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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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EU warns upcoming mid-2017 elections could put fiscal consolidation at risk

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TIRANA, Nov. 15 – The European Commission has warned the upcoming mid-2017 general elections and the end of a 3-year IMF supported programme could put at risk the country’s fiscal consolidation path.

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New autogas excise rate could also affect households

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TIRANA, Nov. 14 – The proposed introduction of an excise rate on liquid gas for car use is expected to create confusion in Albania where liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, is traded at

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EBRD: Albania still has a lot to do in bridging gap to market economy

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TIRANA, Nov. 8 – Twenty-five years after the collapse of the communist regime and its centrally planned economy, some key sectors of the Albanian economy continue to remain underdeveloped with a negative

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Manufacturers face barriers in upgrading to designing, branding stages

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Weak collaboration with vocational training schools and universities lacking industry-oriented curricula, lack of research and development activities, the need for quality certification, poor links and lack of government

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Three quarters think economy getting worse, survey finds

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – A majority of 70 percent of citizens describe the country’s economic situation as worse and much worse compared to a year ago, according to a social and political

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Albania has region’s lowest CO2 emissions, report shows

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Albania has by far the lowest CO2 emissions per capita in the region but its challenge is to diversify its hydropower-dependent energy mix without increasing emissions while taking

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Some 500,000 mobile subscribers port numbers

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – More than half a million mobile phone subscribers have ported their numbers since 2011 when Albania offered the number portability service, allowing subscribers to port their numbers to

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Number of .al domains increases to 20,000

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – The number of .al domains has reached 20,000, registering a 78 percent increase since the full liberalization of the service in 2013. The .al domains include government portals

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Key rate kept at historic low as consumer prices struggle to recover

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TIRANA, Nov. 10 – Albania’s central bank has decided to keep the key interest rate unchanged at a historic low of 1.25 percent as average inflation rate in the first ten months

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Banks’ profits drop by 45% as NPLs climb to 21.3%

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Banks’ profits dropped to about 6.5 billion lek (€46.8 mln) in the first three quarters of 2016 as non-performing loans rose to 21.3 percent. Central bank data shows

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ARMO resumes refining operations

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TIRANA, Nov. 10 – Albania’s ARMO refiner in the southern town of Ballsh has resumed work after more than one year, providing a solution to more than 1,000 workers who had remained

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Business & Economy - Page 131

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

EU warns upcoming mid-2017 elections could put fiscal consolidation at risk

New autogas excise rate could also affect households

EBRD: Albania still has a lot to do in bridging gap to market economy

Manufacturers face barriers in upgrading to designing, branding stages

Three quarters think economy getting worse, survey finds

Albania has region’s lowest CO2 emissions, report shows

Some 500,000 mobile subscribers port numbers

Number of .al domains increases to 20,000

Key rate kept at historic low as consumer prices struggle to recover

Banks’ profits drop by 45% as NPLs climb to 21.3%

ARMO resumes refining operations

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