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 months 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

4 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

9 months ago

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S&P rates upcoming elections, IMF departure as risks to Albanian economy

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Standard and Poor’s has once again affirmed Albania’s stable outlook, but slightly revised downward the country’s GDP growth forecast for the next four years due to risks stemming

10 years ago

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Two Albanian internationals to rival each other at U.S. Major League Soccer

Sport

TIRANA, Feb. 6 – Jahmir Hyka has become the newest Albania international to play in the U.S. Major League Soccer where he will rival compatriot Shkelzen Gashi in the Western Conference in

10 years ago

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Albania bids adieu to one of its greatest writers

News

TIRANA, Feb. 6 – Albania has bid adieu to Dritero Agolli, one of the country’s greatest modern writers and poets who passed away last weekend at the age of 85 following chronic

10 years ago

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Chief prosecutor accuses top foreign diplomats of pressure to arrest senior officials

News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 3 – Albania’s prosecutor general says top foreign diplomats in Albania have put pressure on him to arrest senior officials with no evidence. Speaking in a TV interview on Thursday

10 years ago

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Businesses lured with ambitious €1 bln PPP projects ahead of elections

Business & Economy·Premium

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Feb. 1 – With only four months to go ahead of next June’s general elections, the ruling Socialist Party-led government has unveiled an ambitious project that is supposed

10 years ago

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Tahseen Sayed, the outgoing World Bank country manager for Albania

World Banks provides $70 mln to improve business climate

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Feb. 2 – The World Bank has awarded a $70 million soft loan to further enhance Albania’s competitiveness and improve the business climate. The policy reform supports reforms aimed at enhancing

10 years ago

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Havel’s ‘Beggar’s Opera’ makes comeback

Culture

TIRANA, Feb. 2 – Vaclav Havel’s The Beggar’s Opera satirical comedy is making its comeback at the National Theatre this weekend after its last December premiere. Directed by Albania’s Mehmet Xhelili, the

10 years ago

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Editorial: The coalition fell, the government stands

Op-Ed·Premium

The coalition between the Socialist Party (SP) and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) was never a coalition. It is even less so today. At best it was an odd arrangement

10 years ago

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U.S. ambassador, chief prosecutor exchange accusations over justice reform

News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 2 – Albania’s prosecutor general is obstructing efforts to implement the country’s justice reform, U.S. Ambassador Donald Lu said Thursday. Addressing a conference in Tirana, Ambassador Lu said Prosecutor General

10 years ago

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Senior MP calls on Prosecutor General to investigate allegations against government

News

TIRANA, Feb.1 – Former Albanian Prime Minister, Pandeli Majko has called on the Prosecutor General’s Office to start investigations regarding the statements made by the former Minister of Justice Ylli Manjani in

10 years ago

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Police offer cash reward for suspected drug kingpin’s arrest

News·Premium

TIRANA, Feb.1 – Albania’s State Police is offering about $40,000 in a cash reward for anyone who can give reliable information leading to the arrest of Klement Balili, former local government official

10 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

S&P rates upcoming elections, IMF departure as risks to Albanian economy

Two Albanian internationals to rival each other at U.S. Major League Soccer

Albania bids adieu to one of its greatest writers

Chief prosecutor accuses top foreign diplomats of pressure to arrest senior officials

Businesses lured with ambitious €1 bln PPP projects ahead of elections

World Banks provides $70 mln to improve business climate

Havel’s ‘Beggar’s Opera’ makes comeback

Editorial: The coalition fell, the government stands

U.S. ambassador, chief prosecutor exchange accusations over justice reform

Senior MP calls on Prosecutor General to investigate allegations against government

Police offer cash reward for suspected drug kingpin’s arrest

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