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

Experts urge increased preparedness on cybercrime

News

TIRANA, Oct. 5 – As the country’s public services are shifting online and more and more people have access to the internet, Albania is facing increased cyber security challenges related to external

9 years ago

3 mins read

Consumer price hike expected as gov’t announces plans to include small businesses in VAT system

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced small businesses will also be included in the value added tax system starting next year, a move which he justified with the

9 years ago

4 mins read

Banks increase lending abroad as domestic credit struggles to recover

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Commercial banks operating in Albania continued to increase their lending abroad in the first half of this year when credit to domestic businesses and households slightly dropped, the

9 years ago

4 mins read

Central bank, economy experts, opposition divided over PPP benefits

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Warnings by the International Monetary Fund over the threats some concessions and public private partnerships pose to the country’s public finances and the risk of creating new hidden

9 years ago

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Rural Albanian parliament speaker turns into hit with emotional speech

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Rigerta Loku, an Italian-educated intellectual who has gone back to her home village to raise livestock, has become a surprise hit with an emotional and eloquent speech in

9 years ago

1 min read

State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Oct. 4 – State-run electricity distribution operator OSHEE has emerged as Albania’s largest enterprise in terms of turnover and profits, leaving behind major oil companies which made it to South East

9 years ago

3 mins read

Albania urged to fully implement justice reform

News

TIRANA, Oct. 3 – International representatives made it clear this week there should be no watering down of Albania’s justice reform, urging local authorities to fully implement commitments to revamp the country’s

9 years ago

2 mins read

Opposition says Albania gov’t failing to fight organized crime

News

TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Opposition leaders in Albania have accused the government of benefiting from cooperation with the criminal underworld and thus failing to fight organized crime in the country. The reactions

9 years ago

1 min read

Italian police seize cannabis haul, arrest three Albanians on boat

News

TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Albanian, Italian and Greek law enforcement authorities have completed an international anti-drug operation, with the Italian coastguard seizing more than 700 kilos of marijuana off the coast of

9 years ago

1 min read

INSTAT: GDP grows by 4% in year’s first half, household consumption twice lower

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The Albanian economy grew by about 4 percent for the third quarter in a row at the end of the first half of this year, but the recovery

9 years ago

3 mins read

IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The International Monetary Fund has lowered Albania’s GDP growth prospects and warned a series of vulnerabilities including the much-rumored public-private partnerships pose serious threats to the country’s macro-economic

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

Experts urge increased preparedness on cybercrime

Consumer price hike expected as gov’t announces plans to include small businesses in VAT system

Banks increase lending abroad as domestic credit struggles to recover

Central bank, economy experts, opposition divided over PPP benefits

Rural Albanian parliament speaker turns into hit with emotional speech

State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

Albania urged to fully implement justice reform

Opposition says Albania gov’t failing to fight organized crime

Italian police seize cannabis haul, arrest three Albanians on boat

INSTAT: GDP grows by 4% in year’s first half, household consumption twice lower

IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

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