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

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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

1 month 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

6 months ago

7 mins read

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines to start direct flights between Tirana and Moscow

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Feb. 16 – Russia’s main air carrier for leisure travel, Nordwind Airlines, says it will start operating direct flights from Moscow to Tirana on April 30. Nordwind says it will operate

4 years ago

1 min read

Albania’s sole athlete at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ends competition in 28th out of 88 places

News·Sport

TIRANA, Feb. 6, 2022 – Albania’s sole athlete competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has ended his competition in Alpine Skiing with the 28th spot out of 88 skiers in the

4 years ago

1 min read

Massive int’l police operation hits major Albanian-speaking drug-smuggling group

News

TIRANA, Feb. 15, 2022 – An Albanian-speaking drug trafficking network that had “flooded Europe with cocaine” has been taken down thanks to an international investigation combining judicial and law enforcement officials from

4 years ago

1 min read

Op/Ed: The truth about Kosovo-Albania investments

Op-Ed

By Fatos Çoçoli On the eve of Kosovo marking 15 years of existence as the newest European state,, since its establishment on February 17, 2007, 90 cooperation agreements have been signed between

4 years ago

10 mins read

Sejko gets presidential nod for second term as central bank governor

Business & Economy·News

TIRANA, Feb. 14, 2022 – President Ilir Meta has nominated Albania’s central bank governor, Gent Sejko, for a second seven-year term at the helm of Bank of Albania, the president’s office said

4 years ago

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Parliament extends vetting bodies mandates

News

TIRANA, Feb. 10, 2022 – Albania’s parliament approved Thursday a constitutional amendment that makes it possible to extend the mandates of two key justice reform bodies. With 118 votes in favor out

4 years ago

2 mins read

Consumer prices see highest increase in a decade, latest data on inflation show

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Feb. 10, 2022 – Prices for consumer goods increased to a new high last month, with official data released this week showing the Consumer Price Index rose by 3.7 percent, compared

4 years ago

3 mins read

Albanian citizens were Germany’s second most deported group in 2021

News

TIRANA, Feb. 10, 2022 – Albanian citizens were the second most deported group in Germany last year, data released this week shows. Deportations increased slightly year over year, the data shows, but

4 years ago

2 mins read

Internationals increase pressure on MPs to extend vetting bodies’ mandate

Main·News

TIRANA, Feb. 9 – The EU Delegation to Albania and the U.S. Embassy have issued a joint statement calling on Albanian MPs to support the extension of the mandate of the vetting

4 years ago

3 mins read

Nakhchivan: A Proud Land of Azerbaijan, Unique Destination of Ancient Civilizations

Features·International

On February 9, Azerbaijanis celebrates 98th anniversary of establishment of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Autonomous status of the region has been determined with the Treaties of Moscow (March 16, 1921)

4 years ago

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A president at trial

Op-Ed

The sad truth of the never ending transition The process of the constitutional court which is validating the claims that led to the impeachment of the Albanian president Meta is slowly becoming

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

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines to start direct flights between Tirana and Moscow

Albania’s sole athlete at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ends competition in 28th out of 88 places

Massive int’l police operation hits major Albanian-speaking drug-smuggling group

Op/Ed: The truth about Kosovo-Albania investments

Sejko gets presidential nod for second term as central bank governor

Parliament extends vetting bodies mandates

Consumer prices see highest increase in a decade, latest data on inflation show

Albanian citizens were Germany’s second most deported group in 2021

Internationals increase pressure on MPs to extend vetting bodies’ mandate

Nakhchivan: A Proud Land of Azerbaijan, Unique Destination of Ancient Civilizations

A president at trial

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