Today: Feb 12, 2026

Tirana Times

Adriatik Llapaj, who has spent the past two weeks staging a solitary protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office demanding the government’s resignation, is pictured with supporters on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025, alongside other protesters as his demonstration against the prime minister continues into the new year.

Albania 2026: Power Under Investigation

As Albania enters 2026, the country stands at a political and institutional crossroads shaped decisively by the shocks of 2025. What initially appeared to be a year of electoral routine and managed
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Tirana, 1932, 1937. Seventy years ago, the steps that sweep up to the main entrance of the Presidency today, served as the grand staircase of the Royal Palace and
20 years ago
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Ohrid Lake threatened by lack of care

POGRADEC, Aug. 15 – The Ohrid Lake in eastern Albania is threatened by a series of human illegal interventions like construction and illegal fishing, while water pollution continues to remain a problem.
20 years ago
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Culture in Brief

Tirana ensemble takes part at dance international festival in Bilbao TIRANA,Aug. 15 -Albania’s Tirana Ensemble took part at the International Festivalof Dance held recently in Bilbao, Spain, along with some 28 ensembles
20 years ago
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Police arrests around the country

TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Police have arrested a considerable number of Albanians in the past week. Also, in Elbasan police started penal procedure against Hyqmet Arapi, 58, who had seriously injured a
20 years ago
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Helicopter wreckage found deep in the sea

TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Government authorities confirmed that some scanned images belong to the wreckage of the Bell 222 helicopter that sank 1,024 meters into the Adriatic Sea killing Gramoz Pashko, his
20 years ago
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Two sisters drown in Peqin

PEQIN, Aug. 8 – Two sisters at the village of Lolaj near Peqin town were drowned Tuesday at a reservoir while they were swimming, police reported. Kadrie and Irena Qefalia, 9 and
20 years ago
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