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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

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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

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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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President decrees new supplementary budget

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TIRANA, Aug. 7 – Albanian President Alfred Moisiu decreed Monday the new supplementary budget approved from the government and parliament in July.

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Kurum employs 100 more persons at the steel plant

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ELBASAN, Aug. 7 – The Turkish steel company Kurum employed 100 more persons in the new plant of steel products opened recently. Managers said they would employ former workers of the big

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Local products fulfill 60 percent of the fresh fruit market

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TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Domestic production fulfils 60 percent of the local market demand for fresh fruits, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection. Fruit products have increased 2.1

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More imported coffee, fuel passing customs

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TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Import of coffee during the first seven months this year have increased 67 percent compare to a year ago, or 3,566 tons from 2,135 tons. Sept. 1 will

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Fish import reaches 1.21 billion leks

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TIRANA, Aug. 7 – Though Albania is surrounded by two seas it still brings fish from imports which reached 1.21 billion leks during the first half this year, according to sources from

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Albania Railways 5-mo Passenger, Cargo Traffic Up Y/Y

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TIRANA, Aug. 4 – Albanian railway passenger and cargo traffic rose by 37.3% and 11.8%, on the year, respectively, in the five months through May, figures of state-run rail company Hekurudha Shqiptare

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Albanian 3-Month T-Bills Oversubscribed, Yields Rise

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TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Yields rose on the Albanian three-month Treasury bills in an auction on Tuesday, as the issue was oversubscribed, the central bank said. The Bank of Albania, which auctions

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Albania Starts 19.5 Mln Euro Foreign-Funded Drainage Project

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KORCA, Aug. 5 – Albania launched a 19.5 million euro foreign-funded project in the southeastern town of Korca aimed at improving the town’s sewerage and drainage infrastructure. The project includes repairs and

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Albteelcom collects $27 million of delayed payments

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TIRANA, Aug. 6 – During the first half this year Albtelecom collected some $27 million and some 1.1 million euro of delayed payments from international operators like Telecom Italia, AT&T, Franc롔elecom, British

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New rubbish processing plant to be installed in Tirana

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TIRANA, Aug. 8 – Vice Minister of Environment Aleksander Garuli said that a new implant to process the capital’s rubbish in the suburbs in Sharra will start to be built by the

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Business & Economy - Page 752

Albania’s Cash Boom Raises Money Laundering Concerns

Vlora Airport Heads to Arbitration

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

President decrees new supplementary budget

Kurum employs 100 more persons at the steel plant

Local products fulfill 60 percent of the fresh fruit market

More imported coffee, fuel passing customs

Fish import reaches 1.21 billion leks

Albania Railways 5-mo Passenger, Cargo Traffic Up Y/Y

Albanian 3-Month T-Bills Oversubscribed, Yields Rise

Albania Starts 19.5 Mln Euro Foreign-Funded Drainage Project

Albteelcom collects $27 million of delayed payments

New rubbish processing plant to be installed in Tirana

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