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

1 week 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

1 month 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

6 months ago

7 mins read

The Budapest-Vilnius segment and the Kyiv-Tirana-Pristina triangle

Op-Ed

By GENC POLLO Back 28 years ago in Budapest, on December 5, 1994, I participated as a member of the Albanian delegation in the summit of the Conference on Security and Cooperation

4 years ago

9 mins read

‘Speculative’ spike in prices sparks protests across Albania

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, March 11, 2022 – Protest rallies, small and large, are taking place across Albania as residents express anger at the increase of the cost of living and myriad of other grievances

4 years ago

2 mins read

Albania in the UNSC: an opportunity to end decades’ long isolation and its aftermath

Editorial

By Alba Cela When Albania joined the United Nations in 1955, the communist dictatorship had already consolidated and Enver Hoxha’s hands were already bloody with the political murder of his rivals and

4 years ago

5 mins read

Ireland’s forgotten humanitarian aid to Albania, 1945-1947

Features·Op-Ed

By Dr Jérôme aan de Wiel, School of History, University College Cork (UCC) Cork, Ireland In February 1939, Professor Mary Ryan, Ireland’s first ever female professor working in the university of Cork

4 years ago

15 mins read

Albania’s parliament issues unanimous resolution condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine

News

TIRANA, March 7 – Albania’s parliament has approved an unanimous resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following a three-hour plenary session where a series of both ruling and opposition MPs expressed strong

4 years ago

2 mins read

SP wins 5 mayoral by-elections over divided opposition, Berisha candidate wins Shkoder, Basha’s DP slips to third place.

Main·News

TIRANA, March 7 – Albania’s ruling Socialist Party won five out of six mayoral by-elections on Sunday, with a deeply divided opposition losing everywhere except in its stronghold of Shkoder, which was

4 years ago

4 mins read

Albania lifts night-time pandemic curfew as situation improves

News

TIRANA, March 2, 2022 – Albanian authorities have decided to lift one of the last prominent pandemic restrictions — the night-time curfew — as the situation shows improvement. The state’s Technical Committee

4 years ago

1 min read

Grain imports are Albania’s most exposed from Ukraine war, experts say

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 2, 2022 – While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions are likely to have a myriad of effects on European economies, including Albania’s, a shift of where grains come

4 years ago

1 min read

War in Ukraine makes speeding up Albania’s and region’s EU integration more imperative, FM says

Main·News

TIRANA, March 2, 2022 – Albania is urging the European Union to accelerate the region’s European integration process in light of Russian aggression in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said in a

4 years ago

1 min read

The dictator’s library: A testimony to the limited influence of literature.

Culture·Features

By Kristoffer Leandoer Literature is catholic in the original meaning of the word, that is general and all-embracing. Books are for everyone. Literature belongs to anyone who wants a share in it,

4 years ago

13 mins read

The movie ‘Anno 2020’, a ‘multicultural kaleidoscope’ of experiences

Culture

By Dr. Joana Kosho “I have no future, so why would I care for the past that brought me to this sad, helpless point?” The lives of many characters, like Vicky, Sophie,

4 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

The Budapest-Vilnius segment and the Kyiv-Tirana-Pristina triangle

‘Speculative’ spike in prices sparks protests across Albania

Albania in the UNSC: an opportunity to end decades’ long isolation and its aftermath

Ireland’s forgotten humanitarian aid to Albania, 1945-1947

Albania’s parliament issues unanimous resolution condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine

SP wins 5 mayoral by-elections over divided opposition, Berisha candidate wins Shkoder, Basha’s DP slips to third place.

Albania lifts night-time pandemic curfew as situation improves

Grain imports are Albania’s most exposed from Ukraine war, experts say

War in Ukraine makes speeding up Albania’s and region’s EU integration more imperative, FM says

The dictator’s library: A testimony to the limited influence of literature.

The movie ‘Anno 2020’, a ‘multicultural kaleidoscope’ of experiences

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