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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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New investors, price recovery to stabilize Albanian oil industry, Fitch unit says

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TIRANA, April 13 – New investors and an improved price environment will see Albania’s oil and gas production stabilize by mid-2017 after a downward trend since mid-2014 following a slump in international

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Austrian investors pessimistic about Albania business climate, investments

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TIRANA, April 11 – More than half of Austrian businesses operating in the country consider Albania as an unattractive investment destination with corruption, lack of rule of law and bureaucracy as the

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Cut in hotel accommodation VAT rate to have a negative effect of €8 mln

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TIRANA, April 12 – The cut in the value added tax from a standard 20 percent to a differentiated 6 percent for the tourism accommodation sector will have a negative effect of

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World Economic Forum: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors in tourism

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TIRANA, April 12 – Albania climbed eight places in the 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report to rank 98th among 136 global economies, making it as one of 15 destinations to have

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World Bank: Uncertainties related to June 18 elections pose threat to growth prospects

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TIRANA, April 10 – Economic and political uncertainties resulting from both internal and external factors could put Albania’s growth prospects at risk in the short to medium run as the country heads

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Low cost flights reconnect Tirana to Budapest after 5-year break

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TIRANA, April 5 – Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has launched its low-fare service reconnecting Tirana to Budapest after a five-year break following Malev’s 2012 bankruptcy. “The new low-fare route, with a

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In unexpected move, gov’t cuts VAT on hotels to 6%

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TIRANA, April 5 – In an unexpected move ahead of the general elections, the Albanian government has cut the key value added tax on accommodation units in the tourism industry, meeting a

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Albania, Russia seek to boost sanctions-hit trade, investment ties

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TIRANA, April 5 – Albania and Russia are making official efforts to strengthen bilateral ties with a focus on the economy, despite sanctions in place by both countries since the 2014 Crimea

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De-euroisation initiative triggers investment, competitiveness concerns

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TIRANA, April 5 – The central bank’s de-euroisation initiative has worried some experts who say the move seeking to curb the high use of Europe’s single currency could have an adverse effect

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World Bank: Half of Albanians live in energy poverty

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TIRANA, April 5 – Almost half of Albania’s population lives in energy poverty, recognized as spending more than 10 percent of household income on energy, according to a World Bank report. The

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Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges drop as new barriers emerge

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, April 4 – Albania’s trade exchanges with neighbouring Kosovo suffered a setback in 2016 negatively affected by the poor diversification of products traded and ongoing doing business barriers,

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Business & Economy - Page 117

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

New investors, price recovery to stabilize Albanian oil industry, Fitch unit says

Austrian investors pessimistic about Albania business climate, investments

Cut in hotel accommodation VAT rate to have a negative effect of €8 mln

World Economic Forum: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors in tourism

World Bank: Uncertainties related to June 18 elections pose threat to growth prospects

Low cost flights reconnect Tirana to Budapest after 5-year break

In unexpected move, gov’t cuts VAT on hotels to 6%

Albania, Russia seek to boost sanctions-hit trade, investment ties

De-euroisation initiative triggers investment, competitiveness concerns

World Bank: Half of Albanians live in energy poverty

Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges drop as new barriers emerge

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