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

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

9 months ago

7 mins read

OSCE: No more time for electronic voting

News

TIRANA, Jan.18 – The head of OSCE Presence in Albania Bernd Borchardt has warned that there is not sufficient time for the application of technology in the upcoming parliamentary elections that will

10 years ago

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Opposition Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha

Opposition parties set electronic vote as condition for elections

News

TIRANA, Jan.16 – Albanian opposition parties signed Monday a memorandum laying out five key conditions for their participation on the parliamentary elections due on June 18. “Biometrical identification of votes, electronic voting

10 years ago

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Rama ‘convinced’ of Socialist victory in 2017 election

News

TIRANA, Jan.17 – Prime Minister Edi Rama is convinced of a Socialist Party victory in the parliamentary elections of June 2017. Addressing the 25th anniversary of the youth organization of Socialist Party,

10 years ago

2 mins read

Promo train deteriorates relations between Serbia and Kosovo

News

PRISHTINA, Jan. 17 – A major crisis between Kosovo and Serbia erupted this week, after Special Forces stopped a Serbian train bearing signs that read “Kosovo is Serbian” and Serbia’s national colors

10 years ago

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Albania calls on Serbia and Belgrade to take a step back from threats and accusations

News

TIRANA, Jan 16 – Albania’s Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati commented the recent conflict between Serbia and Kosovo saying that “2017 had a bad start for Southeastern Europe.” Bushati took to social media

10 years ago

1 min read

Majko responds to Serbia: We are more skilled at war than at peace

News

TIRANA, Jan.16 –Former Prime Minister of Albania and Socialist Party MP Pandeli Majko responded to statements issued by President of Serbia accusing Kosovo of provoking war. Majko said that Albanians are more

10 years ago

1 min read

Serbs will only enter Kosovo as tourists, Rama warns

News

TIRANA, Jan 16 – Prime Minister Edi Rama took to social media to comment the spat over Serbia’s “promotional” train decorated with ‘Kosovo is Serbia’ signs attempting to enter Kosovo. Rama responded

10 years ago

1 min read

Albania to resuscitate relations with Iran

News·Premium

TIRANA, Jan. 19 – Albania and Iran are trying to resuscitate relations after years of minimal contacts. Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati held this week a two-day visit in Iran, where he

10 years ago

5 mins read

Kosovo, Serbia on the brink of collision over provocative train

Main·News·Premium

By Ledion Krisafi TIRANA, Jan. 19 – Kosovo and Serbia faced one of the most tense situations since the end of the war in 1999 this week, when a train from Belgrade

10 years ago

8 mins read

Editorial: The risky war games in the Balkans

Op-Ed·Premium

More than fifteen years ago while taking about Europe and the Balkans the former EU Commissioner, Chris Patten gave one of the most eloquent philosophical depictions of the dynamics of change in

10 years ago

6 mins read

Banks expect lending standards to further tighten in early 2017

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Jan. 19 – Banks tightened lending standards for businesses in the final quarter of 2016 and do not expect to considerably ease them in the first three months of this year,

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

OSCE: No more time for electronic voting

Opposition parties set electronic vote as condition for elections

Rama ‘convinced’ of Socialist victory in 2017 election

Promo train deteriorates relations between Serbia and Kosovo

Albania calls on Serbia and Belgrade to take a step back from threats and accusations

Majko responds to Serbia: We are more skilled at war than at peace

Serbs will only enter Kosovo as tourists, Rama warns

Albania to resuscitate relations with Iran

Kosovo, Serbia on the brink of collision over provocative train

Editorial: The risky war games in the Balkans

Banks expect lending standards to further tighten in early 2017

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