Business & Economy - Page 42

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

Business & Economy

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

3 weeks ago

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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

2 months ago

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More money goes out of banks prior elections

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 28- Growth of currency outside banks is a phenomenon that has usually accompanied all pre-election periods in Albania, reflecting the increase in public investment, or increased political parties’ expenses for

7 years ago

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Government has 15 million euro court ruling arrears

Business & Economy

TIRANA, June 28- The inability to pay bills on time is becoming a major problem for the government and mostly for the long-term economic sustainability of the country. According to official data

7 years ago

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Municipalities increase wage expenditure

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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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

7 years ago

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Fitch Solutions: Albania has high political and economic risk

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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Tax for cars to be reviewed

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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Insurance companies compensate 18 million euros bills

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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VAT threshold reduction doesn’t generate expected revenue

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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Consumption reduction continues

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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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,

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

Business & Economy

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

7 years ago

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Business & Economy - Page 42

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

More money goes out of banks prior elections

Government has 15 million euro court ruling arrears

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

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