Business & Economy - Page 42

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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Municipalities increase wage expenditure

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TIRANA, June 27- Local government units have continued to increase salaries spending during the first quarter of this year even though the transfer of functions from the central government is fading, as

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Roaming agreement and tariffs

Business & Economy·Region

TIRANA, July 2- The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) reports that since July 1 the roaming prices throughout the Western Balkans have dropped significantly, where citizens of these countries will be able to

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Fitch Solutions: Albania has high political and economic risk

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TIRANA, July 3- Fitch Solutions has released the latest country risk index report in Southeast Europe. Fitch’s index lists countries on a scale from 0 to 100, assessing short and long-term political

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Tax for cars to be reviewed

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TIRANA, July 2- The government expects to change the taxation policy on vehicles, whereby the more powerful the car one owns, the more they will have to pay. Referring to an official

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Insurance companies compensate 18 million euros bills

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TIRANA, July 2- Insurance companies have paid in total as damages compensations over 2.3 billion lek (18 million euros) in the first five months of this year. Official data on the insurance

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VAT threshold reduction doesn’t generate expected revenue

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TIRANA, July 2- The reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) threshold for small businesses from 5 to 2 million lek (13-40.5 thousand euros) of turnover, has not served as an incentive

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Consumption reduction continues

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TIRANA, July 2- The political crisis has lagged consumption in the last six months. Official data shows that consumers are mainly focused on basic purchases, avoiding the consumption of durable goods. According

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Albania-Kosovo trade dispute continues

Business & Economy·Politics·Region

TIRANA, July 3- Chairman of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce Nikolin Jaka, announced today that a working group has been established with coordinators the Kosovo Economic Chamber and Tirana Chamber of Commerce,

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Economy in Brief

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Albanian economic growth halves TIRANA, July 2- The economic growth during the first quarter of the year is recorded at 2.21 percent. Compared to the same period last year, the growth rate

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BoA warns halving of economic growth to continue

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TIRANA, July 3- According to Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) data the economic growth was 2.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, almost halving from the 2018 average rate of

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Kosovo trade war exacerbates

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TIRANA, June 26- The Kosovo Producers’ Club (KPC) has reacted to the decision taken by North Macedonia to stop the import of fish from Kosovo, a ban on the import regulations where

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Business & Economy - Page 42

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

Municipalities increase wage expenditure

Roaming agreement and tariffs

Fitch Solutions: Albania has high political and economic risk

Tax for cars to be reviewed

Insurance companies compensate 18 million euros bills

VAT threshold reduction doesn’t generate expected revenue

Consumption reduction continues

Albania-Kosovo trade dispute continues

Economy in Brief

BoA warns halving of economic growth to continue

Kosovo trade war exacerbates

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