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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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Budget heading for new cut as public finances continue to underperform

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TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Three months after a mid-year budget cut, the country’s underperforming public finances are heading for a new cut as government revenue continues to fail meeting targets. A leaked

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Trade gap widens as exports drop, imports grow

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TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Albania’s trade gap continued widening in the first three quarters of this year as exports preserved their downward trend affected by a slump in commodity prices while imports

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Yields embark on upward trend

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TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Yields on government securities have embarked on rising trend in the past few months after hitting a historic low last June just before the country’s central bank cut

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IMF warns Albania over new arrears, revising property tax

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TIRANA, Nov. 3 – While Albania’s three-year conditional deal with the International Monetary Fund is coming to an end, the Fund has warned the Albanian government to be careful with the accumulation

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Public debt drops to 70% of GDP

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TIRANA, Nov. 2 – Albania’s public debt slightly dropped to below 70 percent of the GDP in the third quarter of the year while debt servicing also slightly fell as interest rates

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EBRD: TAP to be Albania’s key driver of growth in next couple of years

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TIRANA, Nov. 3 – London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says the Trans Adriatic Pipeline bringing Caspian gas to Europe will be Albania’s key driver of growth for the next couple

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Gov’t defies environmental concerns as Vjosa river HPP given final okay

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TIRANA, Nov. 1 – The Albanian government has concluded contract negotiations with a Turkish consortium over a 35-year concession to build and operate a big hydropower plant, defying calls by environmentalists and

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The Netherlands emerges as second largest investor in Albania

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Nov. 1 – The Netherlands has emerged as the second largest foreign direct investor in Albania and is on track to further increase its presence in the Balkan

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Only two women make it to Albania’s top 20 richest people

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TIRANA, Nov. 1 – Albania’s top 20 richest people list is dominated by businessmen operating in the trade, oil and construction business but also includes a politician and two women entrepreneurs, according

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Albanian company sells Skopje mall for €92 mln

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Balfin Group, one of Albania’s biggest companies has sold its Skopje city mall in neighbouring Macedonia to UK-based Hystead Limited for €92 million only four years after building

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Electricity bill collection rate, grid losses improve

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Two years after the launch of an aggressive nationwide campaign to cut off illegal connections and collect hundreds of millions of euros in accumulated unpaid bills, Albania’s state-run

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Business & Economy - Page 132

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

Budget heading for new cut as public finances continue to underperform

Trade gap widens as exports drop, imports grow

Yields embark on upward trend

IMF warns Albania over new arrears, revising property tax

Public debt drops to 70% of GDP

EBRD: TAP to be Albania’s key driver of growth in next couple of years

Gov’t defies environmental concerns as Vjosa river HPP given final okay

The Netherlands emerges as second largest investor in Albania

Only two women make it to Albania’s top 20 richest people

Albanian company sells Skopje mall for €92 mln

Electricity bill collection rate, grid losses improve

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A Rising Tide Lifts Empty Boats

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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%

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