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

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Open Balkan leaders push forward on agreements, urge rest of region to join

Main·News

BELGRADE, Nov. 4 – Leaders of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia said at a summit in the Serbian capital Thursday that the Open Balkan Initiative would move forward steadily over the next

5 years ago

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Digital Exhibition: Remains of Paranoia in Albania

Culture·Features

TIRANA, Nov. 3 – An online exhibition and related book are now available with photos from Alfred Diebold and essays by Alison Reilly and Bruce Williams as part of the Albania Memory

5 years ago

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Constitutional Court hears arguments on validity of 2019 administrative elections

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Albania’s Constitutional Court held Tuesday a session to hear arguments in a case that tests the validity of the June 30, 2019 administrative elections, which were boycotted by

5 years ago

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Parliament starts work on amending constitution to lengthen justice vetting bodies mandate

News

TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Albania’s parliament has started procedures for constitutional changes aimed at extending the mandate of two key institutions that work on the re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors — widely

5 years ago

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Job seekers look at a new jobs board in Durrës. Unemployment and the economy remain top concerns for voters, a recent survey has found. (Photo: Archives)

Worst in Europe: 51 percent of Albanians at risk of poverty, social exclusion, according to Eurostat

News

TIRANA, Nov. 1 – One in two Albanians are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, according to data released by the European Institute of Statistics. The Eurostat data places Albania in

5 years ago

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Chinese foreign minister visits Tirana

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 29 – With China’s foreign minister in Albania as part of a regional tour, Tirana and Beijing have expressed their mutual will to expand economic, trade and cultural ties —

5 years ago

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Op/Ed: Albania’s EU accession debacle is becoming the new norm

Op-Ed

By Altin Gjeta Three decades ago Albania threw off the shackles of one of the most tightly closed Stalinist regimes in the Central Eastern Europe. While the communist dictatorship was crumbling, the

5 years ago

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EU, US ambassadors seek investigation of electoral crimes, irregularities

News

TIRANA, Oct. 26 – EU and US ambassadors have asked Albania’s top elections official to make sure a proper investigation takes place on alleged electoral crime and irregularities. The request came at

5 years ago

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Veto Ploy and the Pandora of Identity: Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Premium

By Amalia Koleka “The future is certain; it is the past that is unpredictable” – Soviet joke. If we were to believe Denko Maleski[1], North Macedonia’s ex-foreign minister, left unmediated the Macedonian-Bulgarian

5 years ago

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Changing Course: Can Kosovo Choose to Redirect its Foreign Policy

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By Donika Emini Kosovo is in a period of profound change. The latest developments following the snap elections call attention to the state of our knowledge and expertise about change processes in

5 years ago

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Op/Ed: Albania is getting ready for the EU, no matter what

Op-Ed

By EDI RAMA* Eighteen years ago, at the 2003 European Union-Western Balkans Summit in Thessaloniki, we were told, “the future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” The EU has since reiterated

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

Open Balkan leaders push forward on agreements, urge rest of region to join

Digital Exhibition: Remains of Paranoia in Albania

Constitutional Court hears arguments on validity of 2019 administrative elections

Parliament starts work on amending constitution to lengthen justice vetting bodies mandate

Worst in Europe: 51 percent of Albanians at risk of poverty, social exclusion, according to Eurostat

Chinese foreign minister visits Tirana

Op/Ed: Albania’s EU accession debacle is becoming the new norm

EU, US ambassadors seek investigation of electoral crimes, irregularities

Veto Ploy and the Pandora of Identity: Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Changing Course: Can Kosovo Choose to Redirect its Foreign Policy

Op/Ed: Albania is getting ready for the EU, no matter what

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