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Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals Slip

Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals SlipTirana, September 26, 2025 — By Tirana Times Staff Albania’s summer tourism season ended on a stronger note in August, with a surge

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Bankers Petroleum Threatens Arbitration Amid Fraud Probe in Albania

By Tirana Times | July 23, 2025 Albania’s most lucrative oilfield has become the epicenter of what could be the country’s most consequential investor-state confrontation to date, after Bankers Petroleum — its

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Arrests at Bankers Petroleum Spark Questions Over Albania’s Oil Industry and Accountability

By Tirana Times Staff FIER/TIRANA, July 2, 2025 — In a stunning development that has shaken Albania’s oil sector, police arrested the current CEO of Bankers Petroleum, Chinese national Hongping Xiao, and

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Bank of Albania moves to apply for SEPA membership

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Albanian businesses and individuals have for years complained that bank transfers — both domestic and international — are costly and slow. SEPA membership would help solve the problem. TIRANA, Apr. 30, 2024

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Albania’s sovereign credit rating upgraded by major int’l agency

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TIRANA, March 26, 2024 – The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) credit rating agency, one of the three largest in the world, has upgraded Albania’s long-term sovereign credit rating by one notch, pushing

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Reflecting renewed emigration wave, remittances to Albania reached record high in 2023

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TIRANA, March 28, 2024 – Money sent home by Albanians working abroad saw a significant increase in 2023, reaching the highest historical level since 2008, according to the latest data reported by

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Trump’s son-in-law plans major investment in Sazan, Albanian gov’t confirms

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TIRANA, March 16, 2024 – U.S.-based company Affinity Partners, led by Jared Kushner, the influential son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, aims to undertake two major tourism projects in Albania, along with

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Albania signs long-awaited social insurance deal with Italy

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By JERINA ZALOSHNJA-RAKIPI ROME, Feb. 7, 2024 – After years of negotiations, Albania and Italy have signed a long-awaited deal on recognizing each other’s social insurance contributions, which will benefit more than

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From exile, Albania’s ex deputy PM alleges massive corruption at top of SP leadership

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TIRANA, Feb. 6, 2024 – In an lengthy television interview from exile in Switzerland, Albania’s former deputy prime minister, Arben Ahmetaj, has made startling accusations of massive corruption at the top of

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Albanian saw quality of life stagnate as rest of region improved, according to EBRD report

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TIRANA, Jan. 31, 2024 – A recent report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has highlighted a stark contrast in the perception of quality of life between Albania and

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Ryanair unveils expansion plans and new routes from Tirana International Airport

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TIRANA, Jan. 24, 2024 – Europe’s largest airline, low-cost Irish carrier Ryanair, is doubling down in Albania with six new direct destinations to complement its existing 16 and the announcing of plans

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Francesco Becchetti owns several companies in Albania, including Agon Channel. (Photo: Archives)

Taxpayers bail out air traffic control company whose foreign accounts were seized by Belgian court to pay Becchetti

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TIRANA, Jan. 24, 2024 – The Albanian government has had to pump millions of euros to keep afloat Albcontrol, the state-owned company responsible for air navigation services in Albanian airspace, as its

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Emigration is top economic risk to Albania, says EBRD head

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TIRANA, Jan. 14, 2024 – A potential deepening demographic crisis due to the increased emigration of young people is one of the top economic risks Albania faces, according to the head of

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Reflecting higher emigration, remittances to Albania hit decade high

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TIRANA, Dec. 14, 2023 – Reflecting renewed emigration, remittances to Albania during 2022 saw a significant increase, reaching the highest levels of the past decade, data released by Eurostat this week reveals.

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Business & Economy - Page 3

Kosovo Visitors Drive Summer Tourism Surge as Italian Arrivals Slip

Bankers Petroleum Threatens Arbitration Amid Fraud Probe in Albania

Arrests at Bankers Petroleum Spark Questions Over Albania’s Oil Industry and Accountability

Bank of Albania moves to apply for SEPA membership

Albania’s sovereign credit rating upgraded by major int’l agency

Reflecting renewed emigration wave, remittances to Albania reached record high in 2023

Trump’s son-in-law plans major investment in Sazan, Albanian gov’t confirms

Albania signs long-awaited social insurance deal with Italy

From exile, Albania’s ex deputy PM alleges massive corruption at top of SP leadership

Albanian saw quality of life stagnate as rest of region improved, according to EBRD report

Ryanair unveils expansion plans and new routes from Tirana International Airport

Taxpayers bail out air traffic control company whose foreign accounts were seized by Belgian court to pay Becchetti

Emigration is top economic risk to Albania, says EBRD head

Reflecting higher emigration, remittances to Albania hit decade high

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