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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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More than 10,000 Albanian tourists visited Turkey last July, defying attempted coup fears

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TIRANA, Sept. 13 – Albanians were among the only European tourists whose number continued increasing in July 2016 when Turkey faced unrest triggered by a failed coup in July 15 to 16,

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Four major risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch warns

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TIRANA, Sept. 12 – The migrant crisis facing Europe, Brexit, low commodity prices affecting the mining sector, and the long-ailing construction sector are the key threats to Albania’s growth recovery, says UK-based

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Tourists, commodity price hike take inflation rate to 8-month high

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TIRANA, Sept. 8 – Albania’s inflation rate hit an 8-month high last August apparently fueled by the tourism season at its peak stimulating sluggish domestic demand and higher global food and oil

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Way paved for UAE-Albanian consortium on first Albanian toll road as Turkish winning bid invalidated

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TIRANA, Sept. 7 – Albania’s first-ever road concession project has taken a U-turn after the country’s public procurement watchdog has invalidated a Turkish-led winning bid and proposed another bidder as the winner

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End of tourist season weakens national currency against Euro

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TIRANA, Sept. 5 – The end of the tourist season is slightly depreciating the Albanian national currency against Europe’s single currency which hit a six-year low against the Albanian lek last July,

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About a third of electricity still wasted

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TIRANA, Sept. 1 – Almost two years after the launch of an aggressive nationwide campaign to tackle massive electricity thefts and collect accumulated unpaid bills, grid losses in the now state-run electricity

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Offshore company to reactivate domestic oil refining

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TIRANA, Sept. 1 – An offshore company based in the British Virgin Islands has offered to reactivate domestic oil refining following the bankruptcy of Armo refiner which has left hundreds of workers

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New price hike raises oligopoly concerns in insurance market

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TIRANA, Aug. 30 – The sale of the sole state-run insurer, INSIG, has triggered a 20 percent price hike in compulsory motor insurance policies, sparking allegations of a price-fixing deal among by

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Albania to pay back Bankers Petroleum $37 mln as tax dispute settled

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TIRANA, Aug. 30 – The Albanian government will pay back Canada-based Bankers Petroleum $37 million after losing a tax dispute battle with the country’s biggest oil producer which is about to be

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Bankers Petroleum posts record high losses as Chinese acquisition delayed

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TIRANA, Aug. 15 – Canada-based Bankers Petroleum, the country’s largest oil producer, posted record high losses of about $34 million in the first half of this year ahead of its expected acquisition

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Albania almost immune to Brexit, central bank says

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TIRANA, Aug. 11 – The direct Brexit implications on the Albanian economy are quite insignificant due to poor trade and investment links between the two countries, but the small Albanian economy could

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Business & Economy - Page 138

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

More than 10,000 Albanian tourists visited Turkey last July, defying attempted coup fears

Four major risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch warns

Tourists, commodity price hike take inflation rate to 8-month high

Way paved for UAE-Albanian consortium on first Albanian toll road as Turkish winning bid invalidated

End of tourist season weakens national currency against Euro

About a third of electricity still wasted

Offshore company to reactivate domestic oil refining

New price hike raises oligopoly concerns in insurance market

Albania to pay back Bankers Petroleum $37 mln as tax dispute settled

Bankers Petroleum posts record high losses as Chinese acquisition delayed

Albania almost immune to Brexit, central bank says

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