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

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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Austria Leads FDI, but Real Estate Tells the Bigger Story

Bank of Albania data show Austria topping first-quarter foreign investment flows, while property and construction continue to shape Albania’s FDI model. Tirana Times June 25, 2026 – The figures place Austria ahead

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Albania’s Missing Generation: A Country Losing Its Future Before 2050

Tirana Times, June 22, 2026 – Albania is no longer facing a normal demographic decline. It is facing the possible disappearance of the very generation on which its economic, social and political

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State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – State-run electricity distribution operator OSHEE has emerged as Albania’s largest enterprise in terms of turnover and profits, leaving behind major oil companies which made it to South East

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INSTAT: GDP grows by 4% in year’s first half, household consumption twice lower

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The Albanian economy grew by about 4 percent for the third quarter in a row at the end of the first half of this year, but the recovery

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IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The International Monetary Fund has lowered Albania’s GDP growth prospects and warned a series of vulnerabilities including the much-rumored public-private partnerships pose serious threats to the country’s macro-economic

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INSTAT: Construction permits boomed ahead of elections

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TIRANA, Sept. 28 – The long-ailing construction industry which has revived in the past couple of years only thanks to some major energy-related projects, has seen a boost in this electoral year

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Albanian apple exports reach EU, African and Asian markets

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TIRANA, Sept. 28 – Albanian apple exports have registered a 10-fold increase in the past six years, mainly thanks to higher quality production in the region of Korà§a, southeastern Albania, accounting for

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Tax rates, corruption top business concerns as Albania climbs to 75th in global competitiveness

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TIRANA, Sept. 27 – Albania climbed 5 steps to rank 75th among 137 economies globally in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness report, but tax rates and corruption remained the top two concerns for

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Watchdog fails to find evidence over alleged price-fixing deal among main mobile operators

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TIRANA, Sept. 26 – Albania’s Competition Authority has failed to find evidence of an alleged price-fixing deal in the country’s mobile communications market following a probe into the main three operators as

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Concern mounts as €5 tolls ready to be introduced on Albania-Kosovo highway

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TIRANA, Sept. 26 – The Durres-Kukes highway linking Albania to Kosovo is on track to become the country’s first toll road next December as the concessionaire completes the installation of electronic toll

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Businesses offered ‘carrot and stick’ with new tax evasion campaign, easier procedures

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TIRANA, Sept. 25 – The Socialist Party government has announced a new campaign against informality and measures to further ease doing business procedures starting October 2017 in a carrot and stick approach

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World Economic Forum: Albania loses about 20 places in human capital development

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TIRANA, Sept. 25 – How nations develop their human capital can be a more important determinant of their long-term success than virtually any other factor, says the 2017 Global Human Capital Report

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Electricity imports widen trade gap

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TIRANA, Sept. 21 – High electricity imports following one of the worst droughts in decades broadened Albania’s trade gap in the first eight months of this year despite exports growing by double

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Business & Economy - Page 104

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

Austria Leads FDI, but Real Estate Tells the Bigger Story

Albania’s Missing Generation: A Country Losing Its Future Before 2050

State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

INSTAT: GDP grows by 4% in year’s first half, household consumption twice lower

IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

INSTAT: Construction permits boomed ahead of elections

Albanian apple exports reach EU, African and Asian markets

Tax rates, corruption top business concerns as Albania climbs to 75th in global competitiveness

Watchdog fails to find evidence over alleged price-fixing deal among main mobile operators

Concern mounts as €5 tolls ready to be introduced on Albania-Kosovo highway

Businesses offered ‘carrot and stick’ with new tax evasion campaign, easier procedures

World Economic Forum: Albania loses about 20 places in human capital development

Electricity imports widen trade gap

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