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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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Prime Minister Rama, Former Deputy PM Ministedr Balluku and Mr. Bexhet Pacolli

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Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

Albania faces another potentially costly international dispute after losing several arbitration cases in recent years that have exposed the state to hundreds of millions of euros in compensation and related liabilities. Tirana

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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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NPLs hit 6-year low of 16.6%

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TIRANA, June 7 – Non-performing loans hit a six-year low last April when they dropped to 16.6 percent, down 3 percent compared to a year ago and a post-crisis record high of

9 years ago

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Albania cruise ship tourism takes advantage of Turkish insecurity

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TIRANA, June, 7 – Albania’s emerging cruise ship tourism is set to register a boost this season as several international cruise lines have placed Turkey off their itineraries on security grounds, replacing

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Experts skeptical over main parties’ generous job, tax electoral promises

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TIRANA, June 6 – Economy experts are skeptical over the generous promises the country’s three main political parties have made for the upcoming general elections at a time when politicians are appealing

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World Bank: Oil price, EU integration uncertainties hamper growth prospects

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TIRANA, June 5 – The World Bank has kept unchanged its economic growth forecast on Albania for the next three years, but warns a renewed decline in commodity prices, uncertainties about EU

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INSTAT: Number of foreign-owned companies dropped by 5% in 2016

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TIRANA, June 1 – The number of foreign-owned companies operating in Albania registered a 5 percent decline in 2016, with fewer companies in the construction, trade and call center dominated information and

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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

9 years ago

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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

9 years ago

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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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Business & Economy - Page 112

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

NPLs hit 6-year low of 16.6%

Albania cruise ship tourism takes advantage of Turkish insecurity

Experts skeptical over main parties’ generous job, tax electoral promises

World Bank: Oil price, EU integration uncertainties hamper growth prospects

INSTAT: Number of foreign-owned companies dropped by 5% in 2016

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

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