Tirana Times

Albania Turns Away Tanker Linked to Russia’s Shadow Fleet

Durres decision puts sanctions enforcement under scrutiny after vessel had previously called at Albanian port. Tirana Times, September 01, 2026 – Albania’s decision to deny entry to a tanker identified by Ukrainian

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Ratko Mladić during his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Photo: ICTY / Zoran Lesic, CC BY 2.0

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Mladić’s Death Exposes the Balkans’ Unfinished Reckoning With War Crimes

Thousands honor the convicted Bosnian Serb commander as reactions from Belgrade to Podgorica and Skopje reveal how deeply the wars of the 1990s still shape the region’s European future. Tirana Times, August

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Business & Economy

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Cash outside Albania’s banking system reached a record 5.6 billion euros, last month. Tirana Times, August 30, 2026 – The amount of cash circulating outside Albania’s banking system has reached a record

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K’cimi dancing of Tropojë – Gazmend Freitag

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by Monika Grill Tirana Times, July 11, 2026 – “K’cimi i Tropoja” – the dance that endured over centuries and kept the Albanian identity alive, has been officially declared part of the

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Concrete, Cocaine and Corruption: Albania’s Fragile Growth Model

Business & Economy·Western Balkans

Albania’s Concrete Economy: How Construction Became the Country’s Dominant Growth Model Tirana Times, July 10, 2026 – A booming construction sector has made Albania an outlier in Europe, but behind the cranes

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Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

Op-Ed·Premium

Tirana Times , July 09, 2026 – Tirana Times is publishing below an open public question addressed by Albanian scholar Diana Gellçi, PhD, an Albanian professor based in the United States, to Dutch

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NATO’s Ankara Summit: Albania Confirmed, but No Date Set

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Tirana Times, July 8, 2026 – NATO’s Ankara Summit, held on July 7 and 8, marked less a moment of new strategic doctrine than a shift from political pledges to implementation. The

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NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

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Tirana Times, July 07, 2026 – The next NATO Summit, where the leaders of Allied member states gather annually, will take place on July 7–8, 2026, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

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A salute to America

Op-Ed

By Marco Rubio Two hundred and fifty years ago today, in a brick hall in Philadelphia, our forefathers declared their independence from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not fools.

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Saudi Ambassador Meets Head of Albania–Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group

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Tirana Times, July 6,2026 – Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Albania, H.E. Turki bin Ibrahim Al-Madi, received Albanian MP Baldi Çomo, Chairman of the Albania–Saudi Arabia Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Eriol Mile for talks

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Tirana Accuses Kremlin of Being Behind Protests?

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Russian Embassy rejects the claims as “completely unfounded” and tells Albanian officials not to “look for enemies where they do not exist.” Tirana Times, July 04, 2026 – Albania’s government is increasingly

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Anti-Government Protests Escalate in Tirana as Demonstrators Block Parliament

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Tirana Times, July 03, 2026 – Albania’s month-long anti-government protest movement entered a more confrontational phase on Thursday, as demonstrators gathered outside Parliament, blocked access points and clashed with police while lawmakers

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Dr. Arben Ramkaj is Chairman at the Institute for Cultural and Religious Dialogues in Albania. He is also Director of the Middle East and Muslim World Department at the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS).

From the Nile to the Balkans

Op-Ed

By Dr. Arben Ramkaj Tirana Times, July 3, 2026 – If you sit by the banks of the Nile on a quiet afternoon and allow its serene flow to guide your thoughts,

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Will Washington Derail NATO’s Tirana Summit?

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Tirana Times, July 2, 2026 — Albania’s ambition to host a NATO summit in 2027 has suddenly become more than a diplomatic milestone. It has become a test of whether Tirana can

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Tirana Times

Albania Turns Away Tanker Linked to Russia’s Shadow Fleet

Mladić’s Death Exposes the Balkans’ Unfinished Reckoning With War Crimes

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

K’cimi dancing of Tropojë – Gazmend Freitag

Concrete, Cocaine and Corruption: Albania’s Fragile Growth Model

Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

NATO’s Ankara Summit: Albania Confirmed, but No Date Set

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

Saudi Ambassador Meets Head of Albania–Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group

Tirana Accuses Kremlin of Being Behind Protests?

Anti-Government Protests Escalate in Tirana as Demonstrators Block Parliament

From the Nile to the Balkans

Will Washington Derail NATO’s Tirana Summit?

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