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

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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

9 months ago

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Experts warn mass cannabis cultivation to have severe economic, social impacts

News

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Albanian economy expects have warned the growing cultivation of cannabis and its potential mass increase could have detrimental economic and social impacts. Experts argue the mass cannabis cultivation

10 years ago

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Albanian company sells Skopje mall for €92 mln

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Balfin Group, one of Albania’s biggest companies has sold its Skopje city mall in neighbouring Macedonia to UK-based Hystead Limited for €92 million only four years after building

10 years ago

1 min read

Electricity bill collection rate, grid losses improve

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Two years after the launch of an aggressive nationwide campaign to cut off illegal connections and collect hundreds of millions of euros in accumulated unpaid bills, Albania’s state-run

10 years ago

2 mins read

Gov’t initiates arbitration proceedings over Bankers Petroleum tax dispute

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – In an expected move after Canada-based Bankers Petroleum, the country’s biggest oil producer, recently concluded its sale deal with a Chinese consortium, the Albanian government has decided to

10 years ago

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Sole bidders win tenders worth €13.7 mln with municipalities

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Public tenders with a sole bidder continue getting a considerable number of contracts and huge amount of money from Albania’s local government units even more than a year

10 years ago

1 min read

Total tax rate at 36.5% of profit, one of the region’s highest

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Albania’s total tax rate as percentage of commercial profit remained unchanged at 36.5 percent in 2016, being one of the highest among EU aspirant Western Balkans countries, according

10 years ago

1 min read

Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

Business & Economy·Main

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Oct. 25 – With the general elections drawing closer every day, the ruling Socialist Party-led Albanian government has announced plans for a considerable wage and pension increase, a

10 years ago

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Editorial: The risky start of a very long electoral campaign

Op-Ed

The electoral campaign has started although the elections themselves are at least 8 months away. Parties are rallying up supporters with their typical and tedious ‘youngster becoming new members’ events and with

10 years ago

4 mins read

Albania losing doctors at alarming rate, says former health minister

News

TIRANA, Oct. 25 – Albania is facing a massive doctor shortage and losing specialists at an alarming rate as emigration and retirement rates soar, says an Albanian former health minister, Tritan Shehu.

10 years ago

1 min read

Representatives of the Alliance Against Waste Imports have categorically refused any possible amendment to the bill and have demanded its immediate abrogation. (Photo: PDP/Pixabay)

Ruling majority’s persuasive power put to test by waste bill

News

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Albania’s ruling Socialist Party-led coalition has shown signs it is buckling under pressure from civil society and political opposition following a recent decision by President Bujar Nishani to

10 years ago

3 mins read

Albania’s social protection below newly estimated €115 subsistence level

News

TIRANA, Oct. 25 – Albanian economy experts have calculated 16,000 lek (€115) per capita as the subsistence level in Albania, an indicator which Albania has been lacking for years, proves that current

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

Experts warn mass cannabis cultivation to have severe economic, social impacts

Albanian company sells Skopje mall for €92 mln

Electricity bill collection rate, grid losses improve

Gov’t initiates arbitration proceedings over Bankers Petroleum tax dispute

Sole bidders win tenders worth €13.7 mln with municipalities

Total tax rate at 36.5% of profit, one of the region’s highest

Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

Editorial: The risky start of a very long electoral campaign

Albania losing doctors at alarming rate, says former health minister

Ruling majority’s persuasive power put to test by waste bill

Albania’s social protection below newly estimated €115 subsistence level

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