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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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EBRD: Downside risks threaten 2017 growth prospects

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TIRANA, May 11 – London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has left unchanged its 2017 economic growth outlook for Albania at 3.5 percent, but warned of downside risks such as internal

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Dutch low-cost carrier launches Tirana-Amsterdam direct flights

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TIRANA, May 10 – Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia, a subsidiary of Air France-KLM, has launched direct flights linking for the first time Amsterdam to Tirana three times a week as part of

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Exports recover by 15% as commodity prices pick up

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TIRANA, May 10 – A pickup in oil prices gave a boost to Albania’s poorly diversified exports in the first quarter of this year when exports grew by 15 percent after stagnating

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Only about a tenth of university graduates find a well-matched job, study shows

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TIRANA, May 10 – Only about a tenth of Albanian university students will eventually find a well-matched job, unveiling the mismatch between the higher education system and labor market needs, according to

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Banks’ profits surge in year’s first quarter

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TIRANA, May 9 – Banks’ profits surged in the first quarter of this year as non-performing loans hit a six-year low of 17.44 percent despite credit struggling to recover to positive growth

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Call center industry gets another blow as big Italian companies repatriate services

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TIRANA, May 9 – Albania’s call center industry, employing an estimated 25,000 people, has received another blow as more than dozen big Italian companies have committed to repatriate their services as part

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Turkish Airlines assists Albania set up its own national flag-carrier

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TIRANA, May 9 – The Albanian Socialist Party-led government says it is receiving assistance by Turkish Airlines, one of the world’s leading airlines, to set up its own national flag carrier that

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Tax hikes almost double Tirana municipality’s income

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TIRANA, May 9 – A late 2015 nationwide campaign against informality and some new taxes and tariffs sharply increasing the tax burden in the bigger Tirana municipality following the 2014 administrative reform

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Albania is region’s least attractive destination for German investors, survey shows

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TIRANA, May 8 – German investors became more optimistic about the country’s business and investment climate this year, but detailed data shows Albania continues to remain the least attractive destination among 16

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Central bank to keep key rate at historic low until early 2018

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TIRANA, May 4 – Albania central bank decided to keep the key interest rate at a historic low of 1.25 as inflation rate sharply picked up, but credit and domestic consumption remained

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Minimum wage increases to €176, but remains one of region’s lowest

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TIRANA, May 4 – In an expected move ahead of the upcoming general elections, the ruling Socialist Party-led government has increased the minimum wage by 2,000 lek (€14.7) to 24,000 lek (€176),

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Business & Economy - Page 114

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

EBRD: Downside risks threaten 2017 growth prospects

Dutch low-cost carrier launches Tirana-Amsterdam direct flights

Exports recover by 15% as commodity prices pick up

Only about a tenth of university graduates find a well-matched job, study shows

Banks’ profits surge in year’s first quarter

Call center industry gets another blow as big Italian companies repatriate services

Turkish Airlines assists Albania set up its own national flag-carrier

Tax hikes almost double Tirana municipality’s income

Albania is region’s least attractive destination for German investors, survey shows

Central bank to keep key rate at historic low until early 2018

Minimum wage increases to €176, but remains one of region’s lowest

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