Business & Economy - Page 51

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

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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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More Italian businesses invest in Albania

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TIRANA, Apr. 23- Albania is profiting on foreign direct investments from Italian businesses as our neighbouring country has approached new measures to stop fiscal evasion through an electronic invoicing. Since Albania has

7 years ago

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Albanian banks on a race and system changes during 2018

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TIRANA, Apr. 13- The banking sector for 2018 seemed to hit another year of stagnation with slow growth in assets and idle lending, with weak deposits expansion, mostly impacted from Euro savings,

7 years ago

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New WB project to lower trade costs and increase transport efficiency

Business & Economy·Region

TIRANA, Apr. 20- A new Western Balkans Trade and Transport Facilitation Project will reduce both time and cost of trade across the Western Balkans. The 90 million dollar project, which is the

7 years ago

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Albanian wages are the lowest in region

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TIRANA, Apr. 18- The minimum wage in Albania is 211 euros, while in Macedonia 240 euros, according to Eurostat data referring to January 2019. But, in absolute terms, the minimum wage in

7 years ago

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Albania to operate low-cost Tirana-Riyadh flights

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TIRANA, Apr. 19- The second biggest Saudi Arabian airline FLYNAS will start operating in Albania offering low-cost flights from Tirana to Riyadh. A memorandum was signed today between the Albanian Minister of

7 years ago

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Qatar and Albania sign a number of agreements

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TIRANA, Apr. 18- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was at Amiri Diwan on Tuesday where he held formal talks with the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser

7 years ago

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A weekend at Neranxi

Business & Economy·Features

By Sonja Methoxha Countless colorful product pictures are hung on a long white corridor which leads to a large backyard. A black van which serves coffee, cold beverages and fast foods appears.

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

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Currency exchange rate decline stops After the robbery of about 10 million euros last week at Tirana International Airport the currency exchanges experienced a drop due to the uncertainties regarding their transferring

7 years ago

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Kosovo is also to take Albanian doctors by providing higher wages

Business & Economy·In-depth·Region·Social Issues

TIRANA- In the past five years it is estimated that 857 doctors have left Albania mainly heading for Germany, but not only. The reasons are countless, starting with low salaries, disparagement of

7 years ago

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One in four self-employed businesses fail

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TIRANA, Apr. 9- The Social Insurance Institute (SII) has released some data for 2018 regarding the social security contributions from self-employed workers, which reflected the ongoing crisis the small business in Albania

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

Business & Economy

32 percent of workers didn’t pay social insurance for 2018 Data from the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) claimed that for 2018 1.3 million persons were employed in Albania. For this years,

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Business & Economy - Page 51

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

More Italian businesses invest in Albania

Albanian banks on a race and system changes during 2018

New WB project to lower trade costs and increase transport efficiency

Albanian wages are the lowest in region

Albania to operate low-cost Tirana-Riyadh flights

Qatar and Albania sign a number of agreements

A weekend at Neranxi

Economy in Brief

One in four self-employed businesses fail

Economy in Brief

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