Tirana Times

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

An American in the Court of the Pascha of Tepelena

Features

By Auron Tare When Lord Byron and his traveling companion Hobhouse, bid farewell to the Albanian guards back in the spring of 1810, little did they know that their journey through Albania

19 years ago

14 mins read

Kosovo, struggle for democracy

Op-Ed

Timothy Kenny writes for Tirana Times PRISTINA, Kosovo – What to do about this dusty Balkan backwater is a problem that’s nearing the end of its diplomatic rope in European talks. Kosovo

19 years ago

5 mins read

OBITUARY – Historian Prof. Myzyri dies

Culture

TIRANA, Feb. 5 – Prof. Hysni Myzyri, a historian of the University of Tirana, died Monday at the age of 72. Myzyri was a professor at the University of Tirana for 34

19 years ago

1 min read

Death of the Albanian Acting Icon: Farewell to Kadri Roshi

Culture

TIRANA, Feb.7 – Hundreds of Albanians from the echelons of theater, culture, artistic and political fields gave their last farewell to the flower covered coffin of Kadri Roshi. Under a grey sky

19 years ago

2 mins read

Forsaken Albania

Features

By Artan Lame Southern Albania, August 1949. Following World War Two, Greece was engulfed in the flames of civil strife that became more and more aggravated, until. in 1949. Stalin accepted to

19 years ago

2 mins read

Albania lose to Macedonia

Sport

Albania lost again on Wednesday amidst the rain at “Loro Borici” which had been the “lucky” stadium since the victory against Russia four years ago in Hans Peter Briegel’s debut. The dense

19 years ago

2 mins read

Special Comment: Ahtisaari, No Serbian Sovereignty No Independence

Op-Ed

By Albert Rakipi, Ph.D The Ahtisaari plan that will be unveiled today in Belgrade and Prishtina has been a public secret for a few days now. In its substance, the plan aims

19 years ago

10 mins read

Smuggled goods stopped at the airport, arrested alleged thieves, others

News

TIRANA, Jan. 30 – Police arrested Luan Ylviu, 37, after finding him trying to smuggle through Mother Teresa International Airport a great amount of goods like suits, jackets, trousers, shirts, blouses, shoes

19 years ago

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Sentenced Albanians extradited to Albania

News

TIRANA, Jan. 30 – Four Albanians were extradited to Albania from Greece Sunday, police reported. Jorgo Drazho, 51, sentenced to seven years imprisonment for exploiting prostitution, Erjon Kashari, 26, wanted for murder,

19 years ago

1 min read

False bomb alarm in Tirana

News

TIRANA, Jan. 30 – Police reported Tuesday they had a phone call warning them of an impending bomb explosion at a place near the Romanian embassy in Tirana. Police were told a

19 years ago

1 min read

Police find heroin in Durres

News

DURRES, Jan. 27 – Police said they arrested Shpetim Hushi, 30, a resident in Manze, Durres but living as an immigrant in Bergamo, Italy for the last nine years. He was found

19 years ago

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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

An American in the Court of the Pascha of Tepelena

Kosovo, struggle for democracy

OBITUARY – Historian Prof. Myzyri dies

Death of the Albanian Acting Icon: Farewell to Kadri Roshi

Forsaken Albania

Albania lose to Macedonia

Special Comment: Ahtisaari, No Serbian Sovereignty No Independence

Smuggled goods stopped at the airport, arrested alleged thieves, others

Sentenced Albanians extradited to Albania

False bomb alarm in Tirana

Police find heroin in Durres

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