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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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Fearing massive bankruptcies, small businesses warn of protests over VAT inclusion

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TIRANA, March 13 – As a value added tax reform is about to enter into force next April, thousands of micro and small businesses fear their tax burden will sharply increase and

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Italy continues to dominate more than half of Albania’s air transport market

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TIRANA, March 12 – Italian destinations offered by Italian-owned carriers dominate flights to and from Tirana International Airport, Albania’s sole international airport and one of the country’s key passenger hubs. The situation

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Businesses, households can now pay 13 taxes online

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TIRANA, March 12 – Businesses and households will be able to pay thirteen taxes online through the e-Albania government portal within this month, saving time and printing costs, the tax administration says.

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One out of three public administration employees hired illegally, Commissioner says

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TIRANA, March 8 – One out of three public administration employees in 2017 got their jobs through direct appointments by heads of state institutions, avoiding lengthy and complicated procedures through the Public

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Stop controversial €1 billion PPP project, IMF tells Albania gov’t

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TIRANA, March 7 – The International Monetary Fund says it has advised the Albanian government to temporarily suspend its ambitious €1 billion public private partnership project until guarantees are put in place

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Grid losses slightly recover to 25% as domestic electricity generation suffers

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TIRANA, March 8 – The prolonged drought that Albania experienced during the second half of 2017 cut the country’s hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation by more than a third, triggering costly imports of

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Incinerators taking waste recycling industry to bankruptcy, business representatives say

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TIRANA, March 7 – Business associations say the waste recycling industry in the country is on the brink of bankruptcy after state inspectors have revoked licences to local companies operating in Tirana

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AmCham: Businesses facing extortion to provide contracts

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TIRANA, March 7 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Albania says it has identified cases of big businesses facing new forms of pressure such as extortion to provide service contracts in

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Albania, Serbia initiate work on removing agriculture trade barriers

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TIRANA, March 6 – Albania and Serbia have agreed to initiate joint work on unifying certificates accompanying plant and animal-based products, a key barrier preventing modest trade exchanges between the two key

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New strategy targets turning tourism into key driver of economy

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TIRANA, March 6 – Albanian authorities have drafted a new five-year strategy on tourism with the goal of turning the emerging sector into a key driver of sustainable development that can employ

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Underperforming revenue led to lower than projected public investment in 2017

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TIRANA, March 5 – Albania’s public finances registered positive growth rates for the fourth year in a row in 2017 but failed to meet the government’s overoptimistic forecast for an electoral year,

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Business & Economy - Page 89

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

Fearing massive bankruptcies, small businesses warn of protests over VAT inclusion

Italy continues to dominate more than half of Albania’s air transport market

Businesses, households can now pay 13 taxes online

One out of three public administration employees hired illegally, Commissioner says

Stop controversial €1 billion PPP project, IMF tells Albania gov’t

Grid losses slightly recover to 25% as domestic electricity generation suffers

Incinerators taking waste recycling industry to bankruptcy, business representatives say

AmCham: Businesses facing extortion to provide contracts

Albania, Serbia initiate work on removing agriculture trade barriers

New strategy targets turning tourism into key driver of economy

Underperforming revenue led to lower than projected public investment in 2017

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