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

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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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Albania asks Poland to set direct Tirana flights, invest in tourism

Business & Economy·Free to Read

TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Albania has asked Poland to consider establishing direct flights with Tirana and encourage Polish investment in Albania, especially in the emerging tourism sector at a time when Poles

9 years ago

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Albania resumes electricity exports

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 7 – The improving hydro situation in the country’s northern Drin Cascade following heavy rainfall causing massive floods in some parts of the country has had an immediate positive impact

9 years ago

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DP’s U.S. lobbying contract under investigation

News

TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Albanian prosecutors are looking into the main opposition Democratic Party’s lobbying efforts in the United States, with prosecutors requesting that the party and the Central Elections Commission provide

9 years ago

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Emergency room doctors issue ultimatum over working conditions

Main·News

TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Eight physicians serving at Tirana’s main hospital emergency room signed a letter Tuesday addressed to the hospital administration and the state’s highest officials in which they threaten to

9 years ago

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Natural disaster compulsory insurance initiative raises concerns over new hidden tax

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 7 – A legal initiative to make insurance against floods and earthquakes compulsory and statements by Prime Minister Edi Rama that the government will no longer provide compensation against natural

9 years ago

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BoA: No indication of macroeconomic imbalances resulting from drug proceeds

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 6 – Albania’s central bank says it has no evidence over the alleged impact drug proceeds could have had on the country’s economy and the national currency strengthening against Europe’s

9 years ago

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Public finances suffer blow as tourist season ends, new tax evasion campaign launched

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 6 – The end of the summer dominated tourist season and the launch of a renewed nationwide campaign against informality had a negative impact on government revenue last October. A

9 years ago

5 mins read

Gov’t failed to collect staggering €820 mln, Supreme State Audit unveils

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Damage to the state budget in 2016 almost doubled to about 110 billion lek (€820), which is about a quarter of what the Albanian government collected in annual

9 years ago

2 mins read

he pipeline route cuts like a scar through what used to be Arjanâ€™s olive grove, one of the farmers affected by the TAP pipeline. Photo: Bankwatch

Bankwatch: Albanian farmers received peanuts in TAP compensation compared to Greek peers

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Albanian farmers received peanuts after losing land and livelihoods to the major Trans Adriatic Pipeline and sharply lower compensation than their peers in neighboring Greece, a report has

9 years ago

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Romela Begaj claims gold at U.S. weightlifting tournament

Free to Read·Sport

TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Romela Begaj has become Albania’s first ever world champion in women’s weightlifting and Albania’s second athlete to claim a world championships gold meal. The 31-year-old Albanian won gold

9 years ago

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Egypt’s strategy in combating terrorism

Op-Ed

By Mohamed Khalil* In a new world that is faced by various challenges and global issues like the Climate Change, poverty, food security, gender equality, health, education and

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

Albania asks Poland to set direct Tirana flights, invest in tourism

Albania resumes electricity exports

DP’s U.S. lobbying contract under investigation

Emergency room doctors issue ultimatum over working conditions

Natural disaster compulsory insurance initiative raises concerns over new hidden tax

BoA: No indication of macroeconomic imbalances resulting from drug proceeds

Public finances suffer blow as tourist season ends, new tax evasion campaign launched

Gov’t failed to collect staggering €820 mln, Supreme State Audit unveils

Bankwatch: Albanian farmers received peanuts in TAP compensation compared to Greek peers

Romela Begaj claims gold at U.S. weightlifting tournament

Egypt’s strategy in combating terrorism

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