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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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Savers turn to riskier investments as interest rates drop to record low

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TIRANA, Jan. 7 – With the economy struggling with poor growth rates of slightly above 2 percent and interest rates at a historic low, investment opportunities for Albanian savers have considerably reduced,

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New bill to provide protection to whistleblowers

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TIRANA, Jan. 5 – People working in a private company with more than 100 employees and public institutions with more than 80 people could now more safely join the ranks of whistleblowers

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2016 outlook – Mixed expectations: What’s ahead for the Albanian economy?

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Dec. 21 – The Albanian economy is expected to face another tough year in 2016 despite forecasts of a slight recovery fuelled by an expected boost in energy-related

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Albania's Constitutional Court in a recent session. (Photo: Archives)

Constitutional Court suspends implementation of new law to address heavy fines complaint

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TIRANA, Dec. 23 – Albania’s Constitutional Court announced this week it has suspended the implementation of some newly-adopted legal changes that would increase fines on tax evasion and other informal economy offences

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Gov’t rejects bids on Albania-Kosovo toll highway as ‘running counter to public interest’

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TIRANA, Dec. 22 – The Albanian government has decided to reject bids on a concession contract for a 114-km highway segment linking Albania to Kosovo, which would have made it the first

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2015 business & economy in review

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January New taxes enter into force Starting January 2015, Albanians have been paying higher taxes on non-wage income, fuel and tobacco, which were expected to cost both households and businesses an extra

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Watchdog worried over competition in new oil concession port

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TIRANA, Dec. 22 – Few months after the Albanian government awarded a 35-year concession to handle large oil tankers in Porto Romano, outside Durres, the country’s competition authority has recommended some measures

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Last-minute amendments scrap plans to increase taxes on beer, skilled professionals

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TIRANA, Dec. 22 – The ruling Socialist Party-led majority made some last-minute amendments to the 2016 budget last week, withdrawing from the increase in the excise rate on domestically produced beer, revising

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Lack of rainfall endangers hydro-dependent electricity production

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TIRANA, Dec. 23 – Lack of adequate rainfall during the past few months has forced the country’s state-run power utility, KESH, to reduce hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation and increase imports at a

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Retail sales register moderate growth

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TIRANA, Dec. 23 – Retail sales registered a significant 7.8 percent annual increase in the third quarter of the year, the peak of the tourist season, hinting a recovery in domestic demand

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One million Albanians live in Italy, Greece

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TIRANA, Dec. 24 – Albanians make up the top foreign community in Greece and are the second-largest group of foreigners in Italy, a report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European

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Business & Economy - Page 166

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

Savers turn to riskier investments as interest rates drop to record low

New bill to provide protection to whistleblowers

2016 outlook – Mixed expectations: What’s ahead for the Albanian economy?

Constitutional Court suspends implementation of new law to address heavy fines complaint

Gov’t rejects bids on Albania-Kosovo toll highway as ‘running counter to public interest’

2015 business & economy in review

Watchdog worried over competition in new oil concession port

Last-minute amendments scrap plans to increase taxes on beer, skilled professionals

Lack of rainfall endangers hydro-dependent electricity production

Retail sales register moderate growth

One million Albanians live in Italy, Greece

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