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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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U.S. revokes visas for Albanian justice officials

News

TIRANA, Jan. 31 – The United States has revoked entry visas for several judges, prosecutors and other public officials in Albania believed to have engaged in corrupt practices, U.S. embassy officials said

9 years ago

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Prosecutors to reopen case against Tirana’s Appeals Court judge

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ELBASAN, Feb. 1 – Prosecutors have decided to reopen the case against Gjin Gjoni, a judge in Tirana’s Appeals Court who in 2015 was accused of hiding his wealth and falsifying documents.

9 years ago

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Former State Archives director Nevila Nika

Many communist-era files have disappeared, former archives director says

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TIRANA, Jan. 30 – The main institution assigned to implement the law on opening up communist-era secret police files has pledged to publish the first results by Feb. 10. The body which

9 years ago

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EP resolution calls on Albania to complete electoral reform and protect minorities

News

BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 – The European Parliament is expected to approve a resolution on Albania which encourages the completion of the electoral reform and calls on authorities to approve the legal framework

9 years ago

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Ruling coalition allies sticking together — for now

Op-Ed·Premium

TIRANA, Feb. 1 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his biggest parliamentary ally, Ilir Meta, don’t see eye to eye on the next parliamentary elections. During a meeting of the chairmanship

9 years ago

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Opposition says it will hold massive protests ‘to defend free elections’

News

TIRANA, Feb. 1 – The chairman of Albania’s Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, has warned massive popular protests “for the protection of free elections” over the government’s alleged “attempts to manipulate” the parliamentary

9 years ago

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Albania stuck in ‘partly free’ status in global ranking

News

TIRANA, Jan. 31 – Albania scored 68 points out of 100 in the ranking of political rights and civil liberties, according to the report Freedom in the World 2017, released by Freedom

9 years ago

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Spoiling for a fight?

Op-Ed·Premium

By Alan Andoni* Warren Anderson’s article last week in support of trump (The beginning of a new, stronger, prouder America) was a litany of insults, threats and generalisations. Whether you support Donald

9 years ago

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Reexamining the concepts and philosophy of Robert Schuman for the EU future

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Comments by AIIS Executive Director Albert Rakipi for the DW on the occasion of the publication of Robert Schuman’s book in Albanian. What puts today at risk the political European project

9 years ago

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Global think tank index ranks AIIS among world’s best in 2016

News

TIRANA, Feb. 2 – The Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) continues to be listed among the best think tanks in the world, according to the recently-released 2016 Global Go To Think

9 years ago

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Ousted minister says accusing gov’t of corruption led to sacking

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TIRANA, Jan. 31 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has sacked Justice Minister Ylli Manjani, a maverick representative of the junior coalition partner who had made direct accusations of ties between government

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

U.S. revokes visas for Albanian justice officials

Prosecutors to reopen case against Tirana’s Appeals Court judge

Many communist-era files have disappeared, former archives director says

EP resolution calls on Albania to complete electoral reform and protect minorities

Ruling coalition allies sticking together — for now

Opposition says it will hold massive protests ‘to defend free elections’

Albania stuck in ‘partly free’ status in global ranking

Spoiling for a fight?

Reexamining the concepts and philosophy of Robert Schuman for the EU future

Global think tank index ranks AIIS among world’s best in 2016

Ousted minister says accusing gov’t of corruption led to sacking

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