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Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Cash outside Albania’s banking system reached a record 5.6 billion euros, last month. Tirana Times, August 30, 2026 – The amount of cash circulating outside Albania’s banking system has reached a record

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Prime Minister Rama, Former Deputy PM Ministedr Balluku and Mr. Bexhet Pacolli

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Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

Albania faces another potentially costly international dispute after losing several arbitration cases in recent years that have exposed the state to hundreds of millions of euros in compensation and related liabilities. Tirana

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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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Gov’t announces new financial assistance plan underway

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TIRANA, March 17 – Prime Minister Rama recently announced that a financial assistance package is underway for all citizens facing financial difficulties due to the spread of COVID-19. He urged for everyone

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Coronavirus impact on Eastern Europe will be severe, according to wiiw forecast

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TIRANA, March 17 – Due to the growing pandemic of COVID-19, Eastern Europe may face the worst year since the 2008 global financial crisis, according to the latest projections by the Vienna

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IMF: Economic growth expected to slow down due to earthquake and COVID-19

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TIRANA, March 13 – The impact of the November 26 earthquake that hit Albania last year and the recent COVID-19 pandemic are expected to slow economic growth in 2020, according to An

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EBRD unveils €1 billion emergency coronavirus financing package

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(EBRD), March 13 – The EBRD has unveiled an emergency €1 billion “Solidarity Package” of measures to help companies across its regions deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. This is

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BoA suspends loan repayments for individuals and businesses

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TIRANA, March 12 – Amid the growing threat of the COVID-19 impact on the economy, the Bank of Albania announced that customers will be allowed to defer credit payments for up to

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The economy in the face of COVID-19: BoA suspends loan repayments for individuals and businesses Amid the growing threat of the COVID-19 impact on the economy, the Bank of Albania announced that

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MIE postpones deadline for Vlora Airport concession

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TIRANA, March 12 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has postponed the deadline for submission of bids related to Vlora Airport by potential investors to 30 March. On its official website,

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Jaço: “New economic measures need to be taken in order to cope with the impact of the COVID-19”

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TIRANA, March 10 – The President of the American Chamber of Commerce, Enio Jaço, told ‘Voice of America’ during an interview that new economic measures need to be taken in order to

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Energy imports witnessed growth in 2019 as production wavered

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TIRANA, March 5 – According to official data published by the Institute of Statistics, production of energy decreased by 0.3 percent, as imports increased by 1.8 times in order to meet the

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Illicit trade flows in Albania valued at 2.2 billion dollars, according to GFI report

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TIRANA, March 4 – The latest ‘Trade-Related Illicit Financial Flows’ report by the Global Financial Integrity stated that manipulated import and export bills of goods and services total 2.2 billion dollars from

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Experts voice concerns as 38 percent of the Albanian population is living abroad

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TIRANA, March 3 – Due to the increasing trend of immigration, about 1.112 million inhabitants, or 38.8 percent of the total Albanian population, live abroad. The demographic decline in Albania has been

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Business & Economy - Page 28

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

Concrete, Cocaine and Corruption: Albania’s Fragile Growth Model

Gov’t announces new financial assistance plan underway

Coronavirus impact on Eastern Europe will be severe, according to wiiw forecast

IMF: Economic growth expected to slow down due to earthquake and COVID-19

EBRD unveils €1 billion emergency coronavirus financing package

BoA suspends loan repayments for individuals and businesses

Business & Economy this week

MIE postpones deadline for Vlora Airport concession

Jaço: “New economic measures need to be taken in order to cope with the impact of the COVID-19”

Energy imports witnessed growth in 2019 as production wavered

Illicit trade flows in Albania valued at 2.2 billion dollars, according to GFI report

Experts voice concerns as 38 percent of the Albanian population is living abroad

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