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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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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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Gov’t initiates arbitration proceedings over Bankers Petroleum tax dispute

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – In an expected move after Canada-based Bankers Petroleum, the country’s biggest oil producer, recently concluded its sale deal with a Chinese consortium, the Albanian government has decided to

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Sole bidders win tenders worth €13.7 mln with municipalities

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Public tenders with a sole bidder continue getting a considerable number of contracts and huge amount of money from Albania’s local government units even more than a year

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Total tax rate at 36.5% of profit, one of the region’s highest

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Albania’s total tax rate as percentage of commercial profit remained unchanged at 36.5 percent in 2016, being one of the highest among EU aspirant Western Balkans countries, according

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Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Oct. 25 – With the general elections drawing closer every day, the ruling Socialist Party-led Albanian government has announced plans for a considerable wage and pension increase, a

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Albania improves business climate, but yet lags behind regional competitors

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TIRANA, Oct. 26 – Albania climbed 32 steps to rank 58th among 190 global economies in the latest Doing Business report to score its best ever ranking, but yet lagged behind some

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Main industries operating at 70 to 80% capacity, survey shows

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TIRANA, Oct. 19 – Business confidence registered a considerable recovery in the third quarter of the year, but the capacity utilization rate in the key industries remains far below its potential and

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PowerChina interested in Albania infrastructure projects

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TIRANA, Oct. 20 – One of China’s biggest construction companies, the Power Construction Corporation of China, is considering road and agriculture infrastructure investments in Albania as part of China’s increased presence in

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A hundred state-owned properties go online for rent

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TIRANA, Oct. 19 – Some 100 state-owned and private properties have been made available for rent online on the website of the Albanian Investment Development Agency, a government agency whose mission is

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Business & Economy - Page 133

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

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

Gov’t initiates arbitration proceedings over Bankers Petroleum tax dispute

Sole bidders win tenders worth €13.7 mln with municipalities

Total tax rate at 36.5% of profit, one of the region’s highest

Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

Albania improves business climate, but yet lags behind regional competitors

Main industries operating at 70 to 80% capacity, survey shows

PowerChina interested in Albania infrastructure projects

A hundred state-owned properties go online for rent

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