Business & Economy - Page 53

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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Euro drop still unjustified

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 26- On Dec. 19, 2018, the euro was exchanged by 122.69 lek, reaching the lowest level since August 2008. While the average exchange rate for the whole year was 127.6

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

Business & Economy

Low budget spending on social protection Comparing to EU countries the Albanian government collects and spends less public funds in ratio to its GDP. The highest difference is noticed in spendings for

7 years ago

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Shell companies have acquired the most expensive concessions

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 26- Media outlet Exit.al has written a report on the three of the most expensive concessions winners being shell companies with unknown owners. Two of these concessions are in the

7 years ago

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Indian loan frauds with Albanian citizenship

Business & Economy·Crime·News

By Sonja Methoxha TIRANA, March 26- Brothers Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and Chetankumar Jayantilal Sandesara, and their brother-in-law Hitesh Narender Bhai Patel, were wanted in India for money fraud. The three men have

7 years ago

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A history of Albanian money

Business & Economy·Culture·Special

TIRANA, March 25- In the framework of the Global Money Week which is during March 27 through April 2, Prof. Dr. Alqi Naqellari has provided a short history of the Albanian money.

7 years ago

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Government takes new tobacco bill under revise

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 21- On February 2019 the Ministry of Health proposed a new bill regarding tobacco consumption. The new bill demands that apart from the specific tobacco shops, all the rest of

7 years ago

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Decreased exports raise the trade deficit

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 21- During the first three months of 2019 the trade exports have marked a negative performance when comparing to the same period in 2018, when the exports doubled. This decrease

7 years ago

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How Albanians are invading Europe with asylum-seekers

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 19- On our last issue we wrote an article regarding data from Eurostat on the number of first-time asylum seekers in Europe for 2018, Albanians amounted to 19 thousand first

7 years ago

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Apartments in Tirana are the most expensive in the region

Business & Economy

TIRANA, March 18- The luxury apartments in Tirana are reaching peak prices around the center areas as more luxurious construction sites are under development. The prices are quickly increasing and are reaching

7 years ago

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Economy in Brief

Business & Economy

17 percent of loans are informal The Bank of Albania conducted a survey during the first half of 2018 with 1200 Albanian families regarding loans. The data gathered showed that 17 percent

7 years ago

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Italy to join China’s “One Belt, One Road”

Business & Economy·News·Region

TIRANA, March 20- President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping will be visiting Rome on March 21, Voice of America reports. The purpose of the visitation is a discussion and

7 years ago

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Business & Economy - Page 53

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

Euro drop still unjustified

Economy in Brief

Shell companies have acquired the most expensive concessions

Indian loan frauds with Albanian citizenship

A history of Albanian money

Decreased exports raise the trade deficit

Apartments in Tirana are the most expensive in the region

Economy in Brief

Italy to join China’s “One Belt, One Road”

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