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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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Business & Economy·Western Balkans

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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Kushner granted ‘strategic investor’ status for Sazan development ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Jan. 16, 2025 – Albania has officially approved Jared Kushner’s ambitious plans to transform the uninhabited Sazan Island into a luxury eco-resort. The Albanian government’s Strategic Investments Committee granted strategic investor

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Albania’s TikTok ban draws debate

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Dec. 26, 2024 – The Albanian government’s recent announcement that will ban for at least a year the use within the country of the popular social media platform TikTok has generated

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Albania joins SEPA, marking tangible step in economic integration with the EU

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Nov. 22, 2024 – Albania’s application to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) has been approved, and the country will join on Jan. 1, 2025, alongside Montenegro, the central bank

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Will any other Western Balkans country join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) on the same day as Montenegro?

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by Marija Stojanović Journalist at European Western Balkans According to the recent announcement by Gert Jan Koopman, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), Montenegro

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A Courageous Tug o’ War for American Investment

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A delicate game attracting Democrat and Republican attention in the Western Balkans Mark Crawford Sir Humphrey: There are four words you have to work into a proposal if you want

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A Rising Tide Lifts Empty Boats

Business & Economy

Interpreting an Improved Economy in the Face of Depopulation Mark Crawford In 2024 Albania faces a paradox of statistics. After a couple of years of strong GDP growth, Albania is projected

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Albania faces international scrutiny over suspected toxic waste trafficking

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Aug. 30, 2024 – The discovery that 800 tons of industrial waste, suspected to contain hazardous toxic substances, were exported from Albania’s port of Durrës — likely originating outside the country

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Qatar Square to serve as Tirana’s newest hub and vital part of New Boulevard project

Business & Economy·Features·Main·News

TIRANA, July 25, 2024 – The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has signed a grant agreement with the Municipality of Tirana to establish Qatar Square, a significant development in the heart of

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EU agriculture funds for Albania suspended indefinitely following misuse investigation, ministry tells parliament

Business & Economy·News

TIRANA, July 21, 2024 – About 112 millions of euros aimed at helping Albanian farmers prepare for being part of the European Union have been suspended indefinitely due to prior misuse of

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Bank of Albania shifts policy, cutting key rate by 0.25% to 3%

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TIRANA, July 4, 2024 – The Bank of Albania has shifted direction for the first time since March 2022, easing its monetary policy by reducing the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage

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Property prices on Albanian coast soar, partially driven by foreign buyers

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, May 29, 2024 – Demand for coastal properties in Albania has surged by 20-30 percent compared to last year, according to the Albanian Builders Association. Key areas like Vlora, Palasa and

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Business & Economy - Page 3

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

Kushner granted ‘strategic investor’ status for Sazan development ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Albania’s TikTok ban draws debate

Albania joins SEPA, marking tangible step in economic integration with the EU

Will any other Western Balkans country join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) on the same day as Montenegro?

A Courageous Tug o’ War for American Investment

A Rising Tide Lifts Empty Boats

Albania faces international scrutiny over suspected toxic waste trafficking

Qatar Square to serve as Tirana’s newest hub and vital part of New Boulevard project

EU agriculture funds for Albania suspended indefinitely following misuse investigation, ministry tells parliament

Bank of Albania shifts policy, cutting key rate by 0.25% to 3%

Property prices on Albanian coast soar, partially driven by foreign buyers

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