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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

3 days ago

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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

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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Food Authority speaks about consumer goods safety in Albania

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TIRANA, May 1- According to recent studies food safety is one of the main reasons for the developing of many diseases. For developing countries like Albania, food safety remains a challenge, but

7 years ago

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Low loan interest rates for housing

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TIRANA, May 1- Bank of Albania data show that in March, the monthly weighted average new lending rate of nonfinancial corporations and households was 6.47 percent per annum, marking the lowest level

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

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Air Albania issues expensive prices Our new airline Air Albania in collaboration with Turkish Airlines was supposed to be a cheap alternative for flights in preferred destinations. However, the prices have proved

7 years ago

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Meat consumption in Albania

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TIRANA, Apr. 30- The consumption of meat and its by-products in Albania marked an increase in 2018, although domestic production remained the same. The main companies continued consolidating their position, though the

7 years ago

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Investment funds are under interest rates pressure

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TIRANA, Apr. 30- The number of investment funds in the end of 2018 went from three to five. Regardless of this expansion and the increase of the offer for investment alternatives, the

7 years ago

14 mins read

Albanian families hold more real estate than savings

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TIRANA, Apr. 29- A Bank of Albania observation found that 95 percent of Albanian families own one-to-two properties (real estate) on average, however, 43 percent of them said they had no savings

7 years ago

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New production cycle overtakes the footwear industry

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TIRANA, Apr. 22- The footwear industry in our country holds 20 percent of the total Albanian exports, with a value of around 480 million euros a year. However, the expenses are getting

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

Business & Economy

Electronic money usage increases During 2018 there was an increase by 22.2 percent in credit card usage, and also an increase in credit and debit cards issuance (9.47 and 4.46 percent, respectively).

7 years ago

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Investigations show farmers use extensive amounts of chemicals on products

Business & Economy·Free to Read·News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Apr. 25- A survey from the investigative TV show “Fiks Fare” in Kuà§ovà« and Berat, considered the biggest producers of fruit and vegetable in Albania, found that farmers use stimulants

7 years ago

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EBRD to invest 1.1 billion euros in Western Balkans during 2019

Business & Economy·Region

TIRANA, Apr. 23- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims to invest another 1.1 billion euros in the Western Balkans this year, with a focus on the private sector, connectivity

7 years ago

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Austrian Airlines to resume money transportation

Business & Economy·Free to Read

TIRANA, Apr. 24- Following the robbery of 6.5 million euros by an organized group on April 10 at the Tirana International Airport (TIA) from an Austrian Airlines plane which was ready to

7 years ago

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Business & Economy - Page 50

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

Food Authority speaks about consumer goods safety in Albania

Low loan interest rates for housing

Economy in Brief

Meat consumption in Albania

Investment funds are under interest rates pressure

Albanian families hold more real estate than savings

New production cycle overtakes the footwear industry

Economy in Brief

EBRD to invest 1.1 billion euros in Western Balkans during 2019

Austrian Airlines to resume money transportation

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