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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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2015 budget revised downward again

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Underperforming revenues even after a mid-year budget cut and a nationwide campaign against informality have forced the Albanian government to revise the 2015 budget downward for a second

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Central bank keeps key rate at historic low of 1.75%

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TIRANA, Dec. 17 – Albania’s central bank decided this week to keep the key rate at a historic low of 1.75 percent in a bid to continue supporting sluggish consumption and lending.

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Albania lost $1.2 bln in illicit flows in a decade, report shows

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TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania lost $1.2 billion in illicit financial flows from 2004 to 2013 at an average of $123 million annually during the decade which ranks the country 118th among

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FDI, remittances drop in year’s third quarter

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Foreign direct investment and migrant remittances suffered a setback in the third quarter of the year while tourism revenue only slightly recovered, widening the gap in the in

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Bankers Petroleum announces sharp cut in 2016 investments, production

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – The country’s largest foreign investor, Canada-based Bankers Petroleum, has announced a sharp cut in investments and oil production fueled by record low international oil prices and an ongoing

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High taxes, unfair competition rated as two main barriers for doing businesses

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – The high level of taxes and unfair competition are the two main obstacles faced by businesses operating in Albania, according to a survey conducted by the National Business

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Gov’t, fuel marking concessionaire in conflict over crude oil

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TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania’s oil supply risked a blockade last week after Global Fluids International, the fuel marking concessionaire, stopped its operations for one day claiming the Albanian government had failed

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Albania ranks poor in creativity, giving indexes

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Albania ranked 116th in the 2015 Global Creativity Index, a broad-based measure for advanced economic growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic development — talent,

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First FAO Balkan office opens in Albania

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TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania has become the first country in the Balkans where the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has opened an office. The office, FAO’s first on

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Albania ranks 85th in human development index

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TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania ranked 85th out of 188 countries in the 2015 Human Development report examining the intrinsic relationship between work and human development, lagging behind most of its regional

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Jobless rate slightly increases to 17.5%

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TIRANA, Dec. 16 – Albania’s unemployment rate slightly rose to 17.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, up from 17.3 percent in the second quarter and 17.4 percent a year ago,

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Business & Economy - Page 167

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

2015 budget revised downward again

Central bank keeps key rate at historic low of 1.75%

Albania lost $1.2 bln in illicit flows in a decade, report shows

FDI, remittances drop in year’s third quarter

Bankers Petroleum announces sharp cut in 2016 investments, production

High taxes, unfair competition rated as two main barriers for doing businesses

Gov’t, fuel marking concessionaire in conflict over crude oil

Albania ranks poor in creativity, giving indexes

First FAO Balkan office opens in Albania

Albania ranks 85th in human development index

Jobless rate slightly increases to 17.5%

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