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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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Int’l and domestic stakeholders ring alarm bells on Albania’s proposed fiscal amnesty

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TIRANA, July 6, 2022 – A plan by Albania’s Socialist prime minister, Edi Rama, to implement a fiscal and legal amnesty for individuals who declare up to 2 million euros in cash

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Three in four Albanian businesses planning to hire foreign workers, with low-skill, low-pay positions most needed

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TIRANA, July 1, 2022 – Three in four Albanian businesses want to hire workers from abroad due to labor shortages at home — as locals continue to emigrate due to low wages

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Albanian businesses feel the pain as labor force shrinks and migration continues

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TIRANA, June 26, 2022 – Help wanted signs are now a permanent feature on the windows of many Tirana cafes and small shops, as businesses face the pain of a labor shortage

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Lek’s value against euro reaches 15-year high

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TIRANA, June 14, 2022 – Albania’s currency has strengthened to its highest level since 2007 against the euro, continuing a trend that could take the lek, ALL, to its highest position ever

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Albania’s inflation reaches 20-year high

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TIRANA, June 9, 2022 – Following global trends, Albania’s inflation has spiked to levels it hasn’t seen in two decades, with official inflation reaching 6.7 percent in May, according to the country’s

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Domestic brewers fear bankruptcy over flood of cheap beer imports, higher production costs, lack of labor

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TIRANA, June 8, 2022 – Albania’s top domestic brewers are raising alarms over a trifecta that could lead them to close up shop — a flood of cheaper imported beer, lack of

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EBRD to help fund Turkish company’s purchase of AlbChrome

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TIRANA, May 23, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is providing a $28 million loan to Yildirim Holding AS, a Turkish conglomerate and longstanding bank client, for the acquisition

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Albania opens up visa-free travel to tourists from India, Russia, Egypt, others in attempt to save season

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TIRANA, April 22 – In an attempt to get as many foreign tourists as possible this year, the Albanian government has extended its seasonal visa-free travel to new countries in Asia –

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Italy, Netherlands, Turkey lead pack of foreign investors to Albania as 2021 official numbers published

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TIRANA, March 28, 2022 – With an annual increase of 10 percent, Italy has become the second largest foreign investor in Albania in 2021, with a total inflow of 142 million euros,

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Responding to inflation, Albania’s central bank increases key rate by 0.5% to 1%

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TIRANA, March 24, 2022 – Responding to recent high inflation, Albania’s central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage points, bringing it to the level of 1 percent, the

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TAP pipeline reaches milestone, offering alternative to Russian gas through Albania

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TIRANA, March 17, 2022 – At the height of tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, which brings gas from Azerbaijan and goes through Albania to Italy has reached

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Business & Economy - Page 11

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

Int’l and domestic stakeholders ring alarm bells on Albania’s proposed fiscal amnesty

Three in four Albanian businesses planning to hire foreign workers, with low-skill, low-pay positions most needed

Albanian businesses feel the pain as labor force shrinks and migration continues

Lek’s value against euro reaches 15-year high

Albania’s inflation reaches 20-year high

Domestic brewers fear bankruptcy over flood of cheap beer imports, higher production costs, lack of labor

EBRD to help fund Turkish company’s purchase of AlbChrome

Albania opens up visa-free travel to tourists from India, Russia, Egypt, others in attempt to save season

Italy, Netherlands, Turkey lead pack of foreign investors to Albania as 2021 official numbers published

Responding to inflation, Albania’s central bank increases key rate by 0.5% to 1%

TAP pipeline reaches milestone, offering alternative to Russian gas through Albania

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