass towers, vibrant urban spaces, and a relentless political chorus proclaiming Albania as the next

2 months ago

4 mins read

News

Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Action: Between Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Regional Responsibility

The latest Saudi action in Yemen should be understood not as escalation for its own sake, but as part of a broader strategic approach that combines deterrence with diplomacy, aimed at safeguarding

6 months ago

7 mins read

Slower But Surer Progress Towards Enlargement

Op-Ed

The Western Balkans will have to wait until the EU has agreed its constitutional reforms, which won’t happen before 2009. By Peter Sain ley Berry This week, on June 20, European Union

19 years ago

5 mins read

All the president’s men

Op-Ed

In a short editorial of this week, one of the most influential Albanian dailies, continued to repeat “imagine if Nano became President,” “imagine if he did get the votes”, “imagine if he

19 years ago

4 mins read

AlbTelecom sale to Calik is finalized

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June.19- Albania’s government has sold 76 percent of its landline monopoly to a joint company of Turkey ‘s Calik Group and landline operator Turk Telekom for 120 million euros ($161 million),

19 years ago

2 mins read

Legal Market Necessary for Democracy in Albania – UNPD Chief

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June.19- “The majority of Albania ‘s population and economy must be brought under the rule of law before democracy can operate and thrive,” the head of the United Nations Development Program

19 years ago

1 min read

Albania on the map of ship cruises

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June.19 – Albania has become a permanent cruise port among Mediterranean lines. Grand Circle Corporation recently launched the M/S Athena, a small, 50-passenger cruise ship, that will sail the eastern Mediterranean,

19 years ago

1 min read

Inability to compete seen as cause of increased Albanian trade deficit

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June.19- The Albanian economy is facing problems competing in global markets as indicated by a trade deficit that increased 39 percent during the first quarter of 2007. Domestic production can no

19 years ago

3 mins read

Fast food restaurant to become alternative theater

Culture

TIRANA, June.21 – During a meeting entitled, “New artists and market challenges”, Culture Minister Ylli Pango promised to turn the Colonnades building known as “kolonat”, currently a fast food restaurant, into a

19 years ago

1 min read

Roof collapse kills two, seven others injured

News

TIRANA, June 20 – Two Albanians were killed Wednesday, and seven others injured, when the roof of a building they were working in collapsed, according to police. Isuf Spahiu, 55, and Anton

19 years ago

1 min read

Democratic Party candidate wins at partial election in Pogradec

News

TIRANA, June 20 – Eris Hoxha of the governing Democratic Party, won during a partial election held last Sunday in an area within the Pogradec district. Hoxha beat Saimir Hoxha, known for

19 years ago

1 min read

Government approves deal with Microsoft to bring internet, computers to schools

News

TIRANA, June 20 – The government approved a project on Wednesday to create a strategic partnership in the Information Technology sphere with Microsoft Corporation. Based on the project, the government plans to

19 years ago

1 min read

Minimal wage expected to be raised for unqualified workers

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June.21- The government will address the problem of decreasing net payments to employees, which resulted from the newly implemented tax laws, by increasing the minimum salary to 16,800 lek. This applies

19 years ago

1 min read

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Tirana Times

This Auditorium Comes With a Price Tag -Corruption in Albania’s Public Universities

Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Action: Between Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Regional Responsibility

Slower But Surer Progress Towards Enlargement

All the president’s men

AlbTelecom sale to Calik is finalized

Legal Market Necessary for Democracy in Albania – UNPD Chief

Albania on the map of ship cruises

Inability to compete seen as cause of increased Albanian trade deficit

Fast food restaurant to become alternative theater

Roof collapse kills two, seven others injured

Democratic Party candidate wins at partial election in Pogradec

Government approves deal with Microsoft to bring internet, computers to schools

Minimal wage expected to be raised for unqualified workers

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