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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

7 months ago

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Justice reform: Parliament approves members of two ad-hoc commissions

News

TIRANA, April 18 – Parliament of Albania approved Tuesday evening the members of the two ad hoc committees that will select the members of the vetting institutions that will scan 800 judges

9 years ago

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Failing to understand Albanian reality

Op-Ed

By Vaske Papa Visiting Albania this week, Germany’s foreign minister said: “In my country, and in Europe, it is absurd to boycott parliament.” This is one of those statements that is so

9 years ago

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German, Dutch leaders calls on opposition to end boycott

News

TIRANA, April.17 – Sigmar Gabriel, the German vice-chancellor and foreign minister, called on opposition parties in Albania to end their parliamentary boycott and not to block the launch of judiciary reform. During

9 years ago

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Parliament fails to vote to select the next president

News

TIRANA, April 20 – The first round of voting for the new president did not take place Wednesday, following a request from the governing Socialist Party’s parliamentary group. The election of the

9 years ago

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Socialist Party hires services of lobbying firm with ties to Donald Trump

News·Premium

TIRANA, April 17 – The Socialist Party of Albania has hired Ballard Partners, a Florida-based firm with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump for “advising, counseling, and assisting the foreign principal in

9 years ago

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LIBRA: Postponing election registration is a coup d’à©tat

News

TIRANA, April 19 – The chairman of the new political party Libra and former Socialist Party MP, Ben Blushi, opposes plans of the two governing allies to extend the deadline for the

9 years ago

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Prime Minister Edi Rama of the Socialist Party and Speaker of Parliament Ilir Meta of the Socialist Movement for Integration. (Photo: SP/SMI 2013 campaign)

Main ruling parties do not register as coalition at the CEC

News·Premium

TIRANA, April 20 – Albania’s main ruling parties, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration, have filed a request to the Central Election Commission, demanding the extension of the deadline

9 years ago

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Minority bill sent to parliament

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, April 19 – Albania’s government has delivered to parliament a new bill which aims to regulate and protect the rights and liberties of minorities in Albania. The initiative was mandatory for

9 years ago

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Court seizes shares of MP’s wife at second tier bank

News

TIRANA, April 18 – In a fresh round of trouble for a Socialist Party member of parliament, Alfred Peza, the Serious Crimes Court in Tirana has ordered a preventive seizure of shares

9 years ago

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Suspected of working with cartels, several police stations see purges

Main·News·Premium

TIRANA, April 20 – At least 10 police officers and eight customs officials at the port of Durres and at the Qafe Thane border point were arrested Monday, following suspicions that they

9 years ago

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Aristophanes comedy adapted for Albanian reality

Culture·Free to Read

TIRANA, April 20 – Aristophanes’ ancient Greece “Assemblywomen” comedy is staging at the National Theatre as the “Power of Women” in a premiere brought by Albanian director Spiro Duni, unveiling how power

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

Justice reform: Parliament approves members of two ad-hoc commissions

Failing to understand Albanian reality

German, Dutch leaders calls on opposition to end boycott

Parliament fails to vote to select the next president

Socialist Party hires services of lobbying firm with ties to Donald Trump

LIBRA: Postponing election registration is a coup d’à©tat

Main ruling parties do not register as coalition at the CEC

Minority bill sent to parliament

Court seizes shares of MP’s wife at second tier bank

Suspected of working with cartels, several police stations see purges

Aristophanes comedy adapted for Albanian reality

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