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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

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Austria Leads FDI, but Real Estate Tells the Bigger Story

Bank of Albania data show Austria topping first-quarter foreign investment flows, while property and construction continue to shape Albania’s FDI model. Tirana Times June 25, 2026 – The figures place Austria ahead

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Albania’s Missing Generation: A Country Losing Its Future Before 2050

Tirana Times, June 22, 2026 – Albania is no longer facing a normal demographic decline. It is facing the possible disappearance of the very generation on which its economic, social and political

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World Bank urges faster reforms to overcome expected economic slowdown

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TIRANA, Jan. 14 – The World Bank says Albania has to continue doing business reforms and be careful with its ambitious public-private partnership program in order to maintain its growth pace for

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Albania resumes costly electricity imports in new threat to country’s economy

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 14 – A prolonged drought that Albania has been facing since mid-2018 has forced the country’s hydro-dependent state-run operators to switch to compulsory costly electricity imports in

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Shell’s new Albania oil search plans met with resistance

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 11 – Exploration surveys that oil giant Shell is planning to conduct during this year in a southern Albanian region have triggered concerns among some local government

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Inflation rate misses target by 1% for second year in row

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TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Albania’s average inflation rate remained unchanged at 2 percent in 2018, missing Albania’s central bank 3 percent target by 1 percent for the second year in low, hinting

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Experts urge reforms to make growth sustainable

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TIRANA, Jan. 10 – At a time when the Albanian economy is growing amid growing pessimism by businesses and households and thanks to weather-related conditions and a hike in international commodity prices,

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Albanians in Italy send home €120 mln annually in remittances

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TIRANA, Jan. 9 – Albanian migrants living and working in Italy send home more than €120 million annually in remittances, making Italy, home to some 500,000 resident Albanians, a key contributor to

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Albania orders ban on more than 340 online betting sites

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TIRANA, Jan. 9 – Albania’s electronic communications watchdog has ordered the country’s internet service providers to ban access to hundreds of local and international online sports betting and casino portals following a

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World Bank expects Albania’s growth to slow down to 3.5% over next three years

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TIRANA, Jan, 9 – The World Bank has upgraded Albania’s 2018 economic outlook to 4 percent, but expects the country’s economy to slow down to around 3.5 percent in the next three

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Opposition Democrats blame tax hikes, aggressiveness for sharp hike in bankruptcies

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TIRANA, Jan. 8 – Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party has blamed the tough business climate and the high tax burden for the closure of some 15,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in 2018,

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Albania launches crackdown on illegal gambling following nationwide ban

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 8 – With a nationwide ban on gambling in force since Jan. 1, thousands of gambling businesses have officially closed down, bringing to an end what had

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Eurostat: Albania is one of Europe’s top citrus, medicinal plant producers

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TIRANA, Jan. 8 – Although one of Europe’s smallest countries in terms of area and population, the favorable Mediterranean climate with plenty of sunshine ranks Albania one of the top agricultural producers

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Business & Economy - Page 60

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

Austria Leads FDI, but Real Estate Tells the Bigger Story

Albania’s Missing Generation: A Country Losing Its Future Before 2050

World Bank urges faster reforms to overcome expected economic slowdown

Albania resumes costly electricity imports in new threat to country’s economy

Shell’s new Albania oil search plans met with resistance

Inflation rate misses target by 1% for second year in row

Experts urge reforms to make growth sustainable

Albanians in Italy send home €120 mln annually in remittances

Albania orders ban on more than 340 online betting sites

World Bank expects Albania’s growth to slow down to 3.5% over next three years

Opposition Democrats blame tax hikes, aggressiveness for sharp hike in bankruptcies

Albania launches crackdown on illegal gambling following nationwide ban

Eurostat: Albania is one of Europe’s top citrus, medicinal plant producers

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