Tirana Times

Beyond Diplomacy: Ambassador Elissa Golberg on the Future of Canada–Albania Ties

Tirana Times, July 21, 2026 – Relations between Albania and Canada have expanded steadily in recent years, from growing trade and new bilateral agreements to closer cooperation within NATO and the launch

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Op-Ed

The United States Helped Build SPAK. Now SPAK Must Do Its Job

by David J. Kostelancik Tirana Times, July 18, 2026 – For years, the U.S. and the EU invested significant political capital, funding, and diplomatic pressure into helping Albania build one of the

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News

Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

Ethnic Cleansing Remark Tests Serbia’s Claim to Have Broken With Milošević A Serbian minister’s declared willingness to expel Kosovo Albanians has drawn condemnation across the region and Europe. Belgrade’s refusal to remove

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Judge’s Killing in Courtroom Shakes Albania’s Justice System

Headline

By Tirana Times Staff TIRANA, October 7, 2025 — The fatal shooting of Appeals Court Judge Astrit Kalaja inside a courtroom in Tirana on Monday has sent shockwaves across Albania, raising profound

10 months ago

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NY Mayor’s Visit Puts Spotlight on Rama’s Foreign Links

Headline

By Tirana Times StaffTIRANA — October 7, 2025 The visit of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to Tirana this week at the personal invitation of Prime Minister Edi Rama has reignited

10 months ago

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Ambassador Tsao: Let’s focus cooperation on technology and AI

International

Tirana Times sat with the Head of the Taipei Representative office in Italy, Ambassador Vincent Tsao on his recent visit to Albania to talk about cooperation and exchange in technology, development, education

10 months ago

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Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals Slip

Business & Economy

Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals SlipTirana, September 26, 2025 — By Tirana Times Staff Albania’s summer tourism season ended on a stronger note in August, with a surge

10 months ago

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Fourth estate’s useful idiots

Op-Ed

(cases from Albania in which international media should had known better) The cashless dream This July, a Politico-Europe journalist texted me about comments regarding Albanian PM Edi Rama’s recent statement that he

10 months ago

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Tirana Council Dismisses Mayor Erion Veliaj

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Tirana, September 23, 2025 , Tirana Times– The extraordinary dismissal of Tirana’s mayor, Erion Veliaj, by the Municipal Council marks one of the most dramatic political upheavals in Albania’s recent history. Once

10 months ago

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Building integrity and accountability in Albanian public universities: practical lessons from the United States

Features

Aaron Savoy-Pasha | Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) Albanian higher education exhibits documented integrity risks, particularly with respect to grading, favoritism, and political interference. As noted in a peer-reviewed study, peer

10 months ago

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Veliaj’s Fall: Politics or Justice?

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The detention and attempted dismissal of Tirana’s mayor raises fresh doubts over Albania’s rule of law and political maneuvering. Albania, Tirana Times, September 22,2025. The Socialist-controlled Tirana Municipal Council is expected to

10 months ago

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A modern writer of Saudi Arabian literature

Culture

The Critical Case of Patient K. by Aziz Muhamed By Jerina Zaloshnja “Let’s take a family photo,” suggested the prominent Saudi Arabian writer Yusuf ElMuhaimid, author of two of the latest books

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Cancel Parliament

Op-Ed

What happened in Albania’s Parliament last week was more than a political skirmish. It was an assault on the very essence of parliamentarism. In a scene without precedent in the country’s 35

10 months ago

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Albania’s Fourth Rama Government Approved Without Debate

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TIRANA, Albania, Tirana Times, September 18,2025 — In an unprecedented scene in Albania’s 35 years of political pluralism, Parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Edi Rama’s new cabinet and four-year governing program

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Tirana Times

Beyond Diplomacy: Ambassador Elissa Golberg on the Future of Canada–Albania Ties

The United States Helped Build SPAK. Now SPAK Must Do Its Job

Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

Judge’s Killing in Courtroom Shakes Albania’s Justice System

NY Mayor’s Visit Puts Spotlight on Rama’s Foreign Links

Ambassador Tsao: Let’s focus cooperation on technology and AI

Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals Slip

Fourth estate’s useful idiots

Tirana Council Dismisses Mayor Erion Veliaj

Building integrity and accountability in Albanian public universities: practical lessons from the United States

Veliaj’s Fall: Politics or Justice?

A modern writer of Saudi Arabian literature

Cancel Parliament

Albania’s Fourth Rama Government Approved Without Debate

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