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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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Drug trafficking dominates as €9 mln seized in suspected money laundering

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TIRANA, April 4 – Albanian law enforcement authorities seized about €9 million in suspected money laundering transfers and bank accounts in 2017 with the majority of identified cases originating from drug trafficking

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Household consumption struggles as Albania GDP hits 9-year high

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TIRANA, April 3 – The Albanian economy hit a 9-year high of 3.84 percent in 2017, but household consumption was about 1 percentage point lower compared to the annual GDP growth rate,

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Highway tolls trigger trade, tourism concerns as Kosovars warn of boycott

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TIRANA, April 3 – The launch of tolls on the Albania section of the ‘Highway of Nation’ linking Albania to Kosovo has led to concerns that trade exchanges between the two ethnic

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Austrian company plans €500 mln gas-fired power plant in Albania’s TAP section

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TIRANA, April 2 –With the Trans Adriatic Pipeline and its Albania section is in its final construction stage, an Austrian company has unveiled plans to build a big natural gas-fired power plant

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Albania lifts visas for Chinese tourists, upholds visa waiver for Russians

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TIRANA, April 2 – Albania has for the first time lifted the visa regime for Chinese tourists under a visa waiver program that is expected to have a major impact on the

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Central bank says it plans no intervention to stop national currency’s strengthening

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TIRANA, March 29 – Albania’s central bank says it is not planning to make any intervention in the exchange rate regime following a considerable strengthening of Albania’s national currency in the past

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Slight 2017 FDI drop signals tough times ahead as major projects near completion

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TIRANA, March 26 – Foreign direct investment slightly fell in 2017 when TAP and the Devoll hydropower project were at their peak level, signaling tough times ahead as the two major energy-related

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Albania launches first toll road amid internal, Kosovo concerns

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TIRANA, March 29 – The launch of a tolling system on the Highway of Nation linking Albania to Kosovo has angered local communities, businesses and the opposition who fear the average €5

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AmCham: Business climate deteriorated in 2017

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TIRANA, March 22 – Albania’s business climate is perceived to have slightly deteriorated last year after recovering to a five-year high in 2016, with the high level of taxes and government bureaucracy

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Opposition, experts worried over IMF warnings on Albanian economy

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TIRANA, March 22 – The IMF warnings on the risks facing the country’s economy, mainly related to the expected negative effects that PPPs could have on the public debt reduction agenda, have

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Oil refinery’s closure widens Jan-Feb trade gap

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TIRANA, March 21 – Albania’s trade gap moderately widened in the first two months of this year despite exports registering strong double-digit growth rates, in a situation apparently negatively affected by oil

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Business & Economy - Page 87

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

Drug trafficking dominates as €9 mln seized in suspected money laundering

Household consumption struggles as Albania GDP hits 9-year high

Highway tolls trigger trade, tourism concerns as Kosovars warn of boycott

Austrian company plans €500 mln gas-fired power plant in Albania’s TAP section

Albania lifts visas for Chinese tourists, upholds visa waiver for Russians

Central bank says it plans no intervention to stop national currency’s strengthening

Slight 2017 FDI drop signals tough times ahead as major projects near completion

Albania launches first toll road amid internal, Kosovo concerns

AmCham: Business climate deteriorated in 2017

Opposition, experts worried over IMF warnings on Albanian economy

Oil refinery’s closure widens Jan-Feb trade gap

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