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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

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

2 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

6 months ago

7 mins read

Warehouse explosion engulfs Tirana in clouds of smoke

News

TIRANA, April 3 – A massive fire overtook Tirana’s Siri Kodra Str. Tuesday night at around 7.30pm, when a warehouse filled with electric appliances exploded. Inhabitants in the area were the first

8 years ago

1 min read

Austrian company plans €500 mln gas-fired power plant in Albania’s TAP section

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 2 –With the Trans Adriatic Pipeline and its Albania section is in its final construction stage, an Austrian company has unveiled plans to build a big natural gas-fired power plant

8 years ago

5 mins read

Albania lifts visas for Chinese tourists, upholds visa waiver for Russians

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, April 2 – Albania has for the first time lifted the visa regime for Chinese tourists under a visa waiver program that is expected to have a major impact on the

8 years ago

7 mins read

US Embassy April Fool’s drawing pokes fun at prolonged justice reform

News·Politics

TIRANA, April 2 – After an initial cartoon published in January, the US Embassy to Tirana wished Albanians April’s Fool Day by once again posting a caricature of US Ambassador Donald Lu

8 years ago

2 mins read

Police arrests toll road protesters, drawing criticism, further protests

Main·News·Politics

TIRANA, April 4 – The protest started on Saturday against the country’s first-ever toll road in the Nation Highway of Kalimash, in Northern Albania, moved today in front of the Kukes Police

8 years ago

2 mins read

Nation Highway toll road protest turns violent, protesters clash with police

News·Politics

TIRANA, March 31 – The protest against the first toll road in the Nation Highway connecting Albania to Kosovo introduced by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week turned violent Saturday morning, with

8 years ago

2 mins read

Albanian renowned tenor returns for Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus

Culture

TIRANA, March 29 – The internationally known Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu will return to Tirana this week for the debut of Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermaus on March 31 at the Palace

8 years ago

1 min read

The road rarely taken

Features·Premium

By Sidonja Manushi “Upon entering these mountains, I asked the first highlander I met: — what are you!? – Albanian, he answered. I had asked the same question in other places,

8 years ago

10 mins read

Shkodra’s annual floods, a driver in rural youth emigration

News

TIRANA, March 29 – As weather conditions improve, the Shkodra Lowlands flooding over the last three weeks due to hydropower plant water discharges are starting to resurface, but are still facing issues

8 years ago

2 mins read

Kotzias visit to Tirana paves the way for Greek PM Tsipras’ arrival

News

TIRANA, March 29 – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias paid a short visit to Tirana and counterpart Ditmir Bushati on Thursday for a behind-close-doors meeting. Kotzia’s arrival to Tirana comes two weeks

8 years ago

1 min read

SMI councilors defect to SP as local elections approach

News

TIRANA, March 28 – The Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) saw an unexpected decline in party members this week, when seven SMI public office holders resigned to join the governing Socialist Party

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

Warehouse explosion engulfs Tirana in clouds of smoke

Austrian company plans €500 mln gas-fired power plant in Albania’s TAP section

Albania lifts visas for Chinese tourists, upholds visa waiver for Russians

US Embassy April Fool’s drawing pokes fun at prolonged justice reform

Police arrests toll road protesters, drawing criticism, further protests

Nation Highway toll road protest turns violent, protesters clash with police

Albanian renowned tenor returns for Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus

The road rarely taken

Shkodra’s annual floods, a driver in rural youth emigration

Kotzias visit to Tirana paves the way for Greek PM Tsipras’ arrival

SMI councilors defect to SP as local elections approach

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