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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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Albania cancels multimillion Fier, Vlora bypass contracts with Italian company

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TIRANA, May 3 – The Albanian government has terminated contracts worth €75 mln with Italy’s Serenissima company which had been contracted to build two major bypasses in southern Albania after the Italian

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Mobile operators’ income struggles to increase amid competition by smartphone apps

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TIRANA, May 3 – Albania’s mobile operators struggled to significantly increase their income for the fourth year in a row amid tougher competition leading to lower rates and increasing use of smartphone

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Investors warned of new unlicensed online trading operator

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TIRANA, May 3 – Albania’s Financial Supervisory Authority has renewed its appeal to potential online trading platform investors after identifying an unlicensed operator luring investors on its website and through phone calls.

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BoA: Protracted political tension to reduce growth forecast

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TIRANA, May 3 – Albania’s central bank says the political deadlock in the run-up to the June 17 general elections has not had any major impact on the country’s economy but its

9 years ago

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Harvard University: Poor production knowhow holds back Albania’s growth

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TIRANA, May 2 – Lack of productive knowhow has been identified as the key constraint holding back economic growth in Albania over the past quarter century during the country’s transition to democracy

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Non-bank financial institutions increase share in domestic debt

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TIRANA, May 2 – The rapid growth of investment and private pension funds in the past few years has more than doubled the share of Albania’s non-bank financial institutions in the country’s

9 years ago

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Accumulation of new arrears worries business community

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TIRANA, May 2 – The accumulation of new arrears although at slower pace has worried the country’s business community after some €500 million was cleared in 2015 in payments to private sector

9 years ago

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Hike in licence fees to further increase fuel prices

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TIRANA, April 27 – Already facing one of Europe’s highest fuel prices but one of the lowest income, Albanian consumers will soon face a new hike under a new indirect tax levied

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Public investments increase ahead of elections

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TIRANA, April 27 – Public investment registered a sharp increase in the first quarter of this year ahead of the scheduled June 18 elections, following a traditional trend in electoral years when

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Unexpected spring freeze wreaks havoc in agricultural crops

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TIRANA, April 25 – Uncommon spring freezing temperatures in some northern and southeastern Albanian regions have wreaked havoc on agricultural crops especially fruit trees and vineyards in blossom. The damage is bigger

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Central bank warns of legal risks related to increase in lending abroad

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TIRANA, April 26 – Credit to businesses showed signs of recovery in 2016 but that was mainly attributed to lending to businesses abroad, placing the banking system at risk of borrowers operating

9 years ago

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Business & Economy - Page 115

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

Albania cancels multimillion Fier, Vlora bypass contracts with Italian company

Mobile operators’ income struggles to increase amid competition by smartphone apps

Investors warned of new unlicensed online trading operator

BoA: Protracted political tension to reduce growth forecast

Harvard University: Poor production knowhow holds back Albania’s growth

Non-bank financial institutions increase share in domestic debt

Accumulation of new arrears worries business community

Hike in licence fees to further increase fuel prices

Public investments increase ahead of elections

Unexpected spring freeze wreaks havoc in agricultural crops

Central bank warns of legal risks related to increase in lending abroad

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