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 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

7 mins read

DP accuses PM Rama of property embezzlement in the country’s south

News

TIRANA, March 27 – The opposition’s Democratic Party (DP) published documents on Sunday allegedly proving Prime Minister Edi Rama’s involvement in the illegal embezzlement schemes of the country’s South coastline land. DP

8 years ago

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Syrians detained in Shkodra, five Albanians arrested on trafficking charges

News

TIRANA, March 27 – Albanian police stopped 23 Syrian citizens near Shkodra from entering Montenegro and finally advancing towards Austria on Tuesday. While the Syrians were taken to the local police and

8 years ago

1 min read

Police kill would-be robber, wound another

News

TIRANA, March 27 – A person was killed and another wounded on Thursday in the city of Fier after shooting a firearm in the direction of the police patrol. This happened when

8 years ago

1 min read

Italian authorities seize 500 kg of Albanian-originated cannabis

News

TIRANA, March 29 – Italian authorities confiscated more than 500 kg of cannabis coming from Albania to Puglia’s coastline, arresting the two Albanians driving the speedboat in the process. Two police officers

8 years ago

1 min read

Editorial: Gov’t should consider lowering tolls on Albania-Kosovo highway

Op-Ed·Premium

It’s one of the prides of post-communist Albania – a major four-lane highway that penetrates the country’s unforgiving mountainous interior to connect to Kosovo, cutting what used to be an arduous day-long

8 years ago

4 mins read

Albania-Greece: Fighting false perceptions, projecting positive agenda

Op-Ed·Premium

By Eleni Sourani* First of all, I would like to congratulate the Albanian Institute for International Studies for taking the initiative to organize this very timely conference, related to the present and

8 years ago

6 mins read

Central bank says it plans no intervention to stop national currency’s strengthening

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 29 – Albania’s central bank says it is not planning to make any intervention in the exchange rate regime following a considerable strengthening of Albania’s national currency in the past

8 years ago

2 mins read

My journey to Tirana

Op-Ed

By The Balkanista. I moved to Tirana 6 months ago. What started as a three-day sightseeing and fact-finding adventure turned into a love-affair of the highest order with a place that was

8 years ago

4 mins read

Albania’s Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment

Free to Read·Sport

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, March 29 – Albania’s Skenderbeu has been handed a 10-year ban from European competition by UEFA over match fixing and fined €1 million in the worst ever punishment

8 years ago

4 mins read

Pyramid building to turn into youth digital literacy center

News

TIRANA, March 27 – Tirana’s iconic pyramid building, one of the communism era landmarks in the capital city, is set to become a youth multifunctional center focused on digital literacy. The project

8 years ago

3 mins read

The €1 billion battle

Op-Ed

By Fatos à‡oà§oli There are six road segments, a regional hospital in Fier and five schools in Tirana that the Albanian government is planning to build under the public private partnership approach

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

DP accuses PM Rama of property embezzlement in the country’s south

Syrians detained in Shkodra, five Albanians arrested on trafficking charges

Police kill would-be robber, wound another

Italian authorities seize 500 kg of Albanian-originated cannabis

Editorial: Gov’t should consider lowering tolls on Albania-Kosovo highway

Albania-Greece: Fighting false perceptions, projecting positive agenda

Central bank says it plans no intervention to stop national currency’s strengthening

My journey to Tirana

Albania’s Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment

Pyramid building to turn into youth digital literacy center

The €1 billion battle

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