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

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

Thousands rally to protest against government

Main·News·Politics·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 29 – The opposition’s protest rally in Tirana this Saturday gathered thousands calling for the Rama government to resign over its alleged ties with organized crime and fostering of corruption.

8 years ago

1 min read

Tirana’s passion crimes, or its ego crimes in disguise

Op-Ed·Social Issues

By Sidonja Manushi As Albanian tradition goes, when a couple gives birth to a baby boy, the father tips the nurse to express his happiness for the birth of a male

8 years ago

4 mins read

Editorial: The emptying of Albania

Editorial·Op-Ed

Data published this week reveals that the depopulation of Albania due to migration continues at a disturbing rate, with between 200,000 to 250,000 people leaving the country in 2017 alone. That’s equal

8 years ago

4 mins read

Shrinking Albania: New, ‘silent’ migration trend hit record numbers in 2017

Main·Politics·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 22 – Albanians are leaving the country at a record-breaking pace, but unlike previous years, they are no longer seeking asylum, choosing instead to fly under the authorities’ radar to

8 years ago

3 mins read

Francesco Becchetti owns several companies in Albania, including Agon Channel. (Photo: Archives)

Albania wins first legal battle against Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti

News

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – Albania has won its first legal battle against Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti over cancelled waste management and renewable energy projects in Albania whose construction dates back two decades

8 years ago

2 mins read

IMF: TAP, Devoll contribution to GDP turns negative

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – The contribution that the Trans Adriatic Pipeline and the Devoll Hydropower are expected to have on the Albanian economy will turn negative this year when the two major

8 years ago

4 mins read

Fast-track procedures on new Vlora airport okayed amid environmental concerns

Business & Economy·Main·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – The Albanian government has approved fast track negotiation procedures with a Turkish consortium that has offered to build a new airport in Vlora, southern Albania, making it the

8 years ago

7 mins read

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia discuss joint diaspora efforts

Diaspora·News

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – Albanian, Macedonian and Kosovo Ministers of Diaspora — Pandeli Majko, Edmond Ademi and Dardan Gashi — met in Ohrid this week to discuss promoting trilateral cooperation in the

8 years ago

1 min read

Business owners arrested over $9 million VAT fraud scheme

News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – Prosecutors have arrested six business owners this week, and declared five others as wanted, over a VAT fraud suspected by the Tax Investigation Unit to amount to $9

8 years ago

1 min read

Albania drawn against Scotland, Israel in inaugural UEFA Nations League

Free to Read·Sport

TIRANA, Jan. 24 – Albania have been drawn against Scotland and Israel in the maiden UEFA Nations League, a tournament that largely replaces friendlies but which will also play a major part

8 years ago

4 mins read

Albanian lifter set for world bronze medal after Romanian rival fails doping test

Sport

TIRANA, Jan. 24 – Albania’s Erkand Qerimaj is on track to get a bronze medal in the men’s 77 kg after a Romanian weightlifter who finished third in snatch has been temporarily

8 years ago

2 mins read

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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

Thousands rally to protest against government

Editorial: The emptying of Albania

Shrinking Albania: New, ‘silent’ migration trend hit record numbers in 2017

Albania wins first legal battle against Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti

IMF: TAP, Devoll contribution to GDP turns negative

Fast-track procedures on new Vlora airport okayed amid environmental concerns

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia discuss joint diaspora efforts

Business owners arrested over $9 million VAT fraud scheme

Albania drawn against Scotland, Israel in inaugural UEFA Nations League

Albanian lifter set for world bronze medal after Romanian rival fails doping test

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