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

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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

3 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

Obituary: Isuf Kalo, 80, one of Albania’s top physicians and a key witness to communist history

News

TIRANA, Jan. 19, 2023 – Isuf Kalo, one of Albania’s most renowned medical doctors and a key witness to the country’s communist history as the personal doctor of the former dictator, has

4 years ago

2 mins read

Albania had Europe’s fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism sector, official data show

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Jan. 19, 2023 – The visible increase in foreign tourists in Albania in the past two years now has statistical backing: Albania has had the fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism in

4 years ago

2 mins read

Albanians gain visa-free access to China as Tirana and Beijing sign bilateral deal

News

TIRANA, Jan. 18, 2022 – Albanians will soon have a new — and rather large — global destination they can access without a visa: mainland China. While Chinese citizens have already had

4 years ago

3 mins read

Economy to remain anemic, says World Bank as it slashes growth forecasts for Albania, Eurozone and much of the world

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 17, 2023 – Albania is likely to escape a recession in 2023, but growth will remain anemic at 2.2 percent, the World Bank has announced, lowering a 7-month old projection

4 years ago

2 mins read

In rare move, Albania files official protest note over UK migration minister’s ‘shameful’ remarks

Main·News

TIRANA, Jan. 16, 2022 – Albania’s foreign ministry has called in the UK ambassador to hand over an official protest note following remarks made by UK’s minister in charge of migration, which

4 years ago

3 mins read

Earthquake, 4.7, rattles central Albania, bringing back bad memories

News

TIRANA, Jan. 16, 2022 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale hit central Albania at about 10:45 p.m on Sunday, leaving only minor damage to some homes

4 years ago

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Questions linger as cases of suspected corruption dominate Albanian headlines

Main·News

TIRANA, Jan. 15, 2022 – By the time they appeared in court, it was no longer a question of whether Rozeta and Javier Dobi, mother and son, had stolen a large amount

4 years ago

4 mins read

Albania: The ‘Sleeping Renewable Energy Giant’ of The Balkans?

Op-Ed

By Dr. VALENTINA DEDI* Located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula in South-eastern Europe, Albania hardly makes the headlines when it comes to its developments and aspirations in the energy

4 years ago

10 mins read

Albanians still trailing region in economic well-being, Eurostat data notes

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – Residents of Albania, historically some of the poorest in Europe, are now more economically miserable than the entire Western Balkan neighborhood, recently-released Eurostat data for 2021 showed.

4 years ago

2 mins read

Infrastructure project in Vlora gets started with financing from Saudi Fund for Development

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – Official work has begun on a coastal infrastructure development project in Albania’s southern Vlora County, financed through a $30-million development soft loan from the Saudi Arabia government.

4 years ago

2 mins read

Lack of workers now businesses’ top concern, notes AmCham Albania report

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – The main concern of Albania’s business community is currently the shrinking of the labor force due to high out-migration — as well as the lack of qualified

4 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

Obituary: Isuf Kalo, 80, one of Albania’s top physicians and a key witness to communist history

Albania had Europe’s fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism sector, official data show

Albanians gain visa-free access to China as Tirana and Beijing sign bilateral deal

Economy to remain anemic, says World Bank as it slashes growth forecasts for Albania, Eurozone and much of the world

In rare move, Albania files official protest note over UK migration minister’s ‘shameful’ remarks

Earthquake, 4.7, rattles central Albania, bringing back bad memories

Questions linger as cases of suspected corruption dominate Albanian headlines

Albania: The ‘Sleeping Renewable Energy Giant’ of The Balkans?

Albanians still trailing region in economic well-being, Eurostat data notes

Infrastructure project in Vlora gets started with financing from Saudi Fund for Development

Lack of workers now businesses’ top concern, notes AmCham Albania report

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