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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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Stronger national currency reduces Albania’s public debt stock

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TIRANA, July 10 – The sharp strengthening of Albania’s national currency against the euro is also having some few positive effects on the Albanian economy, and it’s mostly the Albanian government that

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Gov’t blames euro’s free fall for revenue slowdown

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TIRANA, July 9 – The Albanian government has blamed the slowdown in tax revenue collected in the first half of the year on the free fall of Europe’s single currency against Albania’s

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Liquid gas excise duty costs Albanians millions of euros

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TIRANA, July 9 – The introduction of an excise rate on liquefied petroleum gas-powered vehicles cost Albanian owners of those cars at least an extra €8 million last year, the government says.

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Balkan Barometer survey: Albanian households, businesses remain largely pessimistic

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TIRANA, July 6 – Albanian households and businesses remain largely pessimistic and expectations for this year are not much optimistic, according to a Balkan Barometer survey published by the Regional Cooperation Council

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Thousands more businesses switch to passive status

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TIRANA, July 5 – Thousands of businesses switched to passive status in the first half of this year, at a much faster pace compared to last year, in a situation apparently triggered

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High transfer costs blamed for 40% of remittances flowing informally

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TIRANA, July 5 – Migrant remittances continue to have a huger than officially reported role in Albania’s economy, but high transfer costs and complicated procedures lead to about 40 percent of them

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Stronger Albanian lek delays central bank’s inflation, monetary policy targets

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, July 5 – A much stronger national currency against Europe’s single currency during the first half of this year has delayed the central bank’s inflation target expectations and

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Albania bans non-biodegradable plastic bags

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TIRANA, July 4 – New rules on businesses involved in the production, trade and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags came into force this week under a ban Albania is imposing in a

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Albania’s electricity distribution operator suffers drastic cut in profits

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TIRANA, July 4 – The prolonged drought that Albania faced last year had a severe negative impact on the finances of the state-run OSHEE distribution operator in 2017, with costly imports forcing

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Albania to select lead managers for new €500 mln Eurobond

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TIRANA, July 3 – Albania has launched a call for joint lead managers that will help the country’s government raise up to €500 million in international capital markets in a new Eurobond

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Experts worried over ‘paradoxical’ economic growth failing to boost Albanians’ welfare

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TIRANA, July 3 – Albanian economy expert Suzana Goxholli describes the first quarter growth in the Albanian economy as largely accidental and fuelled by heavy rainfall and energy exports with not much

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Business & Economy - Page 77

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

Stronger national currency reduces Albania’s public debt stock

Gov’t blames euro’s free fall for revenue slowdown

Liquid gas excise duty costs Albanians millions of euros

Balkan Barometer survey: Albanian households, businesses remain largely pessimistic

Thousands more businesses switch to passive status

High transfer costs blamed for 40% of remittances flowing informally

Stronger Albanian lek delays central bank’s inflation, monetary policy targets

Albania bans non-biodegradable plastic bags

Albania’s electricity distribution operator suffers drastic cut in profits

Albania to select lead managers for new €500 mln Eurobond

Experts worried over ‘paradoxical’ economic growth failing to boost Albanians’ welfare

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