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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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Agriculture contracts for fifth straight quarter

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TIRANA, Oct. 10 – The Albanian economy grew by an annual 3.2 percent in the second quarter of 2016, but agriculture, one of the key sectors employing about half of the country’s

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Chinese consortium fully acquires Albania’s sole international airport

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TIRANA, Oct. 7 – Albania’s sole international airport, the Tirana International Airport, has officially changed hands with a Chinese consortium led by China Everbright Limited acquiring a 100 percent stake for an

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LOT Polish Airlines considers launching direct Warsaw-Tirana flights

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TIRANA, Oct. 6 – Poland’s state-run airline LOT has expressed its interest to launch direct flights with Tirana as Albania has emerged a top 10 destination for Poles. Karol Bachura, the Polish

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Proposed legal changes to increase Tax Appeals independency

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TIRANA, Oct. 6 – The Albanian government has proposed some legal changes to the functioning of the Tax Appeals Directorates, whose operation since 2008 has been biased against the business community considering

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Deregistration increases as new businesses slow down

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TIRANA, Oct. 6 – The number of new businesses during this year has considerably slowed down while deregistrations marked a sharp increase following the late 2015 nationwide campaign against informality that formalized

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One out of two households borrows informally, central bank survey shows

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TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Informal borrowing among households registered a slight decrease in the first half of this year, but remained widespread as the gap between deposit and loan rates in the

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Banja hydropower plant, part of the Devoll HPP being built by Norway's Statkraft

Economy registered modest progress in year’s second quarter, data shows

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – The performance of retail sales and turnover index indicates the Albanian economy continued growing at a moderate pace in the second quarter of the year after picking up

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Albanian companies drop out of top SEE 100

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – No Albanian company made it to the top 100 biggest enterprises in South East Europe for 2015, reflecting the slump in oil prices affecting the revenues of two

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Investment in securities, funds gains ground over traditional deposits

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – Faced with an ongoing decline in interest rates in traditional bank deposits, Albanian savers have turned to investments in government securities and investment funds, but also riskier forms

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Albania set to increase benefits as TAP launches pipeline construction

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The Albanian government says it is about to conclude negotiations with Trans Adriatic Pipeline representatives over increasing benefits as one of the country’s largest investment bringing Caspian gas

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Businesses oppose new ‘hidden tax’ on chamber membership

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – Foreign and Albanian business associations have strongly opposed some newly approved legal changes that make the registration of businesses with the country’s public chambers of commerce compulsory by

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Business & Economy - Page 135

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

Agriculture contracts for fifth straight quarter

Chinese consortium fully acquires Albania’s sole international airport

LOT Polish Airlines considers launching direct Warsaw-Tirana flights

Proposed legal changes to increase Tax Appeals independency

Deregistration increases as new businesses slow down

One out of two households borrows informally, central bank survey shows

Economy registered modest progress in year’s second quarter, data shows

Albanian companies drop out of top SEE 100

Investment in securities, funds gains ground over traditional deposits

Albania set to increase benefits as TAP launches pipeline construction

Businesses oppose new ‘hidden tax’ on chamber membership

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