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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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Central bank rules out quantitative easing option

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TIRANA, May 25 – The country’s central bank says it has ruled out applying quantitative easing to boost sluggish lending and consumption as an alternative offering limited benefits to the Albanian reality

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High tax burden remains a barrier in regional competition

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TIRANA, May 24 – Albania holds an advantage when it comes to its geographical position and access to ports and cheap labour costs but its tax burden is one the region’s highest,

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Gov’t mulling PPP for Vlora thermal power plant

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TIRANA, May 25 – The Albanian government says it is considering a public-private partnership to make the Vlora thermal power plant operational ahead of the first gas flows from the Trans Adriatic

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Insurance market returns to positive growth

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TIRANA, May 26 – Albania’s insurance market returned to positive growth rates last April after slightly contracting in the year’s first quarter. Data published by the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority shows insurance

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Slowdown in public finances could trigger new budget cut

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TIRANA, May 16 – A recent slowdown in public finances could spark a new budget cut and force the government to revise downward its slightly overoptimistic GDP forecast for 2016. Latest finance

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Jobless oil workers demand solution to refiner’s bankruptcy

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TIRANA, May 19 – Hundreds of oil workers from the bankrupt ARMO refiner in the southern Albanian town of Ballsh staged a new protest in Tirana this week, calling on the government

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Albania, Kosovo step up efforts to lift barriers ahead of third joint gov’t meeting

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TIRANA, May 17 – With few days to go before the Albanian and Kosovo governments hold their third joint government meeting, senior authorities from both countries have reconfirmed their willingness to further

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China reconfirms interest to develop Durres industrial park

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TIRANA, May 18 – China is urging companies to develop an industrial park outside Durres after a failed tender earlier this year. A government decision last April cut the expected industrial park

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Steelmaker’s bankruptcy increases NPLs, cuts banks’ profits

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TIRANA, May 16 – The surprise bankruptcy of Turkish-run Kurum steelmaker, one of the country’s largest foreign investors, increased the stock of non-performing loans and affected profits by local banks in Albania

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Decline in bond yields wanes interest in investment funds

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TIRANA, May 16 – A sharp decline in government securities yields has considerably waned interest in the emerging investment funds following their rapid growth in their first three years of operation as

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Credit to agriculture shows signs of recovery

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TIRANA, May 19 – Credit to the key agriculture sector has slightly invigorated during the past three as a USAID-funded project facilitated about $15 million for Albanian farmers and agribusinesses. “The program

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Business & Economy - Page 146

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

Central bank rules out quantitative easing option

High tax burden remains a barrier in regional competition

Gov’t mulling PPP for Vlora thermal power plant

Insurance market returns to positive growth

Slowdown in public finances could trigger new budget cut

Jobless oil workers demand solution to refiner’s bankruptcy

Albania, Kosovo step up efforts to lift barriers ahead of third joint gov’t meeting

China reconfirms interest to develop Durres industrial park

Steelmaker’s bankruptcy increases NPLs, cuts banks’ profits

Decline in bond yields wanes interest in investment funds

Credit to agriculture shows signs of recovery

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