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

Interpol Athens seeks Albania’s cooperation to apprehend Balili

News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 8 – Interpol’s office in the Greek capital has urged Albania to execute an international warrant against Klement Balili, a Saranda businessman and former government official suspected of running a

9 years ago

3 mins read

Growth prospects 1.5% lower under pessimistic scenario

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Sluggish credit, a poor recovery in the Eurozone economy affecting the country’s exports, remittances and FDI, strong exchange rate fluctuations and the pace of the structural reforms could

9 years ago

3 mins read

Fruit, vegetable exports boom as more turn to agriculture investment

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Albania’s fruit and vegetable production has registered a sharp increase in the past five years, meeting the majority of the country’s needs and increasing exports. Vegetable exports increased

9 years ago

1 min read

Discovery of ancient ruins raises question marks over Durres square project

Culture·News

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Works to build a luxury veil-like square in front of the country’s biggest port of Durres next to the ancient walls of the Durres castle have brought to

9 years ago

3 mins read

Airport highway robbers strike again

Main·News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – A gang of armed and masked robbers stole about 2 million euros from two armoured vehicles taking cash from a commercial bank to Tirana International Airport on Thursday

9 years ago

2 mins read

Economy experts skeptical over billion euro PPP initiative

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 8 – Economy experts are skeptical over the ruling Socialists’ pre-electoral initiative of injecting 1 billion euros in key sectors through public-private partnerships, warning the project risks creating new arrears

9 years ago

6 mins read

Inflation rate hits 5-year high

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 8 – Albania’s inflation rate hit a five-year high of 2.8 percent last January fuelled by a hike in fuel and liquid gas prices and one of the coldest months

9 years ago

2 mins read

De Biasi awarded presidential order of merit ahead of Albania’s qualifier with Italy

Sport

TIRANA, Feb. 8 – With few weeks to go before Albania and Italy face each other for the first time in an official competition, Albania’s Italian coach Gianni De Biasi has been

9 years ago

5 mins read

FDI heading for tough times as major energy-related projects near completion

Business & Economy·Main·Premium

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Albania’s foreign direct investment is set to register a considerable boost in the next few years boosted by some major energy-related projects and a pickup

9 years ago

5 mins read

Durres Port handles more passengers

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Feb 7 – Albania’s largest port handled about 840,000 passengers to and from Italy in 2016 registering an 8 percent increase compared to 2015, the Durres Port Authority says. Companies operating

9 years ago

1 min read

New excise rate affects all consumers as liquid gas prices increase by 40%

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Liquid gas prices have increased by an average of 40 percent in the past month, reflecting an excise tax meant only for propane-powered vehicles but which is also

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

Interpol Athens seeks Albania’s cooperation to apprehend Balili

Growth prospects 1.5% lower under pessimistic scenario

Fruit, vegetable exports boom as more turn to agriculture investment

Discovery of ancient ruins raises question marks over Durres square project

Airport highway robbers strike again

Economy experts skeptical over billion euro PPP initiative

Inflation rate hits 5-year high

De Biasi awarded presidential order of merit ahead of Albania’s qualifier with Italy

FDI heading for tough times as major energy-related projects near completion

Durres Port handles more passengers

New excise rate affects all consumers as liquid gas prices increase by 40%

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