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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

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UPDATED: Albania mourns North Macedonia co-ethnics lost in horrific bus crash in Bulgaria

News

TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Albania has sent messages of condolence and support after a bus crash in Bulgaria killed at least 45 people, most, if not all, being ethnic Albanians from North

5 years ago

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Obituary: Hueyda El Saied, Albanian television personality, artist

Culture

TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Hueyda El Saied, one of Albania’s best known television personalities, has died in Luxembourg at the age of 46, friends of the family have confirmed for local media.

5 years ago

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Questions persist over UK’s plan to fly third-country asylum seekers to Albania

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 23 – A series of articles in UK media outlets indicating there is a plan to transfer UK’s third-country asylum seekers to Albania has led to repeated denials by the

5 years ago

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Int’l Day for Tolerance marked at Malta GCTP conference

Features

TIRANA, Nov. 17 – The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace has held a global conference in Malta to mark the International Day for Tolerance, bringing together key international representatives. Every year

5 years ago

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In official visit to Italy, Albanian PM seeks renewed bilateral relations, support on EU challenges

Main·News

By JERINA ZALOSHNJA ROME, Nov. 17 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has made an official visit to Italy, focusing on bilateral relations and seeking support for Albania’s arduous EU membership bid.

5 years ago

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As community mourns murder of 8-year-old, death penalty debate resurfaces

News

TIRANA, Nov. 17 – The brutal murder of an 8-year-old child in Fier County on Tuesday has left Albania reeling and led to calls for the return of the death penalty. In

5 years ago

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Books: A Concise History of Albania

Books·Features

Expected to be published by Cambridge University Press in early 2022, “A Concise History of Albania” by Bernd J. Fischer (Purdue University, United States) and Oliver Jens Schmitt (Universität Wien, Austria) is

5 years ago

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Albania lost 388 million euros in int’l court cases in 2020, state auditors tell parliament

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Albania’s losses in international court cases mounted to 388 million euros by the end of 2020, according to a report the country’s official financial auditors recently sent Albania’s

5 years ago

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Opposition-boycotted 2019 local elections are valid, Constitutional Court rules

News

TIRANA, Nov. 8 – The administrative elections of June 2019, which were boycotted by the opposition, are valid, Albania’s Constitutional Court has ruled, closing the last avenue for early full-participatory elections. The

5 years ago

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Editorial: The problem with Open Balkans

Editorial·Op-Ed

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The principle of the Open Balkan Initiative — it’s ultimate goal being an EU-style regional borderless movement of people and goods — is not a problem per se, as

5 years ago

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Op/Ed: Extending the Mandate of Vetting Bodies: The Options on the Table

Op-Ed

By GENC POLLO 1- The decent proposal: the Albanian Helsinki Committee On October 27, the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) through a press release recommended that the extension of the mandate of first-level

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

UPDATED: Albania mourns North Macedonia co-ethnics lost in horrific bus crash in Bulgaria

Obituary: Hueyda El Saied, Albanian television personality, artist

Questions persist over UK’s plan to fly third-country asylum seekers to Albania

Int’l Day for Tolerance marked at Malta GCTP conference

In official visit to Italy, Albanian PM seeks renewed bilateral relations, support on EU challenges

As community mourns murder of 8-year-old, death penalty debate resurfaces

Books: A Concise History of Albania

Albania lost 388 million euros in int’l court cases in 2020, state auditors tell parliament

Opposition-boycotted 2019 local elections are valid, Constitutional Court rules

Editorial: The problem with Open Balkans

Op/Ed: Extending the Mandate of Vetting Bodies: The Options on the Table

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