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

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

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

Tirana-based joint chamber set to boost sluggish Albania-Serbia trade, investment cooperation

Business & Economy·News

TIRANA, Oct. 17 – A newly launched Tirana-based joint Albania-Serbia Chamber of Commerce is expected to give a boost to current sluggish trade exchanges and investment between the two countries aspiring to

10 years ago

5 mins read

In opinion to Constitutional Court, Venice Commission endorses property bill

News

TIRANA, Oct. 17 – The latest property rights law approved by Albania’s parliament is in compliance with Council of Europe standards, according to an opinion of the Venice Commission, the CoE’s advisory

10 years ago

2 mins read

Gov’t cancels Skavica HPP tender as Turkish frontrunner surprisingly withdraws

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Oct. 17 – The Albanian government has cancelled a concession tender on the construction and operation of a big hydropower plant in the northern Drin River after no company submitted bids,

10 years ago

3 mins read

Documentary on teen’s landfill death stirs debate

News

TIRANA, Oct. 16 – A documentary investigating the death of a teenage worker in a recycling facility at Tirana’s municipal landfill has been watched more than 65,000 times on YouTube, after it

10 years ago

2 mins read

Gov’t to increase police salaries by 17 percent

News

TIRANA, Oct. 12 – Albania’s government has announced it will increase the salaries of most civil servants next year, with police officers seeing the highest increase — 17 percent. Prime Minister Edi

10 years ago

4 mins read

Tirana mayor’s new urban plan envisages more highrises

News

TIRANA, Oct.11 – Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj has unveiled a plan under which the city’s infrastructure, economy and environment would change drastically, including the construction of many more buildings of 10 stories

10 years ago

2 mins read

Editorial: Shedding away the political clout: An honest debate on the cannabis problem in Albania

Op-Ed

The problem of cannabis cultivation and trafficking in Albania is a serious one. All sides can agree on this. They disagree one everything else. Each side has its own version of how

10 years ago

4 mins read

Conference discusses community involvement in countering violent extremism

News

TIRANA, Oct. 12 – Stakeholders have discussed measures to counteract the lure of violent extremism on a few vulnerable Albanian youths at an event held Wednesday in Elbasan. “Endangered groups, in particular

10 years ago

2 mins read

Free to Read·News

TIRANA, Oct. 8 – Prince Leka II, the grandson of Albania’s former King Zog, has married his long-time fiancà©e Elia Zaharia in Tirana in a ceremony was filled with royal pageantry and

10 years ago

2 mins read

Pope Francis names Albania’s Simoni as new cardinal

News

TIRANA, Oct. 9 – Pope Francis named Ernest Troshani Simoni as one of the 17 new cardinals to the to the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church in a clear signal

10 years ago

2 mins read

Police chief says 2.4 million cannabis plants destroyed so far this year

News

TIRANA, Oct. 8 – Albanian police have destroyed 2.4 million cannabis plants so far this year, Albania’s top police officer said in a press conference. The amount seized has a market value

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

Tirana-based joint chamber set to boost sluggish Albania-Serbia trade, investment cooperation

In opinion to Constitutional Court, Venice Commission endorses property bill

Gov’t cancels Skavica HPP tender as Turkish frontrunner surprisingly withdraws

Documentary on teen’s landfill death stirs debate

Gov’t to increase police salaries by 17 percent

Tirana mayor’s new urban plan envisages more highrises

Editorial: Shedding away the political clout: An honest debate on the cannabis problem in Albania

Conference discusses community involvement in countering violent extremism

Prince Leka II marries longtime fiancà©e Elia Zaharia

Pope Francis names Albania’s Simoni as new cardinal

Police chief says 2.4 million cannabis plants destroyed so far this year

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