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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article

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Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Tirana Times, February 12 2026 – The rapid deterioration of newly inaugurated roads and tunnels across Albania has exposed far more than technical shortcomings. What authorities have sought to explain as weather-related

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The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

Tirana Times, 08 February 2026 – The Kurum waste file has exposed one of the most serious environmental and governance scandals in Albania in recent years, revealing not only the illegal export

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Albania’s top two richest men diversify investments in insurance market

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TIRANA, May 31 – Two of the country’s biggest and richest entrepreneurs have diversified their investments in the insurance market by acquiring the life insurance segment of the newly privatized INSIG insurer.

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Credit contracts amid lower pre-electoral investor confidence

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TIRANA, May 30 – Credit returned to negative growth last April following eight months of sluggish growth, apparently hit by the tense political climate preceding the June 25 general elections undermining business

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Cultivate medicinal plants instead of cannabis, minister tells farmers

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TIRANA, May 25 – Agriculture officials and experts have called on farmers to engage in traditional medicinal plants instead of the illegal cannabis cultivation, whose rapid spread in the past couple of

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Uncertainties over election result, tax policy likely to hold back new investment

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TIRANA, May 24 – Albania’s business climate got a real boost from the overcome of a tense political deadlock that undermined business and consumer confidence for several months, but uncertainties over the

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Albania became an official candidate for membership in the European Union in 2014.

EU urges Albania to overcome economic growth, competitiveness obstacles

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TIRANA, May 24 – Few days after Albania overcame a three-month political deadlock ahead of the upcoming June general elections paving the way for fully participatory elections, the European Union has urged

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Probe over abuse of dominant position launched into main three mobile operators

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TIRANA, May 23 – Albania’s Competition Authority has launched a probe into the country’s main three mobile operators over allegations of limited competition in a market operating under oligopoly conditions. Under a

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Reference prices top importers’ concerns, study shows

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TIRANA, May 22 – Reference prices, changes to the classification of goods, frequent physical inspections and inefficient communication are the key barriers importers and exporters in the country face with the country’s

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Albanian-led consortium gets 33-year Tirana bus terminal PPP

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TIRANA, May 22 – An Albanian-led consortium will build and manage a bus terminal linking Tirana to northern and southern destinations under a public private partnership deal with the municipality of Tirana,

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End of political deadlock sends positive signals to business community

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TIRANA, May 18 – The overcome of a three-month political deadlock that put an end to an apparent boycott by the main opposition Democratic Party and its allies to the upcoming general

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Savers withdraw €115 mln to invest in more profitable investment funds

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TIRANA, May 18 – With interest rates on traditional bank deposits below 1 percent for the national currency and close to zero but still at positive rates for euro-denominated savings, Albanian savers

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Ten auditors selected to reduce companies’ risk-based inspection

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TIRANA, May 18 – Companies which have their financial statements certified by one of the ten auditors selected by the tax administration are less likely to undergo inspections by tax authorities, says

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Business & Economy - Page 112

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

Albania’s top two richest men diversify investments in insurance market

Credit contracts amid lower pre-electoral investor confidence

Cultivate medicinal plants instead of cannabis, minister tells farmers

Uncertainties over election result, tax policy likely to hold back new investment

EU urges Albania to overcome economic growth, competitiveness obstacles

Probe over abuse of dominant position launched into main three mobile operators

Reference prices top importers’ concerns, study shows

Albanian-led consortium gets 33-year Tirana bus terminal PPP

End of political deadlock sends positive signals to business community

Savers withdraw €115 mln to invest in more profitable investment funds

Ten auditors selected to reduce companies’ risk-based inspection

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