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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

3 weeks 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

2 months 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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Third Constitutional Court judge officially ousted under Albania’s judicial reform

News

TIRANA, May 11 – Albania’s Independent Qualification Committee ousted Constitutional Court judge Fatmir Hoxha today for being unable to justify his accumulated wealth under the country’s judiciary reform. Hoxha is the third

8 years ago

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Temporary GP demotes Tahiri-Habilaj case investigator

News

TIRANA, May 9 – Temporary General Prosecutor Arta Marku demoted the head of the Serious Crimes Prosecution Office Besim Hajdarmataj on Wednesday, replacing him with Durres chief prosecutor Donika Prela. Hajdarmataj was

8 years ago

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Durrà«s locals protest MEK members’ burial in local cemetery

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TIRANA, May 10 – Manà«z habitants protested this week against burying a member of the Iranian opposition group known as Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK), living in Albania, in the village’s cemetery. Located

8 years ago

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Albania’s top exporting industry at risk as workers turn down low-paid jobs

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, May 9 – Garment and footwear companies in Albania have been facing rising difficulty in finding new workers in the past few years amid hesitation and refusal of potential employees to

8 years ago

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Tax evasion concerns mount following only few thousand of high-income earners

Business & Economy

TIRANA, May 9 – Only a few thousand Albanians declared annual income of more than 2 million lek (€15,600) with tax authorities for 2017, in an ongoing annual trend hinting of high

8 years ago

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Albania should extradite Turks wanted on 2016 failed coup charges, ambassador says

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TIRANA, May 9 – Turkish Ambassador to Tirana Murat Ahmet Yà¶rà¼k said in a recent interview that Turkey is waiting for the official extradition of FETO fugitives, who he said are part

8 years ago

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Dutch MPs remain skeptic on Albania’s EU bid after two-day fact-gathering visit

News

TIRANA, May 9 – The Dutch government sent seven of its main parties’ lawmakers to Tirana this week in a fact-gathering mission, as Albania awaits EU member states to give their verdict

8 years ago

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Eurozone, internal political risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch unit says

Business & Economy

TIRANA, May 9 – U.K.-based BMI Research, a unit of Fitch, expects Albania’s economy to slow down to 3.7 percent in 2018, from an estimated 9-year high of 3.9 percent in 2017

8 years ago

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Former Albanian PM’s convicted bodyguard extradited from Turkey, seeks to reopen case

News

TIRANA, May 9 – Izet Haxhia, a bodyguard of Albania’s former President Sali Berisha during the 1990s and one of the people convicted for the 1998 assassination of Democratic Party founder Azem

8 years ago

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Pictures show roe deer, tortoise held in captivity in downtown Tirana

News

TIRANA, May 8 – Two Roe deer being held in captivity in a small bar on the banks of Tirana’s artificial lake and a tortoise on sale for as cheap as 1,000

8 years ago

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Banks write off hundreds of millions in NPLs

Business & Economy

TIRANA, May 8 – The stock of non-performing loans in Albania’s banking system registered a sharp cut in 2017 as banks continued to write off bad debt from their balance sheets and

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

Third Constitutional Court judge officially ousted under Albania’s judicial reform

Temporary GP demotes Tahiri-Habilaj case investigator

Durrà«s locals protest MEK members’ burial in local cemetery

Albania’s top exporting industry at risk as workers turn down low-paid jobs

Tax evasion concerns mount following only few thousand of high-income earners

Albania should extradite Turks wanted on 2016 failed coup charges, ambassador says

Dutch MPs remain skeptic on Albania’s EU bid after two-day fact-gathering visit

Eurozone, internal political risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch unit says

Former Albanian PM’s convicted bodyguard extradited from Turkey, seeks to reopen case

Pictures show roe deer, tortoise held in captivity in downtown Tirana

Banks write off hundreds of millions in NPLs

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