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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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Trade exchanges with Greece halve, modestly increase with Italy in 2009-2015

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TIRANA, April 26 – Seven years after the onset of the global financial crisis, Albania’s trade exchanges with top trading partner Italy have remained unaffected but suffered a sharp cut with neighboring

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The Durres sea port is Albania's hub for international trade. (Photo: Archives)

Exports extend decline to 8.4% in Q1 2016

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TIRANA, April 28 – Albania’s exports suffered an 8.4 percent decline in the first quarter of this year affected by a sharp decline in oil and mineral exports as international commodity prices

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Public finances recover in early 2016

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TIRANA, April 28 – The nationwide campaign against informality launched in late 2015 seems to have temporarily put public finances back on track. Finance ministry data shows government revenue rose by an

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Norway’s Statkraft launches first Albania HPP

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TIRANA, April 26 – Norway’s Statkraft says it is preparing to sell electricity from its new Banja hydropower plant in central Albania and monitoring steps by the Albanian government in liberalizing the

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State audit uncovers record €1 billion in abuses

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TIRANA, April 26 – Abuses by central and local government institutions are estimated to have cost Albanian taxpayers a record more than 1 billion euros or 10 percent of the country’s GDP

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New incentives unveiled for ailing mining industry

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TIRANA, April 28 – The Albanian government says its package of incentives to give a boost to the ailing mining industry and prevent a further cut in production and employment will be

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Albania’s growth to catch up, EC says

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TIRANA, April 28 – Albania registered one of the lowest growth rates among seven EU aspirants in 2015, but is expected to catch up with its regional competitors in the next couple

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Business, consumer confidence drops below historical average

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TIRANA, April 18 – The Albanian economy is estimated to have made a poor start in early 2016 after growing by 2.6 percent in 2015. A survey conducted by the country’s central

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Informal borrowing remains widespread

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TIRANA, April 19 – With credit failing to return to positive growth rates, informal borrowing continues remaining widespread especially among Albanian households. A survey conducted by the country’s central bank has found

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Gov’t renegotiating TAP contract to increase benefits

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TIRANA, April – The Albanian government says it is negotiating with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline to increase the country’s benefits from the gas pipeline bringing Caspian gas to Europe. Speaking in Durres

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Court rules on reorganization of Kurum in bankruptcy proceedings

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TIRANA, April 20 – A Tirana District Court has ruled to suspend the execution of collateral against Kurum steelmaker and allow the company to renegotiate loans with its creditors to save it

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Business & Economy - Page 149

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

Trade exchanges with Greece halve, modestly increase with Italy in 2009-2015

Exports extend decline to 8.4% in Q1 2016

Public finances recover in early 2016

Norway’s Statkraft launches first Albania HPP

State audit uncovers record €1 billion in abuses

New incentives unveiled for ailing mining industry

Albania’s growth to catch up, EC says

Business, consumer confidence drops below historical average

Informal borrowing remains widespread

Gov’t renegotiating TAP contract to increase benefits

Court rules on reorganization of Kurum in bankruptcy proceedings

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