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

Relations with IMF back to advisory as 3-year binding deal ends

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 24 – Albania has concluded a three-year deal with the International Monetary Fund supported by a Euro 331 million loan, reducing the Fund’s role on the country’s economic and fiscal

9 years ago

4 mins read

Insurance market slowed down in 2016

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – Albania’s insurance market slowed down in 2016 following a double-digit growth rate in 2015, but paid claims in the compulsory motor insurance-dominated market rose by an annual 17.5

9 years ago

1 min read

Oil, mineral exports expected to recover as commodity prices surge

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – A surge in commodity prices is expected to have a positive impact on Albania’s poorly diversified exports for 2017 after an almost zero growth in 2016 and a

9 years ago

2 mins read

Two oilfields taken back under state control

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – State-run Albpetrol oil company says it will take over two oil fields from the TransAtlantic Albania concessionaire which owes the Albanian government $20 million. The state-run operator says

9 years ago

2 mins read

World Bank unveils Albania’s quake, flood-risk regions

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – Albania’s population and economy are exposed to both earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event, a World Bank report

9 years ago

3 mins read

New local tax triggers hike in Tirana apartment prices

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – Apartment prices in Tirana are expected to undergo a hike ranging from Euro 50 to 120 this year due to higher taxes the municipality of Tirana has imposed

9 years ago

2 mins read

Albanian-Serb musical duo breaks Balkan stereotypes in Italy

Culture

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – At a time when tensions between ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and Serbia are escalating, an Italy-based Albanian-Serb female musical duo is breaking stereotypes by playing with historical and

9 years ago

3 mins read

Albanian singers to give Kuwait Lyrical Gala performance

Culture

TIRANA, Jan. 26 – Tirana-based opera singers have travelled to Kuwait to perform some of the best Albanian pieces at the Kuwait multicultural festival. Sopranos Eva Golemi, Vikena Kamenica and baritone Armando

9 years ago

1 min read

It’s Done; the Tsunami is unleashed!

Op-Ed

By WARREN ANDERSON* in Washington D.C Well, it’s done! Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States during the 58th swearing in ceremony of a U.S. President

9 years ago

10 mins read

Judges’ ‘El Classico’ tickets lead to graft probe

News·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 24 – The Serious Crimes Prosecutor’s Office is investigating three judges of the Durres Appeals Court over suspected passive corruption that saw the justice system officials get tickets and travel

9 years ago

3 mins read

Michael Zantovsky unveils Havel’s legacy

Culture

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – Vaclav Havel’s legacy and his three concepts of the power of powerless, living in truth and responsibility have been unveiled in Tirana by Michael Zantovsky, a diplomat and

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

Relations with IMF back to advisory as 3-year binding deal ends

Insurance market slowed down in 2016

Oil, mineral exports expected to recover as commodity prices surge

Two oilfields taken back under state control

World Bank unveils Albania’s quake, flood-risk regions

New local tax triggers hike in Tirana apartment prices

Albanian-Serb musical duo breaks Balkan stereotypes in Italy

Albanian singers to give Kuwait Lyrical Gala performance

It’s Done; the Tsunami is unleashed!

Judges’ ‘El Classico’ tickets lead to graft probe

Michael Zantovsky unveils Havel’s legacy

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