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 months ago

9 mins read

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

4 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

8 months ago

7 mins read

Albania NPL decline slows down in key barrier to credit growth

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 23 – Non-performing loans in Albania’s banking system almost stood at a standstill in 2018 following a sharp decline since mid-2014 when they hit a record high of around 25

8 years ago

3 mins read

Socialist gov’t prohibited from using trademark PPPs over mounting scandals

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, Jan. 23 – A bill sent to the parliament on Tuesday signals the end of legally being able to approve “unsought concessions” starting July 2019, thus cancelling the most controversial mechanism

8 years ago

4 mins read

Albanian President Ilir Meta on official visit to Montenegro

Free to Read·News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 22 – Albanian President Ilir Meta was invited from his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic for a two-day official visit that started on Monday Jan. 21. In the press conference that

8 years ago

3 mins read

Albanian unionists unhappy with trade unions’ performance, study shows

Business & Economy

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 22 – Almost half of unionists in Albania think trade unions’ activity in defending workers’ interests is hampered by political influence and that union leaders are unable

8 years ago

5 mins read

Opposition: “Gov’t is lying over cancelled PPP funds’ allocation to public universities”

News·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 22 – After the country’s Socialist government announced it will be cancelling a highway PPP awarded to one of the country’s business oligarchs to channel more money to public universities

8 years ago

3 mins read

Albanian cultural heritage lacks preservation in Montenegro

Culture

TIRANA, Jan. 16- The cultural heritage of Albanian people in Montenegro is getting harder to preserve by the day, and is facing a lack of support from either local or regional institutions.

8 years ago

2 mins read

Head of Road Authority ousted over DH Albania scandal

News

TIRANA, Jan. 22 – Albania’s Director of the State Road Authority Afrim Qendro and Director of Distribution System Operator Klodian Gradeci were ousted on Monday over the DH Albania scandal – a

8 years ago

1 min read

PM Rama hands over foreign ministry to deputy minister

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, Jan. 23 – On Rama’s first day also as the country foreign minister on Wednesday, he handed over the institution’s leadership to the current deputy minister Gent Cakaj. “This is the

8 years ago

3 mins read

Albania to limit use of unsolicited proposals, scrap bonuses for PPPs

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 22 – Albania is planning to scrap the use of controversial unsolicited proposals for public private partnerships in the road sector but continue allowing it for a series of other

8 years ago

3 mins read

Opposition proposes transitional gov’t to ensure free elections

News

TIRANA, Jan. 21 – Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party declared on Saturday that the solution to the political dead-end the country is facing must come through a transitional government that will prepare

8 years ago

2 mins read

New migration wave hits Albania low-wage sectors

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 21 – A new migration wave that has swept Albania in the past five years and rising desire among young men and women to leave the country has already had

8 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

Albania NPL decline slows down in key barrier to credit growth

Socialist gov’t prohibited from using trademark PPPs over mounting scandals

Albanian President Ilir Meta on official visit to Montenegro

Albanian unionists unhappy with trade unions’ performance, study shows

Opposition: “Gov’t is lying over cancelled PPP funds’ allocation to public universities”

Albanian cultural heritage lacks preservation in Montenegro

Head of Road Authority ousted over DH Albania scandal

PM Rama hands over foreign ministry to deputy minister

Albania to limit use of unsolicited proposals, scrap bonuses for PPPs

Opposition proposes transitional gov’t to ensure free elections

New migration wave hits Albania low-wage sectors

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