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

State body raises alarm on dam and reservoir safety

News

TIRANA, Aug. 9 — More than half of Albania’s dams and artificial lakes are a danger for residents, according to a report sued this week by National Water Council. According to electronic

9 years ago

1 min read

Editorial: Challenges and questions as new government set to form

Op-Ed·Premium

At the end of this month, Prime Minister Edi Rama will likely publish the list of people he is going to have in his new cabinet, the first in eight years in

9 years ago

3 mins read

TAP on track to start Adriatic offshore section

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Aug. 10 – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline consortium has already completed half of its Albania onshore route works and is on track to start its offshore section across the Adriatic to

9 years ago

2 mins read

Albania makes new emergency costly electricity imports

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Aug. 10 – As the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, paralyzing hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation, the Albanian authorities were forced to make new emergency purchases this week

9 years ago

1 min read

Gov’t to borrow €45 mln in Euro-denominated notes

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Aug. 10 – The Albanian government is planning to borrow €45 million in two-year Euro-denominated notes from the local market in mid-August, in the second auction of this kind for this

9 years ago

2 mins read

Korà§a Beerfest, Albania’s largest summer event

Culture·Free to Read

TIRANA, Aug. 10 – Thousands of Albanian and foreign tourists packed the streets of Korà§a, Albania’s biggest southeastern city, known for its serenades and nicknamed the “Little Paris of Albania” as its

9 years ago

4 mins read

Albania-Serbia cultural cooperation, mostly sporadic and on individual initiative

Culture·Op-Ed

By Monika Maric* Although political relations often cast a shadow on cultural cooperation, cultural exchanges between Serbia and Albania have been in constant growth. Cooperation is primarily based on individual initiatives, where

9 years ago

12 mins read

‘It’s not Antibes, but Drimadhes’

Features

Although in Germany summer is a season that leaves much to be desired, in many other parts of Europe, especially south of it, the current temperatures exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Fortunately, many

9 years ago

3 mins read

Banja hydropower plant, part of the Devoll HPP being built by Norway's Statkraft

Climate change effects threaten domestic hydro-dependent electricity production

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Aug. 9 – Climate change effects will have a negative impact on Albania’s energy security in the next decade unless the country diversifies its current wholly hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation. In

9 years ago

6 mins read

Robert Bisha & Albanian Iso-Polyphonic Choir at Kalaja stage Photo by: Tughan AnÄ±t

Albanian movies, culture showcase at Kosovo’s Dokufest

Culture·Free to Read

TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Nine Albanian short films made their debut this weeks at Dokufest, Kosovo’s largest international documentary and short film festival which is holding its 16th edition in the historic

9 years ago

5 mins read

Campaign against informality was a failure, tax evasion remains pervasive, study shows

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Aug. 8 – The late 2015 nationwide campaign that the ruling Socialist Party undertook contributed to the deterioration of the business climate in Albania, a regional study examining tax evasion in

9 years ago

5 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

State body raises alarm on dam and reservoir safety

Editorial: Challenges and questions as new government set to form

TAP on track to start Adriatic offshore section

Albania makes new emergency costly electricity imports

Gov’t to borrow €45 mln in Euro-denominated notes

Korà§a Beerfest, Albania’s largest summer event

Albania-Serbia cultural cooperation, mostly sporadic and on individual initiative

‘It’s not Antibes, but Drimadhes’

Climate change effects threaten domestic hydro-dependent electricity production

Albanian movies, culture showcase at Kosovo’s Dokufest

Campaign against informality was a failure, tax evasion remains pervasive, study shows

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