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Corridor VIII – the Forgotten Lifeline of the Balkans

An in-depth investigation into the EU-backed trans-Balkan transport project that remains stalled decades after its launch. Over two decades ago, European planners and Balkan leaders laid out the idea off Corridor VIII,

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Albania’s Food Safety Scandal Highlights Rule of Law Deficiencies Amid EU Accession Talks

A recent scandal involving 10 tons of pesticide-laden mandarins distributed across Albania has once again exposed the country’s weak enforcement of food safety regulations and broader rule-of-law challenges. As Albania progresses in

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Albania signs €1bn deal with Italy and UAE on renewable energy, new undersea connection

TIRANA, Jan. 16, 2025 – Albania, Italy and the United Arab Emirates have signed a trilateral agreement to develop renewable energy infrastructure, marking a €1 billion investment to produce and share solar,

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Albania remains one of Europe’s hardest-hit by modern slavery, report shows

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 26 – Albania is one of the top five Europe and Central Asia countries when it comes to people trapped in modern slavery affecting its population. The findings are unveiled

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Opposition worried over Albania’s failure to make it to U.S. investment climate report

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 25 – Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party has blamed what it calls a hostile business climate for the country’s failure to make it in the annual investment climate statements published

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Albania’s biggest miner expands operations in Kosovo

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 25 – One of Albania’s largest companies, the Balfin Group, has expanding its mining operations in neighboring Kosovo where it has acquired a ferro-nickel producer that has been facing financial

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EU critical of Albania’s overoptimistic growth agenda

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 23 – The European Commission has described the Albanian government’s 2018-2020 economic growth and public debt targets as overoptimistic at a time when Albania continues to face several obstacles to

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Alleged airport concessionaire’s abusive charges under probe

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TIRANA, July 23 – The Albanian government is looking for a consultant to carry out a review of the concession contract it has with the Tirana International Airport, the country’s sole airport

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Credit to private sector recovers when corrected for exchange rate, NPL effects

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 19 – Credit to Albania’s private sector was officially below zero in the first five months of this year, but Albania’s central bank says lending grew by an annual of

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Insurers lobby to make private pension insurance compulsory

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 19 – Albanian insurers are lobbying to channel a portion of the mandatory social security contributions to the country’s nascent private pension funds under a new system already applied in

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Albania plans to diversify electricity generation with floating solar power plants

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 19 – Albania’s state-run power utility KESH says it is planning to build the country’s first floating solar power plant on the northern Drin River cascade where it generates about

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More Albania restaurants adopt farm-to-table approach as agritourism gains upper hand

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 17 – When Altin Prenga decided to leave Italy after a decade as a migrant there and start a small family-run restaurant in his native village of Fishte, northern Albania,

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Energy, low base effect wane euro free fall effect on Albania’s exports

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 17 – Albania’s exports officially grew by double digits in the first half of this year, seemingly defying the negative effects from the sharp strengthening of Albanian’s national currency against

7 years ago

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Albania private-run HPPs suffer drought triggered double-digit decline in income

Business & Economy

TIRANA, July 17 – Private and concession hydropower plants operating in the country saw their income drop by double-digits in 2017 when a prolonged drought almost paralyzed the country’s wholly hydro-dependent domestic

7 years ago

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Business & Economy - Page 74

Corridor VIII – the Forgotten Lifeline of the Balkans

Albania’s Food Safety Scandal Highlights Rule of Law Deficiencies Amid EU Accession Talks

Albania signs €1bn deal with Italy and UAE on renewable energy, new undersea connection

Albania remains one of Europe’s hardest-hit by modern slavery, report shows

Opposition worried over Albania’s failure to make it to U.S. investment climate report

Albania’s biggest miner expands operations in Kosovo

EU critical of Albania’s overoptimistic growth agenda

Alleged airport concessionaire’s abusive charges under probe

Credit to private sector recovers when corrected for exchange rate, NPL effects

Insurers lobby to make private pension insurance compulsory

Albania plans to diversify electricity generation with floating solar power plants

More Albania restaurants adopt farm-to-table approach as agritourism gains upper hand

Energy, low base effect wane euro free fall effect on Albania’s exports

Albania private-run HPPs suffer drought triggered double-digit decline in income

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