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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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Albania’s central bank continues trend in hiking key interest rate as inflation bites

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TIRANA, Nov. 3, 2022 – Albania’s central bank intervened again on Wednesday, for the fourth time in a row, increasing its key interest by 0.5 percentage points to 2.75 percent. In continued

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IMF warns construction boom could threaten Albania’s financial stability

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TIRANA, Oct. 13, 2022 – Albania has been warned that its current construction boom and the large economic focus on the real estate market carries risks to the country’s financial stability, according

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Albania warned on proposed golden passports, fiscal amnesty programs in latest EU report

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TIRANA, Oct. 12, 2022 – Albania’s proposed golden passport program and a draft fiscal amnesty have been red flagged by the European Commission in its latest progress report on candidate countries for

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Driven by high food and fuel prices, Albania’s official inflation reaches new 24-year high

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TIRANA, Oct. 10 – Albania’s official inflation rate recorded a 24-year high in September, reaching 8.1 percent, according to the state’s Institute of Statistics, Instat. The rate, the highest since December 1998,

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IMF joins calls on gov’t to scrap fiscal amnesty as SP says it will push it through parliament

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TIRANA, Oct. 10, 2022 – The Socialist Party will push its proposed fiscal amnesty through parliament despite strong opposition from Albania’s international partners and domestic actors, the party’s parliamentary leader, Taulant Balla,

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Bank of Albania raises key interest rate half a point to 2.25 percent

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TIRANA, Oct. 5, 2022 – Albania’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 2.5 percent, the Bank of Albania Supervisory Council decided Wednesday. The decision

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Albania to have region’s lowest growth in 2023, World Bank forecasts

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TIRANA, Oct. 5, 2022 – Albania will feel the effect of global economic turmoil, which will be reflected in lower growth forecasted for next year, according to the latest World Bank report.

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Analysis: Large increase in home prices amid Albania’s construction boom raises eyebrows

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TIRANA, Oct. 4, 2022 – Home prices in Albania have increased by almost 40 percent compared to the same period last year, a spike that has caused concern over affordability, economic stability

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Albanian farmers hurting as cheaper imports flood the market

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TIRANA, Oct. 3, 2022 – Albania is importing more fruits and vegetables than it has done in years as local farmers say higher costs and lack of governmental support is making farming

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Gov’t cancels electricity price hike, citing improved situation

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TIRANA, Sept. 30, 2022 – Albania’s government will suspend its decision to massively increase electricity prices for families that consume more than 800 kWh, the prime minister, Edi Rama, said Friday. Rama

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International pressure increases on Rama to ditch fiscal amnesty over money laundering fears

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TIRANA, Sept. 30, 2022 – International representatives in Tirana increased pressure Thursday on the Albanian government to ditch a proposal to provide fiscal amnesty to undeclared income from abroad, which experts say

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Business & Economy - Page 9

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

Albania’s central bank continues trend in hiking key interest rate as inflation bites

IMF warns construction boom could threaten Albania’s financial stability

Albania warned on proposed golden passports, fiscal amnesty programs in latest EU report

Driven by high food and fuel prices, Albania’s official inflation reaches new 24-year high

IMF joins calls on gov’t to scrap fiscal amnesty as SP says it will push it through parliament

Bank of Albania raises key interest rate half a point to 2.25 percent

Albania to have region’s lowest growth in 2023, World Bank forecasts

Analysis: Large increase in home prices amid Albania’s construction boom raises eyebrows

Albanian farmers hurting as cheaper imports flood the market

Gov’t cancels electricity price hike, citing improved situation

International pressure increases on Rama to ditch fiscal amnesty over money laundering fears

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