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

2 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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World Petroleum Congress: Albania lures oil investors through incentives

Business & Economy·News

TIRANA, July 10 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has called on the world’s leading oil companies to consider investment in Albania’s largely unexplored oil and gas resources, which he says make the

9 years ago

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First two Albanian natural sites get UNESCO protection

Culture·Free to Read·News

TIRANA, July 10 – The first two Albanian natural sites have received UNESCO protection as an extension of the World Heritage site of the Primeval Beech Forests. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has

9 years ago

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U.S. State Department lambasts Albania investment climate

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 7 – The U.S. State Department has once again lambasted Albania’s business climate as unfavorable, with corruption, unclear property rights and discrimination against foreign investors as the top concerns. In

9 years ago

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Editorial: Dismantling a few myths about state administration political capture and its solutions

Op-Ed·Premium

A central and local public administration that turns over every time there are elections, full of party militants and often sadly incapable, untrained and low quality public servants is a long-time plague

9 years ago

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CEC reject PJIU request, party leader remains out of parliament

News

TIRANA, July 5 – Albania’s Central Elections Commission has rejected a request by the Party for Justice, Integrity and Unity for a recount, which means, Shpetim Idrizi, the party leader, will not

9 years ago

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Rama launches thank you tour, seeks input among voters

News

TIRANA, July 6 – Prime Minister Edi Rama and other Socialist Party officials have launched a tour across the country to thank Albanians for giving the Socialists a governing majority in the

9 years ago

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U.S. Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Hoyt Brian Yee (Photo: Archives)

Albania, neighbors unlikely to catch EU train for 30 years, U.S. official says

News

TIRANA, July 6 – At the current economic growth, Albania and its neighbors will take 30 years before they can catch up with the EU average, which means membership bids will also

9 years ago

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Elections were a ‘triumph of lawlessness,’ opposition leader tells OSCE/ODIHR

News

TIRANA, July 5 – Albania’s opposition leader, Lulzim Basha, has told officials of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission that the general elections of June 25 where marred by vote-buying and pressure on voters

9 years ago

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Albania’s First Lady elected new SMI leader

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, July 6 – A convention of the Socialist Movement for Integration, Albania’s third largest party, has selected Monika Kryemadhi as the new party leader, becoming the first woman to take the

9 years ago

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Democrats head toward contested leadership elections

News

TIRANA, July 5 – Albania’s Democratic Party will hold the election of the party’s chairman on July 22, a race that will have only two contenders, after requests by others who asked

9 years ago

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The slain police officer, Ibrahim Basha, was buried with full honors the Nationâ€™s Fallen Cemetery, an honor generally reserved for those who fall in the line of duty in the armed forces. (Photo: MoI)

Witnesses renege on testimony in trial of accused Lazarat cop killers

News

TIRANA, July 6 – The trial of the accused killers of Ibrahim Basha, an officer with Albania’s elite police forces, is taking place in Tirana, two years after they were arrested in

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

World Petroleum Congress: Albania lures oil investors through incentives

First two Albanian natural sites get UNESCO protection

U.S. State Department lambasts Albania investment climate

Editorial: Dismantling a few myths about state administration political capture and its solutions

CEC reject PJIU request, party leader remains out of parliament

Rama launches thank you tour, seeks input among voters

Albania, neighbors unlikely to catch EU train for 30 years, U.S. official says

Elections were a ‘triumph of lawlessness,’ opposition leader tells OSCE/ODIHR

Albania’s First Lady elected new SMI leader

Democrats head toward contested leadership elections

Witnesses renege on testimony in trial of accused Lazarat cop killers

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