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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.

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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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Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Tirana Times, February 12 2026 – The rapid deterioration of newly inaugurated roads and tunnels across Albania has exposed far more than technical shortcomings. What authorities have sought to explain as weather-related

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Cautious about economy, businesses lower investments

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TIRANA, June 1 – The latest report by the Bank of Albania shows that Albanian companies have drastically lowered their investments into the business, adopting a wait and see attitude during the

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Fin Minister dissatisfied with central bank’s monetary policy

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TIRANA, June 1 – Finance Minister Ridvan Bode has said he is unsatisfied with the monetary policy followed by the Bank of Albania, accusing it of awkwardness in treating the crisis and

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Public debt level not problematic, Bode says

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TIRANA, June 1 – Finance Minister Ridvan Bode has said that Albania’s current level of public debt, around 60 percent of the GDP, is not problematic. Speaking at a World Bank conference,

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World Bank worried over debt level

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TIRANA, June 1 – Unlike the Albanian government, the World Bank said it was worried over Albania’s public debt level. Indermit Gill, the chief economist of the Europe and Central Asia Region

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Changes sought in Administrative Courts draft law

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Konfindustria wants the new bill to include comments from the opposition and other experts in order to increase the effectiveness of the new court system. TIRANA, June 1 – Representatives of Albania’s

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USAID’s warning of Administrative Court

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Last month, USAID warned that failure to establish the Administrative Court risks depriving Albania from befitting funds from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). USAID Mission Director Joseph Williams said that delays in

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Concession contracts signed for 264 hydropower plants

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TIRANA, May 27 – The Albanian government has signed 98 concession contracts to build 264 hydropower plants with a total installed power of 1055 MW during the 2007-2010 period, deputy Economy Minister

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Jan-April exports reach 345 mln euros

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Central bank statistics showed Italy continued remaining the main destination of Albanian exports with 185 million euros, more than half of the total value of exports TIRANA, May 28 – Albania exports

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EBRD economist: Greek crisis won’t have serious effects for Albania

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TIRANA, May 28 – The severe financial crisis in neighbouring Greece won’t have serious economic impacts on the Albanian economy, Peter Sanfey, a lead economist at the EBRD told Voice of America

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Banks’ Loan Portfolio Rises 7.7% Y/Y in April

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TIRANA, June 1 – The loan portfolio of commercial banks in Albania totalled 450.181 billion leks ($4.03 billion/3.28 billion euro) at the end of April, up 7.7% from a year earlier, central

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Competition Authority demands transparency in T-bills market

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TIRANA, May 31 – The Competition Authority has recommended the Bank of Albania to take measures in reducing information asymmetries in the treasury bills market because of lack of transparency in informing

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Business & Economy - Page 486

OTP Bank Albania inaugurates new Private Banking premises in Tirana

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

Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Cautious about economy, businesses lower investments

Fin Minister dissatisfied with central bank’s monetary policy

Public debt level not problematic, Bode says

World Bank worried over debt level

Changes sought in Administrative Courts draft law

USAID’s warning of Administrative Court

Concession contracts signed for 264 hydropower plants

Jan-April exports reach 345 mln euros

EBRD economist: Greek crisis won’t have serious effects for Albania

Banks’ Loan Portfolio Rises 7.7% Y/Y in April

Competition Authority demands transparency in T-bills market

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