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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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Raiffeisen, Greek-owned banks lose market shares

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TIRANA, June 15 – Raiffeisen has lost its leading position in the Albanian banking system after more than a decade of operations in the country while the share of Greek-owned banks has

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Turkish, Albanian firms race for first toll road concession

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TIRANA, June 14 – Two consortiums led by Turkish and Albanian firms have bid to invest about €50 million on a 30-year concession contract for a 114-km highway segment linking Albania to

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Lek appreciates against Euro

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TIRANA, June 14 – The Euro hit a three-month low against the Albanian national currency this week and is expected to further depreciate in the next couple of months during the peak

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Competition Authority okays Chinese airport takeover

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TIRANA, June 15 – Albania’s Competition Authority has okayed the takeover deal between the TIA airport concessionaire and China Everbright which will manage the country’s sole international airport for another 11

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Eurostat: Albania has lowest consumer prices but poorest consumption levels

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TIRANA, June 15 – Albania has one of Europe’s lowest consumer prices but suffers the poorest consumption per capita, according to a report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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Seasonal tourism-reliant Vlora region tops jobless rates

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TIRANA, June 14 – The southern county of Vlora, heavily relying on seasonal tourism, faces the country’s highest unemployment rates, according to a survey conducted by INSTAT, the state statistical office. The

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Low commodity prices trigger sharp FDI decline in year’s first quarter

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TIRANA, June 11 – Foreign direct investment registered a sharp double-digit decline in the year’s first quarter negatively affected by record-low international oil and mineral prices paralyzing investments in one of the

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New fiscal package to reduce fines, bureaucracy ahead of general elections

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TIRANA, June 7 – One year ahead of the new general elections, the ruling Socialist Party-led coalition has drafted a new fiscal package that sharply reduces penalties against the business community and

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Some 70% of businesses rate current taxes as unfavorable

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TIRANA, June 6 – Taxes and relations with tax authorities were one of the key concerns for the business community in 2015, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce

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More than 115,000 households in debt over electricity bills

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TIRANA, June 9 – About 115,000 Albanian households continue paying monthly instalments of about 2,500 lek (€18) as part of their accumulated unpaid debts since late 2014 when a nationwide campaign was

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Limited reforms to constrain growth, Fitch warns

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TIRANA, June 7 – Albania’s economic growth will continue to remain well below pre-crisis levels in the next couple of years when reforms will not go far enough in a number of

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Business & Economy - Page 143

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

Raiffeisen, Greek-owned banks lose market shares

Turkish, Albanian firms race for first toll road concession

Lek appreciates against Euro

Competition Authority okays Chinese airport takeover

Eurostat: Albania has lowest consumer prices but poorest consumption levels

Seasonal tourism-reliant Vlora region tops jobless rates

Low commodity prices trigger sharp FDI decline in year’s first quarter

New fiscal package to reduce fines, bureaucracy ahead of general elections

Some 70% of businesses rate current taxes as unfavorable

More than 115,000 households in debt over electricity bills

Limited reforms to constrain growth, Fitch warns

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