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

Albanian-Greek relations hunted by paradoxes

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By: Altin Gjeta Albania and Greece are both members of NATO, share the same democratic aspirations and cherish EU values. The two nations are closer than ever, thousands of Albanian immigrants are

5 years ago

5 mins read

Conflict is not always about conventional weapons

Features

By: Mr. Tural Ganjaliev, Member of Parliament of Azerbaijan for the city of Khankendi Everyone deserves to live in a safe and healthy environment. With the global impact of environmental catastrophes becoming

5 years ago

4 mins read

Hold these suitcases please!

Features

By: Jerina Zaloshnja At seven in the morning, on the third Tuesday in September of the year 2003, weighed down with some bags and all kinds of suitcases, I placed my foot

5 years ago

9 mins read

Stalled EU progress looms large over Open Balkan meeting in Tirana

Main·News

TIRANA, Dec. 21 – The leaders of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia have signed five agreements related to the free movement of workers and goods, food safety and agriculture at the latest

5 years ago

4 mins read

Editorial: Albania’s economic management is failing its people

Editorial·Features·Op-Ed

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL In what has become an annual grim ritual, the focus is back this week on Albania’s GDP per capita and the purchasing power of its citizens. The result remains

5 years ago

4 mins read

Reports: Turkish group plans to purchase AlbChrome

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 21 – Albania’s largest ferro-chrome producer, AlbChrome, is to be acquired for an undisclosed sum by Turkey’s Yildirim Group, according to the Turkish company. The Turkish conglomerate plans to complete

5 years ago

1 min read

Berisha, supporters hold first anti-government protest rally

News

TIRANA, Dec. 20 – Albanian former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his supporters organized a protest rally Monday in front of the main government building, with Berisha promising it would be the

5 years ago

3 mins read

Keeping the youth here through tech bootcamps

Op-Ed

By Fatos Çoçoli As demand for software engineers in Albania skyrocketed in 2020-2021, the opportunities that the Fourth Industrial Revolution provides to our youth are considerable. All our young people need is

5 years ago

5 mins read

Falling further behind, Albania’s per capita income remains lowest in Europe

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania saw Europe’s lowest per capita income during 2020, the pandemic year, according to Eurostat data. And with income that was 30 percent the size of the European

5 years ago

2 mins read

Former minister arrested over corruption related to trash incinerators

News

TIRANA, Dec. 14 – Lefter Koka, Albania’s former minister of environment, has been arrested by special corruption and organized crimes prosecutors (SPAK) on charges of abuse of office and corruption, dealing with

5 years ago

5 mins read

The Influence of Russia, China and the EU in the Western Balkans; Is Democracy the Only Game in Town?

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By: Adea Gafuri The Western Balkans Six Western Balkans Six (WB6/WB) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia (NM), and Serbia have been recipients of EU democracy assistance for more

5 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

Albanian-Greek relations hunted by paradoxes

Conflict is not always about conventional weapons

Hold these suitcases please!

Stalled EU progress looms large over Open Balkan meeting in Tirana

Editorial: Albania’s economic management is failing its people

Reports: Turkish group plans to purchase AlbChrome

Berisha, supporters hold first anti-government protest rally

Keeping the youth here through tech bootcamps

Falling further behind, Albania’s per capita income remains lowest in Europe

Former minister arrested over corruption related to trash incinerators

The Influence of Russia, China and the EU in the Western Balkans; Is Democracy the Only Game in Town?

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