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Greece Inaugurates New Consulate in Korça to Boost Bilateral Ties

Greece Inaugurates New Consulate in Korça to Boost Bilateral Ties KORÇA, Albania ,Tirana Times July 9 , 2025 — Greece inaugurated a new building for its Consulate General in the southeastern Albanian

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Veliaj in Legal and Political Limbo: High Court Confirms Detention, Rule-of-Law in Question

Tirana Times, TIRANA July 9, 2025— Albania’s High Court on Tuesday upheld the pretrial detention of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj, marking a decisive moment in both the judicial handling of the high-profile

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“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

Ὅπου κι ἂν ταξιδέψω, ἡ Ἑλλάδα μὲ πληγώνει. Jerina Zaloshnja This is what Giorgos Seferis wrote — and thus, before I even truly knew who Seferis was, I began to love Greece.

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Greece Inaugurates New Consulate in Korça to Boost Bilateral Ties

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Veliaj in Legal and Political Limbo: High Court Confirms Detention, Rule-of-Law in Question

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“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

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One Man’s Rule: Governance by Ultimatum

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by Vilson Blloshmi From the way it was announced to its substance, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s latest ultimatum to “clear public spaces within 2 weeks” is neither a law, nor a public

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Vidovdan: A Dangerous Myth Turned Political Weapon

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By Syle Ukshini For more than a century, the Serbian state and Church have mythologized the Battle of Kosovo of 1389 as a defining moment of Serbian identity—a narrative culminating each year

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Albania’s Youth Exodus: Emigration as a Security Threat

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Tirana Times. July 8, 2025. Albania is shrinking—demographically, economically, and institutionally. A once-youthful country on the edge of Europe is now in the grip of a mass exodus that analysts warn is

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Massive Fraud Uncovered: Bankers Petroleum Under Fire for Decades of Tax Evasion and Billions in Untaxed Oil Revenues

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CEO Arrested, €4 Billion in Oil Sales Revealed, and Zero Profit Tax Paid to the Albanian State FIER/TIRANA, Albania (Tirana Times) — Albania’s largest oil producer, Bankers Petroleum, is at the center

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Arrests at Bankers Petroleum Spark Questions Over Albania’s Oil Industry and Accountability

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By Tirana Times Staff FIER/TIRANA, July 2, 2025 — In a stunning development that has shaken Albania’s oil sector, police arrested the current CEO of Bankers Petroleum, Chinese national Hongping Xiao, and

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Rama Rebukes Farage: Albanian PM Slams “One-in-50” Prison Claim as Post-Brexit Scapegoating

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While Turning UK Migration Debate into Personal Stagecraft TIRANA TIMES — July 2, 2025 — A fiery public exchange between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and British right-wing populist Nigel Farage has

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Skopje Summit Revives EU Enlargement Hopes — But Ignores the Democratic Erosion in the Balkans

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The participants of the Growth Plan Summit, 1 July 2025, Skopje; Photo: European Commission By Tirana Times SKOPJE, July 2, 2025 — The European Union’s renewed enthusiasm for enlargement took center stage

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The Silent Collapse of the Tower Euphoria

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By Klodian Tomorri The history of the global economy is filled with well-documented episodes of collective madness. Often, these episodes have culminated in crises that brought even the greatest empires to their

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Greece Inaugurates New Consulate in Korça to Boost Bilateral Ties

Veliaj in Legal and Political Limbo: High Court Confirms Detention, Rule-of-Law in Question

“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

Greece Inaugurates New Consulate in Korça to Boost Bilateral Ties

Veliaj in Legal and Political Limbo: High Court Confirms Detention, Rule-of-Law in Question

“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

One Man’s Rule: Governance by Ultimatum

Vidovdan: A Dangerous Myth Turned Political Weapon

Albania’s Youth Exodus: Emigration as a Security Threat

Massive Fraud Uncovered: Bankers Petroleum Under Fire for Decades of Tax Evasion and Billions in Untaxed Oil Revenues

Arrests at Bankers Petroleum Spark Questions Over Albania’s Oil Industry and Accountability

Rama Rebukes Farage: Albanian PM Slams “One-in-50” Prison Claim as Post-Brexit Scapegoating

Skopje Summit Revives EU Enlargement Hopes — But Ignores the Democratic Erosion in the Balkans

The Silent Collapse of the Tower Euphoria

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