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Saudi Arabia Launches Innovative Business Platform for Foreign Investors

By Sidonja Manushi TIRANA, Albania – The Federation of Saudi Chambers has launched International Business Concierge (IBC), a new platform designed to facilitate the entry of foreign companies into the Saudi market,

November 14, 2026

3 mins read

Headline

NATO Summit Off for 2027, Raising Questions About Albania’s Ambitions

The uncertainty over the summit exposes tensions between Prime Minister Rama’s international ambitions, Albania’s limited resources and a deepening political crisis at home. TIRANA, Albania – Albania will not host a NATO summit

November 14, 2026

5 mins read

Culture·Features

Tirana Observatory Releases New Issue on EU Enlargement and European Security

The Spring 2026 edition brings together international scholars, diplomats and policy experts to examine European integration, geopolitical challenges, diplomacy and Albania’s foreign relations. TIRANA, Albania – The Albanian Institute for International Studies

November 12, 2026

7 mins read

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

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 12, 2023 – Doing business in Albania is hard as the economic “environment is inefficient and requires significant improvement,” five chambers of commerce in Albania, including those representing American, German,

April 12, 2023

3 mins read

Concerns raised as Tirana mulls exiting ICSID over Becchetti affair €120-million judgement

Business & Economy·Main·Premium

TIRANA, April 11, 2023 – With Albania’s government losing its final appeal to reverse a €120-million penalty in the Francesco Becchetti affair case earlier this month, Tirana is mulling exiting the jurisdiction

April 11, 2023

8 mins read

PM pitches large public sector wage increases, leading to concern over costs, political use

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, April 8 – Albania’s government is preparing to approve large wage increases in the public sector that could lead to the average salary going up 60 percent by 2024, Prime Minister

April 8, 2023

3 mins read

ODIHR starts monitoring mission for Albania’s May 14 administrative elections

News

TIRANA, March 8, 2023 – International observers of ODIHR, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, have started the mission of monitoring Albania’s local elections of May 14 with a

April 8, 2023

1 min read

Op/Ed: The Quad: Searching for purpose in yet another new regional constellation

Op-Ed

By ALBA CELA Last week, the Foreign Affairs ministers of Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo launched the “Western Balkans Quad – 100% alignment with EU Common Foreign Security Policy” as a

April 7, 2023

3 mins read

Through regional networking, Western Balkans businesses are preparing for the European Union market

Business & Economy

By DEJAN AZESKI SKOPJE, March 31, 2023 – Improving infrastructure, solving barriers that exist to speed up the flow of goods and services, establishing a joint airline that will connect the region, solving

April 5, 2023

6 mins read

The Open Balkans wine tasting club

Editorial·Op-Ed

One way out of this awkward and unpleasant conundrum is for Open Balkans to retreat into a smaller, softer, cultural blend of cultural diplomacy with concerts, fairs and all the glittery shows

April 5, 2023

2 mins read

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

Culture·News

TIRANA, March 3, 2023 – When it comes to good wine, it’s all about the basic ingredient. “We’ve focused on growing the right grapes,” says Bardhi Belba, who learned about wine while

April 3, 2023

1 min read

Albania voices support for Thaci as trial starts in The Hague

Main·News·Region

TIRANA, April 3, 2023 – Albania has voiced support for Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci and three other ex-leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), whose trial started on Monday in The

April 3, 2023

2 mins read

Strengthening democratic institutions a U.S. priority, says nominee for U.S. ambassador to Albania, David J. Kostelancik

News

TIRANA, April 2, 2023 – Strengthening democratic institutions in Albania is a U.S. priority, says David J. Kostelancik, a career diplomat appointed by President Biden to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador

April 3, 2023

2 mins read

Q&A: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán on the war in Ukraine, international cooperation and the economy

Op-Ed

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke to the Kossuth Radio programme “Good Morning Hungary” on March 31, 2023. Zsolt Törőcsik: Soon all the Western tanks promised to Ukraine will arrive in that war-torn

April 3, 2023

29 mins read

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Tirana Times

Saudi Arabia Launches Innovative Business Platform for Foreign Investors

NATO Summit Off for 2027, Raising Questions About Albania’s Ambitions

Tirana Observatory Releases New Issue on EU Enlargement and European Security

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

Concerns raised as Tirana mulls exiting ICSID over Becchetti affair €120-million judgement

PM pitches large public sector wage increases, leading to concern over costs, political use

ODIHR starts monitoring mission for Albania’s May 14 administrative elections

Op/Ed: The Quad: Searching for purpose in yet another new regional constellation

Through regional networking, Western Balkans businesses are preparing for the European Union market

The Open Balkans wine tasting club

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

Albania voices support for Thaci as trial starts in The Hague

Strengthening democratic institutions a U.S. priority, says nominee for U.S. ambassador to Albania, David J. Kostelancik

Q&A: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán on the war in Ukraine, international cooperation and the economy

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