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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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New bill offers drivers with a clean record to pay less in compulsory insurance

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TIRANA, May 14 – Albania’s Financial Supervisory Authority has finalized a draft law on compulsory insurance in the transport sector that is expected to introduce a long-awaited bonus-malus system, a World Bank

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EBRD expects Albania’s growth to linger around same 2017 levels for next two years

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TIRANA, May 11 – London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development expects Albania to register the highest growth rate among Western Balkan economies in the next couple of years, but warns the

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Albania secures €90 mln in funding to rehabilitate key Tirana-Durres railway segment

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TIRANA, May 10 – Albania has secured financing to rehabilitate its key Tirana-Durres railway segment and link it to the country’s sole international airport in a project that will revitalize the country’s

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Albania’s top exporting industry at risk as workers turn down low-paid jobs

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TIRANA, May 9 – Garment and footwear companies in Albania have been facing rising difficulty in finding new workers in the past few years amid hesitation and refusal of potential employees to

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Tax evasion concerns mount following only few thousand of high-income earners

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TIRANA, May 9 – Only a few thousand Albanians declared annual income of more than 2 million lek (€15,600) with tax authorities for 2017, in an ongoing annual trend hinting of high

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Eurozone, internal political risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch unit says

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TIRANA, May 9 – U.K.-based BMI Research, a unit of Fitch, expects Albania’s economy to slow down to 3.7 percent in 2018, from an estimated 9-year high of 3.9 percent in 2017

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Banks write off hundreds of millions in NPLs

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TIRANA, May 8 – The stock of non-performing loans in Albania’s banking system registered a sharp cut in 2017 as banks continued to write off bad debt from their balance sheets and

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German companies become more optimistic, but Albania remains least attractive SEE destination

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TIRANA, May 8 – German companies operating in Albania perceive the country’s economic situation to have considerably improved in the past few years and are more optimistic about future prospects, but yet

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European Commission downgrades Albania’s 2018-19 GDP growth outlook

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TIRANA, May 7 – The European Commission has downgraded Albania’s growth outlook for the next couple of years as two major energy-related projects that drove Albania’s FDI and economic growth recovery for

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UK-based Gulf Oil International denies involvement in Albania Gulf scandal

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TIRANA, May 7 – UK-based Gulf Oil International has distanced itself from the Gulf Albania scandal which saw thousands of local consumers cheated with cheap pre-paid fuel coupons days before an Albania

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More than 50,000 consumers continue to pay off accumulated unpaid electricity bills

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TIRANA, May 4 – More than 50,000 household and business consumers continue to pay their accumulated unpaid electricity bills over the 2007-2014 period in monthly instalments, says state-run OSHEE distribution operator. The

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Business & Economy - Page 83

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

New bill offers drivers with a clean record to pay less in compulsory insurance

EBRD expects Albania’s growth to linger around same 2017 levels for next two years

Albania secures €90 mln in funding to rehabilitate key Tirana-Durres railway segment

Albania’s top exporting industry at risk as workers turn down low-paid jobs

Tax evasion concerns mount following only few thousand of high-income earners

Eurozone, internal political risks threaten Albania’s economy, Fitch unit says

Banks write off hundreds of millions in NPLs

German companies become more optimistic, but Albania remains least attractive SEE destination

European Commission downgrades Albania’s 2018-19 GDP growth outlook

UK-based Gulf Oil International denies involvement in Albania Gulf scandal

More than 50,000 consumers continue to pay off accumulated unpaid electricity bills

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