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

1 week 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

1 month ago

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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

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Berlin Process, more inclusive than Open Balkan initiative, revived at latest EU-WB meeting

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 5, 2022 – A meeting of six Western Balkan prime ministers in Berlin on Nov. 3 with EU’s and Germany’s top leaders has revived the Berlin Process, which aims to

4 years ago

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Albania’s central bank continues trend in hiking key interest rate as inflation bites

Business & Economy·News

TIRANA, Nov. 3, 2022 – Albania’s central bank intervened again on Wednesday, for the fourth time in a row, increasing its key interest by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75 percent. In continued

4 years ago

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UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

Features·Main

TIRANA, Nov. 3, 2022 – Comments by UK government officials on Albanian migration are “scapegoating” the country and “fueling xenophobia,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Wednesday. He made the comments on

4 years ago

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Op-Ed: Albania bashing is England’s new national sport

Features·Op-Ed

By DENIS MACSHANE* Have pity on poor Albania. This tiny west Balkan nation with a population the size of Greater Manchester is the new bogeyman for politicians, much

4 years ago

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In memoriam: Vladimir Gligorov (1945–2022)

Op-Ed

By MARIO HOLZNER Our wiiw Senior Research Associate, dear colleague, mentor and friend, Vladimir Gligorov, passed away on Thursday 27 October 2022. His 77th birthday was just about a month ago. Not that he

4 years ago

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Academic workers’ union threatens to escalate strike as prime minister lobs out insults

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 31, 2022 – A strike led by the union of academic workers at Albania’s public universities is now in its third week, with the union announcing it would start a

4 years ago

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In Tirana, von der Layen promises 80 million euros in grants to deal with energy crisis

News

TIRANA, Oct. 28, 2022 – The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was in Tirana on Thursday where she announced the EU executive body will offer Albania 80 million

4 years ago

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As 2023 mayoral elections date set, top opposition parties reach coalition deal

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – Following the setting of May 14, 2023, as the official date for Albania’s municipal elections, the two largest opposition parties have agreed to run joint candidates against

4 years ago

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Authorities bust Tirana-based phone scammers targeting EU citizens with crypto scheme

News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – An investigation by Albanian and Italian authorities has led to the busting of a Tirana-based organization that conducted financial sales through telephone calls, deceiving citizens of various

4 years ago

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Swiss Dick Marty, rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Caucasus gives a press conference at the Council of Europe, on June, 25 2008 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Russia is using "dirty" tactics like torture and kidnapping to suppress unrest in the Ingushetia region near Chechnya, helping inflame the country's south, Human Rights Watch said AFP PHOTO JOHANNA LEGUERRE (Photo credit should read JOHANNA LEGUERRE/AFP/Getty Images)

Op/Ed: The Council of Europe must revisit the ‘Marty Report’

Features·Op-Ed

By Judge DEAN PINELES I served as an international criminal judge with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) during 2011-13, and was a member of the three-judge panel

4 years ago

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Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

Culture·Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – Justina Sinani, a fifth year general medicine student at Tirana’s public University of Medicine, expects to graduate next year, but says that she started her studies with

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

Berlin Process, more inclusive than Open Balkan initiative, revived at latest EU-WB meeting

Albania’s central bank continues trend in hiking key interest rate as inflation bites

UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

Op-Ed: Albania bashing is England’s new national sport

In memoriam: Vladimir Gligorov (1945–2022)

Academic workers’ union threatens to escalate strike as prime minister lobs out insults

In Tirana, von der Layen promises 80 million euros in grants to deal with energy crisis

As 2023 mayoral elections date set, top opposition parties reach coalition deal

Authorities bust Tirana-based phone scammers targeting EU citizens with crypto scheme

Op/Ed: The Council of Europe must revisit the ‘Marty Report’

Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

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