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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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Imported seed cultivation blamed as medicinal plant exports hit 5-year low

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TIRANA, Feb. 22 – Cultivating imported seeds instead of indigenous varieties has turned into the key threat facing Albania’s medicinal and aromatic plant industry, a sector that produces Albania’s second largest agricultural

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Albania, Czech Republic eye closer economic cooperation

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TIRANA, Feb. 21 – Albania and the Czech Republic are targeting to boost their political and economic cooperation as Albania prepares to open accession talks with the EU. The two countries are

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No cash deposits of more than €50,000 without proving source

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TIRANA, Feb. 21 – Commercial banks operating in Albania won’t accept cash deposits of more than €50,000 without a document proving their source, according to a new regulation in force since mid-January

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Oil giant Shell gets new Albania contract following promising discoveries

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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – Albania concluded this week an oil exploration contract with the Royal Dutch Shell that will see the British-Dutch multinational invest another $42.5 million over the next seven

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Albanian consortium gets €14 mln PPP to build five Tirana schools

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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – A consortium of Albanian companies has been announced the winner of a public private partnership project with the municipality of Tirana to build and operate the first five

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National currency gains ground on rumored de-euroization psychological effect

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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – Albania’s national currency, lek, has gained significant ground against Europe’s single currency during the past month in an uncommon trend for the beginning of the year which some

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Only modest €13 mln invested in private pensions in seven years

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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – Albania’s emerging private pension market grew by 31 percent in 2017, but its net assets accounted for only 1.73 billion lek (€13 million), a modest amount considering three

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Low taxes not enough for Italian companies to invest in Albania, ambassador says

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TIRANA, Feb. 19 – Low taxes are not enough when it comes to major Italian investors to consider Albania, their tiny neighbor across the Adriatic, as an investment destination, says Italy’s ambassador

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De-euroization will not be war against euro, governor says

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TIRANA, Feb. 15 – Albania’s central bank governor says the de-euroization measures will target a gradual reduction in the current widespread use of Europe’s single currency by about 10 percent to below

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Inflation rate unlikely to meet 2.7% target for 2018

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TIRANA, Feb. 14 – Albania’s inflation rate significantly dropped last January, hinting sluggish domestic consumption and that the 2.7 percent target the Albanian government has set for 2018 will be difficult to

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Heavy rainfall lifts hydro-dependent electricity sector out of crisis

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TIRANA, Feb. 14 – Heavy rainfall during the past couple of months has lifted Albania’s hydro-dependent electricity system out of crisis with state-run KESH power utility now meeting domestic consumption needs and

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Business & Economy - Page 91

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

Imported seed cultivation blamed as medicinal plant exports hit 5-year low

Albania, Czech Republic eye closer economic cooperation

No cash deposits of more than €50,000 without proving source

Oil giant Shell gets new Albania contract following promising discoveries

Albanian consortium gets €14 mln PPP to build five Tirana schools

National currency gains ground on rumored de-euroization psychological effect

Only modest €13 mln invested in private pensions in seven years

Low taxes not enough for Italian companies to invest in Albania, ambassador says

De-euroization will not be war against euro, governor says

Inflation rate unlikely to meet 2.7% target for 2018

Heavy rainfall lifts hydro-dependent electricity sector out of crisis

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