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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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Editorial: European integration: a fleeting dream or still a guiding compass for Albania?

Op-Ed·Premium

The last State of the Union address from Commissioner Juncker made a brief mention of enlargement, comforting enough for some, yet re-iterating the negation of any significant enlargement decisions until spring of

9 years ago

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Gramoz Ruci elected speaker of parliament among protests

News

TIRANA, Sept. 12 – Albania’s parliament has chosen Gramoz Ruci as the legislative body new speaker for the next four years, an election done by secret ballot and that saw Ruci get

9 years ago

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Basha: Deal with Rama is dead

News

TIRANA, Sept. 13 – Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha said this week the agreement of May 18, between him and Prime Minister Edi Rama is dead, because of what Basha said was

9 years ago

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Regional reconciliation needs investment in youth, says OSCE’s Borchardt

News

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – To make sure reconciliation and cooperation in the region endure, there must be investment in the right values among the region’s young people, Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, the head

9 years ago

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No EU enlargement for many years, Juncker says

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, Sept. 13 – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has repeated his views that Western Balkan states will take a long time to join the bloc, but that eventual membership is needed

9 years ago

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DP, SMI reach deal to share parliamentary committee chairmanships

News

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – Albania’s two largest opposition parties in parliament, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration, have reached a deal to share the chairmanships of the three parliamentary

9 years ago

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Berisha: Bitter election loss due to wrong strategy, bad MP list

News

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – The former long-time leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, told an online television session this week that the Democrats loss in the last parliamentary elections was “very

9 years ago

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New gov’t gets mandate in parliament, sworn in

News

TIRANA, Sept. 13 – Albania’s new government led by Prime Minister Edi Rama received Wednesday morning formal approval in parliament, getting 78 votes in favor and 51 against its program. The vote,

9 years ago

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Blood donation call turns political

News

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has a history of supporting blood donation drives but a quote this week in which he said his Socialist Party lawmakers should donate blood

9 years ago

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Police seize assets of suspected criminals

News

TIRANA, Sept. 12 – Albanian police are conducting operations across the country to seize properties believed to have been bought with the proceeds of crime. Police seized nine villas and other residences,

9 years ago

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Police seize massive haul of cannabis in Vlora, perpetrators escape

News

TIRANA, Sept. 12 – Police in the southwestern port city of Vlora have seized more than one ton of cannabis near the city’s seaport, but they failed to capture the people that

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

Editorial: European integration: a fleeting dream or still a guiding compass for Albania?

Gramoz Ruci elected speaker of parliament among protests

Basha: Deal with Rama is dead

Regional reconciliation needs investment in youth, says OSCE’s Borchardt

No EU enlargement for many years, Juncker says

DP, SMI reach deal to share parliamentary committee chairmanships

Berisha: Bitter election loss due to wrong strategy, bad MP list

New gov’t gets mandate in parliament, sworn in

Blood donation call turns political

Police seize assets of suspected criminals

Police seize massive haul of cannabis in Vlora, perpetrators escape

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