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

Chestnuts, Tropoja’s bread tree at risk following decades of neglect

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 11 – The Tropoja chestnuts, found in massive plantations in northeastern Albania, are rapidly penetrating EU markets as the best that Albania produces, with Italy on top of list, but

9 years ago

5 mins read

Kukes hire experienced Austrian coach to defend Albanian Superliga title

Free to Read·Sport

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Albania’s defending champions Kukes have hired an experienced Austrian coach following their poor start this season as they trail leaders Skenderbeu by 12 points. Peter Pacult, a former

9 years ago

2 mins read

INSTAT: Inflation rate hit 5-year high of 2% in 2017

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Albania’s inflation rate hit a five-year high of 2 percent in 2017, but continued remaining below the central bank’s 3 percent target estimated to have a positive impact

9 years ago

3 mins read

Albania leads asylum seeking requests in France

News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – With a total of 7,630 asylum requests in France, Albanians now lead the list of asylum-seeking countries by origin that had Paris ask Tirana for a better problem

9 years ago

3 mins read

Agriculture, tourism fails to appeal to foreign investors

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Key sectors of the Albanian economy such as tourism and agriculture continue to remain unattractive to foreign investors in Albania who have mainly focused on energy-related projects in

9 years ago

7 mins read

Opposition protests to resume on Jan. 27

News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 10 – The opposition’s protests caused by Prime Minister Edi Rama’s appointment of a temporary chief prosecutor during December’s last parliamentary session are scheduled to resume on the afternoon of

9 years ago

3 mins read

Demoted prosecutor challenges GP in court after wave of transfers

News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 9 – Arta Marku, Albania’s newly appointed temporary chief prosecutor who came to power amid debate in the end of December, has been sued in the administrative court by Rovena

9 years ago

2 mins read

Albania became an official candidate for membership in the European Union in 2014.

Albania excluded from EU’s next enlargement wave in 2025

Main·News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 9 – The EU Commission is looking to set the deadline for the next wave of EU enlargement in 2025, but Serbia and Montenegro are the only Western Balkan countries

9 years ago

3 mins read

Top politician expected to challenge Duka in his fifth-term bid in charge of Albanian football

Sport

TIRANA, Jan. 9 – A top left-wing politician is expected to challenge Albania’s current Football Association President Armand Duka as he seeks a fifth consecutive four-year term in next February’s elections. Bashkim

9 years ago

2 mins read

Unprepared for regional economic area, Albanian producers call for tax incentives, subsidies

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 9 – Albanian producers say the EU-backed Regional Economic Area initiative that the six Western Balkan leaders agreed to last July at the Trieste Summit will put ‘Made in Albania’

9 years ago

6 mins read

Court of Appeals lowers former lawmaker’s sentence

News·Politics

TIRANA, Jan. 9 – The Court of Appeals lowered Mark Frroku’s sentence from seven and a half years to six years this week. The former MP was sentenced last April for concealment

9 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

Chestnuts, Tropoja’s bread tree at risk following decades of neglect

Kukes hire experienced Austrian coach to defend Albanian Superliga title

INSTAT: Inflation rate hit 5-year high of 2% in 2017

Albania leads asylum seeking requests in France

Agriculture, tourism fails to appeal to foreign investors

Opposition protests to resume on Jan. 27

Demoted prosecutor challenges GP in court after wave of transfers

Albania excluded from EU’s next enlargement wave in 2025

Top politician expected to challenge Duka in his fifth-term bid in charge of Albanian football

Unprepared for regional economic area, Albanian producers call for tax incentives, subsidies

Court of Appeals lowers former lawmaker’s sentence

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