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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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One-stop-shop to be set up on construction permits

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – Albania will establish an electronic one-stop-shop on construction permits in 2016 which will enable both households and businesses to apply online eliminating bureaucracy in state offices, Urban Development

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Job seekers look at a new jobs board in Durrës. Unemployment and the economy remain top concerns for voters, a recent survey has found. (Photo: Archives)

New law to discipline ‘lazy’ jobseekers

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TIRANA, Dec. 1 – The Albanian government has drafted a new law that will discipline “lazy” jobseekers by stripping them of their unemployment benefits if they refuse jobs offered by state offices.

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Gov’t, largest foreign investor at loggerheads over tax bill âž¦

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – The Albanian government and the country’s largest foreign investor, Canada-based Bankers Petroleum, saw an escalation of their $57 million tax dispute this week after Albanian authorities refused to

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Bankers Petroleum, Albanian gov’t tax conflict escalates

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TIRANA, Dec. 1 – Canada-based Bankers Petroleum has warned it could temporarily reduce its oil production if the Albanian government does not comply with a stop order issued by an arbitration court

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Exports extend decline as oil, base metal prices remain at record lows

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TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albania’s exports extended their decline to 4.3 percent in the first ten months of this year on a sharp drop in international oil and base metal prices which

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Gov’t expects to collect a mere €19 mln from new tax hikes

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – The Albanian government expects to collect a mere €19 million from new tax hikes on both households and businesses in 2016, a small amount compared to the 2015

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Tourism, beer industries concerned over increased tax burden in new fiscal package

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TIRANA, Nov. 24 – Albania’s tourism and beer industries have strongly opposed the 2016 fiscal package as increasing the tax burden on them and making them less competitive. The travel and tourism

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Uncertainties in Italy, Greece continue to pose threats to Albania’s recovery

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TIRANA, Nov. 25 – The uncertain economic outlook on Albania’s top trading partners is expected to continue having a negative impact on Albania’s economy in the next couple of years. A modest

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Traders association takes new tax law to Constitutional Court over ‘disproportionate’ fines

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TIRANA, Nov. 25 – A business association has taken to the Constitutional Court a new law increasing fines on tax evasion by up to 50-fold, requesting the cancellation of several articles as

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Albania narrows gender gap, climbs to 70th

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Albania climbed 13 steps to rank 70th among 140 countries in the 2015 Global Gender Gap report published by the World Economic Forum on improved economic, educational and

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Arbitration court unfreezes Bankers Petroleum’s accounts

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – A Paris-based arbitration court has issued a stop order requiring Albanian tax authorities to revoke the suspension of Bankers Petroleum’s Albanian bank accounts over a tax dispute, the

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Business & Economy - Page 170

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

One-stop-shop to be set up on construction permits

New law to discipline ‘lazy’ jobseekers

Gov’t, largest foreign investor at loggerheads over tax bill âž¦

Bankers Petroleum, Albanian gov’t tax conflict escalates

Exports extend decline as oil, base metal prices remain at record lows

Gov’t expects to collect a mere €19 mln from new tax hikes

Tourism, beer industries concerned over increased tax burden in new fiscal package

Uncertainties in Italy, Greece continue to pose threats to Albania’s recovery

Traders association takes new tax law to Constitutional Court over ‘disproportionate’ fines

Albania narrows gender gap, climbs to 70th

Arbitration court unfreezes Bankers Petroleum’s accounts

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