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The Chief Executive Officer of OTP Bank Albania, Mr. Bledar Shella, described this investment as a reflection of the bank’s vision to build long-term and sustainable relationships with its clients.

OTP Bank Albania inaugurates new Private Banking premises in Tirana

Tirana Times, May 18, 2026 – OTP Bank Albania has inaugurated new premises dedicated to the Private Banking segment, unveiling an exclusive space designed for clients seeking personalized service and advanced financial
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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article
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Businesses want VAT deadline extended

TIRANA, September 5 – The business community has called on government to extend the deadline of the electronic declaration of the value added tax (VAT), saying that the current obligation to electronically
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Bank profits grow by eight times

TIRANA, September 7 – Albanian banks have increased their profits by 834 per cent this year despite more Albanian companies falling behind on loan repayments, BalkanInsight reported. The number of companies in
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Taxpayers’ Advocate starts work

TIRANA, September 7 – Artur Papajani, a former tax director general, has been appointed as the head of the newly established Taxpayers’ Advocate office. Papajani was dismissed as general tax director in
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Pyramid scheme funds to be hunted down

TIRANA, Sept. 7 – Albania’s government has decided it will go after funds that pyramid schemes from the late 1990s might have deposited outside Albania through hiring special private financial investigators. They
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Retail sales drop by 2.5% y-o-y in Q2

TIRANA, September 9 – Albania’s retail sector, dominated by small stores, shrank in the second quarter of 2010, reflecting the poor consumer confidence. A report published by the Institute of Statistics, INSTAT,
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Standards Prevent Credit Growth

TIRANA, August 31 – Lending registered only a slight increase during the second quarter of 2010 confirming the tight standards commercial banks operating in Albania apply both to businesses and individuals. Central
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