Business & Economy - Page 128

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

2 months ago

7 mins read

Business & Economy

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

3 months ago

4 mins read

Business & Economy·Features

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

3 months ago

5 mins read

New tobacco plant opens after more than a decade

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – More than a decade after the closure of the last tobacco manufacturing plant in the country, an Albanian-owned company has opened a new plant in the northern region

9 years ago

3 mins read

Gov’t fails to meet revenue target by €29 mln

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec. 1 – Government revenues failed to meet the target by 4 billion lek (€29 million) in the first ten months of this year as the key VAT and excise taxes

9 years ago

2 mins read

Identifying potential markets and buyers emerges as exporters’ top concern

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Identifying potential markets and buyers is the most problematic factor for Albanian exporters who have been hit by a sharp cut in international commodity prices affecting the country’s

9 years ago

4 mins read

Junior coalition partner against excise rate on vehicle LNG

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Dec. 1 – The Socialist Movement for Integration, the junior ally of the ruling Socialist Party, has officially opposed plans to impose an excise rate on vehicle liquefied natural gas, saying

9 years ago

5 mins read

Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges continue to remain lower than with Serbia

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Behind political rhetoric of excellent economic cooperation with Kosovo, trade exchanges between the two countries are almost the same compared to Albania’s trade volume with Serbia and only

9 years ago

4 mins read

Credit returns to positive growth rates

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Dec.1 – Credit officially returned to positive growth rates in the third quarter of the year, overcoming a one-year period of contraction also affected by the write-off of non-performing loans from

9 years ago

2 mins read

Paying Taxes 2017: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albania slightly improved its ranking in paying taxes but continued underperforming even among regional competitors with a higher tax burden, according to the Paying Taxes 2017 report published

9 years ago

2 mins read

Ruling MPs request 2-year freeze on new gambling law ahead of mid-2017 general elections

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Nov. 29 – With only a month to go before a law disciplining gambling in downtown areas become effective and few months before the mid-2017 general elections, several ruling majority MPs

9 years ago

7 mins read

Italian legal changes put Albania’s booming call center industry at risk

Business & Economy·News·Premium

TIRANA, Nov. 28 – Legal changes initiated by the Italian Parliament risk putting at risk the booming call center industry in Albania, one of the country’s key employers in recent years with

9 years ago

6 mins read

The Ministry of Health said it blamed the opposition of launching a negative propaganda against the free check up program which led to a â€œsmall number of citizens that have used the services regardless of the capacity of 475,000 tests each year which is supported financially by the Public Private Partnership.â€ (Photo: PDP/Pixabay)

New ‘shady’ PPPs to cost taxpayers €52 mln for 2017

Business & Economy·Premium

TIRANA, Nov. 24 – Financial support to six concession contracts the Albanian government has signed in key sectors over the past three years and two new public-private partnerships expected to be made

9 years ago

5 mins read

Credit Suisse: Albania’s total wealth at $21 billion

Business & Economy

TIRANA, Nov. 22 – Albania has the third highest total wealth among the six EU aspirant Western Balkans countries, according to a report by Credit Suisse Research Institute. The latest Global Wealth

9 years ago

1 min read

Previous 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 … 752 Next

Business & Economy - Page 128

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

New tobacco plant opens after more than a decade

Gov’t fails to meet revenue target by €29 mln

Identifying potential markets and buyers emerges as exporters’ top concern

Junior coalition partner against excise rate on vehicle LNG

Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges continue to remain lower than with Serbia

Credit returns to positive growth rates

Paying Taxes 2017: Albania continues to lag behind regional competitors

Ruling MPs request 2-year freeze on new gambling law ahead of mid-2017 general elections

Italian legal changes put Albania’s booming call center industry at risk

New ‘shady’ PPPs to cost taxpayers €52 mln for 2017

Credit Suisse: Albania’s total wealth at $21 billion

Most Viewed

Albanian saw quality of life stagnate as rest of region improved, according to EBRD report

A Rising Tide Lifts Empty Boats

Albania signs €1bn deal with Italy and UAE on renewable energy, new undersea connection

A Courageous Tug o’ War for American Investment

Ryanair unveils expansion plans and new routes from Tirana International Airport

EU agriculture funds for Albania suspended indefinitely following misuse investigation, ministry tells parliament

Bank of Albania shifts policy, cutting key rate by 0.25% to 3%

Albania signs long-awaited social insurance deal with Italy

Reflecting renewed emigration wave, remittances to Albania reached record high in 2023

Qatar Square to serve as Tirana’s newest hub and vital part of New Boulevard project

Albania’s EU bid faces IBAR delay

Iran could target Albania?

Albania Opposition Protest Deepens Political Crisis