Business & Economy - Page 121

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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Property tax hike postponed until general elections

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TIRANA, March 1 – Albania has postponed drafting legislation on a new value-based property tax that is expected to considerably increase rates compared to the current area-based tax after the June 2017

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Fuel companies warn of strike action over newly proposed licence fees

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TIRANA, Feb. 28 – Fuel trading companies have warned a new government initiative to increase license fees on fuel and gas stations by several times risks causing problems in the fuel market

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Transport sector faces hike in passengers, freight decline

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TIRANA, Feb. 28 – Air and maritime transport of passengers increased in 2016 but transport of goods by sea and rail freight suffered as the country’s exports struggled to recover affected by

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Budget deficit hits two-decade low

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TIRANA, Feb. 28 – Albania’s budget deficit hit a two-decade low in 2016 as revenue moderately recovered and the government applied a tight spending policy to bring public debt down to 71

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Economic, political uncertainties threaten debt reduction targets

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TIRANA, Feb. 27 – Albania’s public debt ended a 5-year upward trend to register a slight drop in 2016 after hitting a record high of 72.6 percent of the GDP in 2015

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Exports show signs of recovery

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TIRANA, Feb. 23 – Albania’s exports showed signs of recovery in January 2017 fuelled by a strong recovery in oil and mining production as international commodity prices gradually pick up. Data published

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Contract negotiations with Shell, Delek Group stall

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TIRANA, Feb. 23 – The slump in oil prices and their slow recovery is delaying contract negotiations with the Royal Dutch Shell and a subsidiary of Israeli-based Delek Group, over two oil

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€660 mln set to be pardoned under pre-electoral tax amnesty

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Feb 22 – As the country prepares for next June’s general elections and the opposition Democrats have launched an indefinite protest over free and fair elections, the ruling

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Companies improve finances as access to tap water drops

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TIRANA, Feb. 22 – The coverage of population with water supply and the average duration of tap water slightly deteriorated in 2016 when only about 79 percent of the population had access

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Albania mulls minimum wage hike after three-year freeze

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TIRANA, Feb. 21 – Albania is mulling a hike in the minimum wage, currently the region’s lowest at €157, amid debates by unionists demanding a high increase after a three-year freeze and

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Banja hydropower plant, part of the Devoll HPP being built by Norway's Statkraft

Rainfall, new HPPs increase domestic electricity generation

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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – The favourable hydro-situation and the launch of several new private and concession hydropower plants, including the Banja HPP by Norway’s Statkraft in late 2016, gave a boost to

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Business & Economy - Page 121

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

Property tax hike postponed until general elections

Fuel companies warn of strike action over newly proposed licence fees

Transport sector faces hike in passengers, freight decline

Budget deficit hits two-decade low

Economic, political uncertainties threaten debt reduction targets

Exports show signs of recovery

Contract negotiations with Shell, Delek Group stall

€660 mln set to be pardoned under pre-electoral tax amnesty

Companies improve finances as access to tap water drops

Albania mulls minimum wage hike after three-year freeze

Rainfall, new HPPs increase domestic electricity generation

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