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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article

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Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Tirana Times, February 12 2026 – The rapid deterioration of newly inaugurated roads and tunnels across Albania has exposed far more than technical shortcomings. What authorities have sought to explain as weather-related

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The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

Tirana Times, 08 February 2026 – The Kurum waste file has exposed one of the most serious environmental and governance scandals in Albania in recent years, revealing not only the illegal export

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Uncertainties over upcoming June elections pose threats to economy, EU report warns

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TIRANA, Feb. 14 – Increased uncertainties over the upcoming June 2017 elections, a longer than expected credit recovery and the conclusion of a three-year deal with the International Monetary Fund could

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June 18 elections: Opposition Democrats appeal to voters through lower taxes

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TIRANA, Feb. 13 – With only three months to go before the official launch of the electoral campaign for the June 18 general elections, the main opposition Democratic Party and its leader

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State audit uncovers €534 mln in abuses

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TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Abuses by central and local government institutions are estimated to have cost Albanian taxpayers about €534 million in the past four years, the Supreme State Audit has unveiled

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Growth prospects 1.5% lower under pessimistic scenario

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TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Sluggish credit, a poor recovery in the Eurozone economy affecting the country’s exports, remittances and FDI, strong exchange rate fluctuations and the pace of the structural reforms could

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Fruit, vegetable exports boom as more turn to agriculture investment

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TIRANA, Feb. 9 – Albania’s fruit and vegetable production has registered a sharp increase in the past five years, meeting the majority of the country’s needs and increasing exports. Vegetable exports increased

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Economy experts skeptical over billion euro PPP initiative

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TIRANA, Feb. 8 – Economy experts are skeptical over the ruling Socialists’ pre-electoral initiative of injecting 1 billion euros in key sectors through public-private partnerships, warning the project risks creating new arrears

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Inflation rate hits 5-year high

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TIRANA, Feb. 8 – Albania’s inflation rate hit a five-year high of 2.8 percent last January fuelled by a hike in fuel and liquid gas prices and one of the coldest months

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FDI heading for tough times as major energy-related projects near completion

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Albania’s foreign direct investment is set to register a considerable boost in the next few years boosted by some major energy-related projects and a pickup

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Durres Port handles more passengers

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TIRANA, Feb 7 – Albania’s largest port handled about 840,000 passengers to and from Italy in 2016 registering an 8 percent increase compared to 2015, the Durres Port Authority says. Companies operating

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New excise rate affects all consumers as liquid gas prices increase by 40%

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TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Liquid gas prices have increased by an average of 40 percent in the past month, reflecting an excise tax meant only for propane-powered vehicles but which is also

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S&P rates upcoming elections, IMF departure as risks to Albanian economy

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TIRANA, Feb. 7 – Standard and Poor’s has once again affirmed Albania’s stable outlook, but slightly revised downward the country’s GDP growth forecast for the next four years due to risks stemming

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Business & Economy - Page 122

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

Uncertainties over upcoming June elections pose threats to economy, EU report warns

June 18 elections: Opposition Democrats appeal to voters through lower taxes

State audit uncovers €534 mln in abuses

Growth prospects 1.5% lower under pessimistic scenario

Fruit, vegetable exports boom as more turn to agriculture investment

Economy experts skeptical over billion euro PPP initiative

Inflation rate hits 5-year high

FDI heading for tough times as major energy-related projects near completion

Durres Port handles more passengers

New excise rate affects all consumers as liquid gas prices increase by 40%

S&P rates upcoming elections, IMF departure as risks to Albanian economy

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