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

7 months ago

7 mins read

Sigmar Gabriel, Germanyâ€™s Federal Foreign Minister

The European Union needs strong partners in the Western Balkans

Free to Read·Op-Ed

Speech by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel at the eighth Aspen Southeast Europe Foreign Ministers’ Conference on May 31. My esteemed fellow Foreign Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very

9 years ago

16 mins read

‘Brazilians and Albanians are equally friendly, open-hearted and joyous’

News·Premium

By Ervin Lisaku Jorge Josà© Frantz Ramos, the second resident Ambassador of Brazil to Albania, says the 2010 opening of Brazilian representation in Tirana is strengthening dialogue and friendship and will lead

9 years ago

6 mins read

Lavdrim Muhaxheri in Syria. (Photo: YouTube screen grab)

Muhaxheri, Kosovo-born ISIS commander, reportedly killed in Syria

News·Premium

TIRANA, June 8 – Lavdrim Muhaxheri, the leader of Albanian-speaking fighters of ISIS has been killed in Syria, Albanian media reported, citing a posting by the violent jihadist’s brother on social media.

9 years ago

3 mins read

Inflation rate recovers to 2.2% in January-May

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 8 – Albania’s inflation rate hit a four-year high in the first five months of this year when it climbed amid higher food and oil prices to an average of

9 years ago

2 mins read

TAP completes supply of 13,000 steel pipes to Albania

Business & Economy·Free to Read

TIRANA, June 8 – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline consortium has almost completed the supply of steel pipes that are being used for the Albania section of the major project bringing Caspian gas

9 years ago

2 mins read

UNCTAD: Albania remains region’s second largest FDI recipient for seventh year in a row

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 8 – Albania continued to remain the Western Balkan’s second largest FDI recipient for the seventh year in a row, but its FDI stock at the end of 2016 lagged

9 years ago

3 mins read

Albania's Constitutional Court in a recent session. (Photo: Archives)

Judges’ groups mount new challenge to justice reform at Albania’s Constitutional Court

Main·News

TIRANA, June 8 – Two groups representing judges in Albania have asked the country’s highest court to void certain aspects of the justice reform vetting process, which aims to rid the system

9 years ago

2 mins read

Police seize major cannabis haul at Durres port

News

TIRANA, June 7 – Albanian border police have seized a large haul of marijuana hidden in a vegetable truck at Port of Durres as it was waiting to board a ferry to

9 years ago

1 min read

Albania collects one of region’s lowest revenue, data shows

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 7 – Albania has one of the region’s highest tax burden, but collects only about 27 percent of its GDP in tax and non-tax revenue, the second lowest amount among

9 years ago

1 min read

Albania announces winners of EU investigative journalism awards

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, June 7 – Journalist Alisa Mysliu has claimed the first prize at the Albania contest of the 2016 EU Investigative Journalism Awards for her series on food safety broadcast on the

9 years ago

2 mins read

NPLs hit 6-year low of 16.6%

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 7 – Non-performing loans hit a six-year low last April when they dropped to 16.6 percent, down 3 percent compared to a year ago and a post-crisis record high of

9 years ago

1 min 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

The European Union needs strong partners in the Western Balkans

‘Brazilians and Albanians are equally friendly, open-hearted and joyous’

Muhaxheri, Kosovo-born ISIS commander, reportedly killed in Syria

Inflation rate recovers to 2.2% in January-May

TAP completes supply of 13,000 steel pipes to Albania

UNCTAD: Albania remains region’s second largest FDI recipient for seventh year in a row

Judges’ groups mount new challenge to justice reform at Albania’s Constitutional Court

Police seize major cannabis haul at Durres port

Albania collects one of region’s lowest revenue, data shows

Albania announces winners of EU investigative journalism awards

NPLs hit 6-year low of 16.6%

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