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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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Albanian gov’t, UAE investor sign deal on €2 billion redevelopment of Durrës waterfront

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TIRANA, Jan. 30, 2023 – Albania’s government has officially signed off on a 2 billion euro private-public partnership with a major UAE investor, Muhamed Alabbar, to redevelop the Durrës port area waterfront.

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In Albania’s olive oil boom, lack of proper export system means producers go bust

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TIRANA, Jan. 26, 2023 – One the largest olive harvests ever has led to a record production of olive oil in Albania this year. But the boom in production has exposed another

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Albania had Europe’s fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism sector, official data show

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TIRANA, Jan. 19, 2023 – The visible increase in foreign tourists in Albania in the past two years now has statistical backing: Albania has had the fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism in

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Economy to remain anemic, says World Bank as it slashes growth forecasts for Albania, Eurozone and much of the world

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TIRANA, Jan. 17, 2023 – Albania is likely to escape a recession in 2023, but growth will remain anemic at 2.2 percent, the World Bank has announced, lowering a 7-month old projection

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Albanians still trailing region in economic well-being, Eurostat data notes

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TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – Residents of Albania, historically some of the poorest in Europe, are now more economically miserable than the entire Western Balkan neighborhood, recently-released Eurostat data for 2021 showed.

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Infrastructure project in Vlora gets started with financing from Saudi Fund for Development

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TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – Official work has begun on a coastal infrastructure development project in Albania’s southern Vlora County, financed through a $30-million development soft loan from the Saudi Arabia government.

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Lack of workers now businesses’ top concern, notes AmCham Albania report

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TIRANA, Dec. 15, 2022 – The main concern of Albania’s business community is currently the shrinking of the labor force due to high out-migration — as well as the lack of qualified

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Environmental activists ask court to stop construction of Vlora International Airport

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TIRANA, Nov. 24, 2022 – Two Albanian non-governmental environmental organizations, PPNEA and AOS, supported by the international NGO EuroNatur as well as members international scientific community, have submitted a lawsuit in the

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Political fight over proposed Durres Port redevelopment reaches new heights

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TIRANA, Nov. 16, 2022 – A huge proposed redevelopment project that aims to transform the coastline of Albania’s largest port city has become the center of a bitter public fight between Albania’s

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In Tirana visit, Azerbaijan’s president promises to double gas supplies to Europe and to help build Albania’s infrastructure

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TIRANA, Nov. 15, 2022 – Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said Monday his energy-rich country plans to double the supply of gas to Europe, increasing the continent’s energy security following problems tied to

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Albanian women among the world’s most privileged in talent competition, according to global index

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TIRANA, Nov. 5, 2022 – Albania’s workforce is among the most gender equal in the world when it comes to talent competition, according to the 2022 Global Talent Competitiveness Index released earlier

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Business & Economy - Page 8

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

Albanian gov’t, UAE investor sign deal on €2 billion redevelopment of Durrës waterfront

In Albania’s olive oil boom, lack of proper export system means producers go bust

Albania had Europe’s fastest post-pandemic recovery in tourism sector, official data show

Economy to remain anemic, says World Bank as it slashes growth forecasts for Albania, Eurozone and much of the world

Albanians still trailing region in economic well-being, Eurostat data notes

Infrastructure project in Vlora gets started with financing from Saudi Fund for Development

Lack of workers now businesses’ top concern, notes AmCham Albania report

Environmental activists ask court to stop construction of Vlora International Airport

Political fight over proposed Durres Port redevelopment reaches new heights

In Tirana visit, Azerbaijan’s president promises to double gas supplies to Europe and to help build Albania’s infrastructure

Albanian women among the world’s most privileged in talent competition, according to global index

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