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

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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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Opposition leader Lulzim Basha at a protest rally. (Photo: DP handout)

Calling for caretaker gov’t to protect free elections, opposition continues protest

News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Albania’s opposition is continuing its indefinite protest in front of the prime minister’s office and opposition leaders said the Democratic Party will not return to parliament until a

9 years ago

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Saranda poised to register strong increase in cruise ship tourists

Features

TIRANA, Feb. 23 – The southern Albanian port of Saranda is poised to register a strong boost in its emerging cruise ship tourism as some major ships have placed Turkey off the

9 years ago

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‘Around’ photo exhibition opens at Zeta gallery

Culture

TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Photographer Ervin Berxolli is being showcased at Tirana’s Zeta gallery with his “Around” series. Curator Ardian Isufi says “Ervin Berxolli’s memory is like going for a curious walk

9 years ago

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The Head of the OSCE Presence to Albania, Ambassador Bernd Borchardt. (Photo: OSCE)

Elections at risk from €2 bln gained from drugs, says Borchardt, OSCE’s head of presence

Main·News

TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Massive amounts of money money are circulating in Albania from drug cultivation and trafficking and some of it could be used to buy influence, candidates and votes in

9 years ago

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Exports show signs of recovery

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Albania’s exports showed signs of recovery in January 2017 fuelled by a strong recovery in oil and mining production as international commodity prices gradually pick up. Data published

9 years ago

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Vetting must not be used to influence prosecutors’ work, Llalla says

News·Premium

SHKODER, Feb. 20 – Prosecutor-General Adriatik Llalla said this week the evaluation process for the judges and prosecutors, also known as the vetting process, must not be used as a tool to

9 years ago

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Greek police arrest three Albanians in drug trafficking bust

News

ATHENS, Feb. 20 – Eighteen people, 15 Greeks and 3 Albanians, from an organized crime network in large scale drug trafficking were arrested in an operation based in the cities of Arta

9 years ago

1 min read

Fleckenstein calls on DP to end parliamentary boycott

News

TIRANA, Feb. 22 – In a visit to Tirana, Knut Fleckenstein, an MEP and the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Albania, urged opposition lawmakers to return to parliament, which, he said, is

9 years ago

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Berisha lambasts U.S. ambassador over PGO accusations

News

TIRANA, Feb. 21 – Sali Berisha, a the former prime minister and retired leader of the Democratic Party, has lashed out at U.S. Ambassador Donald Lu, over allegations that Albania’s Prosecutor-General Adriatik

9 years ago

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Former prisons bureau head arrested on graft charges

News

TIRANA, Feb. 21 – The former director of the Bureau of Prisons, Artur Zoto, was arrested Tuesday on corruption charges, justice officials said. The former official was arrested following an order of

9 years ago

1 min read

Editorial: Caretaker governments are needed to protect all elections

Op-Ed·Premium

In its 12 years in print, this newspaper has supported without any hesitation every effort and action that ensures that Albanian elections are free, fair and democratic. The ongoing protest Albania’s opposition

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

Calling for caretaker gov’t to protect free elections, opposition continues protest

Saranda poised to register strong increase in cruise ship tourists

‘Around’ photo exhibition opens at Zeta gallery

Elections at risk from €2 bln gained from drugs, says Borchardt, OSCE’s head of presence

Exports show signs of recovery

Vetting must not be used to influence prosecutors’ work, Llalla says

Greek police arrest three Albanians in drug trafficking bust

Fleckenstein calls on DP to end parliamentary boycott

Berisha lambasts U.S. ambassador over PGO accusations

Former prisons bureau head arrested on graft charges

Editorial: Caretaker governments are needed to protect all elections

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