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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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Deposits register first post-crisis decline as interest rates drop to historic low

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TIRANA, July 4 – Fuelled by historic low interest rates of below 1 percent, deposits have turned to negative growth rates for the first time since late 2008 at the onset of

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Foreigners required to invest more for permanent residency

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TIRANA, June 27 – Albania is toughening rules on foreign investors to obtain permanent residency in the country but making it easier for foreign companies to transfer staff to Albania. A draft

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IMF worried over accumulation of new arrears

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TIRANA, June 29 – The International Monetary Fund has warned Albanian authorities the reemergence of accumulated unpaid bills to the private sector poses a threat to public finances, already struggling to recover

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Kurum’s bankruptcy extends exports’ decline

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TIRANA, June 28 – Exports extended their decline to 8 percent in the first five months of the year affected by a sharp decline in commodity prices and the bankruptcy of Kurum

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Legal changes to offer seized collateral at 30% of value

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TIRANA, June 29 – Legal changes to the Civil Procedures Code will offer assets placed as collateral for non-performing loans as low as 30 percent of their value, according to a government

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Trade, construction sectors lead NPLs

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TIRANA, June 28 – The payment of some Euro 500 million in accumulated unpaid bills to the private sector during the past couple of years has had little impact on reducing non-performing

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Albania renegotiates oil contract with Shell

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TIRANA, June 27 – Albania is renegotiating a contract with oil giant Shell that will impose a limit on the company’s cost recovery in its Albania operations so that the government can

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EBRD loan to revitalize dilapidated rail transport

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TIRANA, June 4 – More than a decade after cancelling a contract with U.S. giant General Electric, Albania is planning to revitalize its dilapidated rail transport by reconstructing the key Tirana-Durres segment

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Mystery surrounds hijacking of two Albanian sailors

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TIRANA, June 23 – An Albanian fishing boat has been taken hostage by an Egyptian sailor who is threatening to sink the boat with his two Albanian colleague sailors on board unless

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Italy’s Confidustria opens Albania branch to boost business ties

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TIRANA, June 17 – Italy’s largest business lobby, the Confindustria, are now represented in Albania, with the Confindustria Albania association, a new initiative aimed at boosting already consolidated Albanian-Italian business ties. Prime

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EBRD provides €218 mln loan to restructure power corporation’s debts

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TIRANA, June 23 – The Albanian government says it has reached a deal with London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development over a €218 million loan to refinance the state-run power corporation’s

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Business & Economy - Page 141

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

Deposits register first post-crisis decline as interest rates drop to historic low

Foreigners required to invest more for permanent residency

IMF worried over accumulation of new arrears

Kurum’s bankruptcy extends exports’ decline

Legal changes to offer seized collateral at 30% of value

Trade, construction sectors lead NPLs

Albania renegotiates oil contract with Shell

EBRD loan to revitalize dilapidated rail transport

Mystery surrounds hijacking of two Albanian sailors

Italy’s Confidustria opens Albania branch to boost business ties

EBRD provides €218 mln loan to restructure power corporation’s debts

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