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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

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

New investors, price recovery to stabilize Albanian oil industry, Fitch unit says

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 13 – New investors and an improved price environment will see Albania’s oil and gas production stabilize by mid-2017 after a downward trend since mid-2014 following a slump in international

9 years ago

4 mins read

Austrian investors pessimistic about Albania business climate, investments

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 11 – More than half of Austrian businesses operating in the country consider Albania as an unattractive investment destination with corruption, lack of rule of law and bureaucracy as the

9 years ago

3 mins read

Cut in hotel accommodation VAT rate to have a negative effect of €8 mln

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 12 – The cut in the value added tax from a standard 20 percent to a differentiated 6 percent for the tourism accommodation sector will have a negative effect of

9 years ago

2 mins read

World Economic Forum: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors in tourism

Business & Economy

TIRANA, April 12 – Albania climbed eight places in the 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report to rank 98th among 136 global economies, making it as one of 15 destinations to have

9 years ago

6 mins read

Arrests target tri-country marijuana network

News

TIRANA, April 11 – Albania, Greece and Macedonia have coordinated a joint investigation to dismantle a criminal group involved in drugs smuggling from Albania to the other two countries. Six people

9 years ago

1 min read

Rama dismisses Skopje claims of interference

News

TIRANA, April 11 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has dismissed claims from Skopje over “the Tirana platform,” a list of demands designed to improve the status and conditions of ethnic Albanians

9 years ago

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Albanian women claim historic World Cup qualification

Free to Read·Sport

TIRANA, April 12 – Albania claimed a historic injury time qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup as they beat neighboring Greece 2-1 in their final preliminary round fixture to take

9 years ago

3 mins read

Chinese Vice Premier’s visit expected to herald new era in Sino-Albanian relations

News·Premium

TIRANA, April 11 – China’s Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli will visit Albania in the next few days in what is expected to be the highest level government delegation in five decades as

9 years ago

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Week sets new record in cannabis seizures

Main·News·Premium

TIRANA, April 9 – Police have seized a record 12 tons of marijuana worth more than $7 million hidden inside an abandoned state-owned warehouse in the southern Albanian village of Pagri, near

9 years ago

2 mins read

Former police chief assassinated

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, April 9 – The massive search for those suspected of gunning down a former police chief, Artan Cuku, 42, has expanded nationwide as authorities announced a 3 million lek reward for

9 years ago

2 mins read

Opposition sets protest rally for Kavaja byelection day

Main·News·Premium

TIRANA, April 10 – The Democratic Party of Albania and other opposition parties plan to hold a national protest on May 7 in Kavaja, on the same day that the western city

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

New investors, price recovery to stabilize Albanian oil industry, Fitch unit says

Austrian investors pessimistic about Albania business climate, investments

Cut in hotel accommodation VAT rate to have a negative effect of €8 mln

World Economic Forum: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors in tourism

Arrests target tri-country marijuana network

Rama dismisses Skopje claims of interference

Albanian women claim historic World Cup qualification

Chinese Vice Premier’s visit expected to herald new era in Sino-Albanian relations

Week sets new record in cannabis seizures

Former police chief assassinated

Opposition sets protest rally for Kavaja byelection day

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