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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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Gov’t concludes €240 mln PPP contract on Albania-Macedonia highway

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TIRANA, Feb. 5 – The Albanian government says it has concluded long-awaited negotiations with an Albanian company over a €240 million concession contract to complete and operate a highway linking Albania to

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Financial Supervisory Authority: Challenges ahead with boosting consumer, investor confidence

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By Ervin Lisaku In an interview for Tirana Times, Ervin Koà§i, the executive general director of the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority, talks about the challenges facing the insurance, securities, investment fund and

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Business closures hit record numbers of 50 a day in early 2018

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TIRANA, Feb. 1 – The rate of business closures accelerated last January as more than 50 businesses a day, mainly small family-run ones closed down, hinting tougher competition amid poor consumption and

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Albania-Kosovo customs union project halted indefinitely, Supreme State Audit finds

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TIRANA, Jan. 30 – Behind political rhetoric of the Albanian government stepping up its customs union project with neighboring Kosovo, the reality on the ground is quite different with a series of

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Albania urged to identify priority sectors for regional economic area, future EU integration

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TIRANA, Jan. 29 – As Western Balkan countries prepare to adopt measures for an EU-backed regional economic area, a test before their apparent eventual European Union integration, Albanian economy experts say the

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Insurance market growth slows down for fourth year in a row

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TIRANA, Jan. 29 – Albania’s insurance market slowed down for a fourth year in a row in 2017 as it remained overwhelmingly non-life oriented and reliant on compulsory motor insurance accounting for

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Albania’s euroisation needs to drop by 10% to avoid annual losses of €67 mln, IMF experts say

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TIRANA, Jan. 29 – As Albania’s central bank prepares to apply de-euroisation measures in a bid to reduce the current high level of Euro-denominated loans and deposits in the country’s banking system,

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IMF: TAP, Devoll contribution to GDP turns negative

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TIRANA, Jan. 25 – The contribution that the Trans Adriatic Pipeline and the Devoll Hydropower are expected to have on the Albanian economy will turn negative this year when the two major

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Fast-track procedures on new Vlora airport okayed amid environmental concerns

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TIRANA, Jan. 25 – The Albanian government has approved fast track negotiation procedures with a Turkish consortium that has offered to build a new airport in Vlora, southern Albania, making it the

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A third of Albanian call center workers suffer health problems, study shows

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TIRANA, Jan. 24 – About a third of call center workers in Albania suffer health problems such as hearing and vision loss, a study has shown. Surveying some 1,000 call center operators

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Drought triggered financial problems, high grid losses paralyze WB-supported electricity reform

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TIRANA, Jan. 23 – As a five-year $150 million World Bank supported power recovery project nears completion by late 2019, the Washington-based lender has downgraded Albania’s overall implementation progress to moderately unsatisfactory

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Business & Economy - Page 93

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

Gov’t concludes €240 mln PPP contract on Albania-Macedonia highway

Financial Supervisory Authority: Challenges ahead with boosting consumer, investor confidence

Business closures hit record numbers of 50 a day in early 2018

Albania-Kosovo customs union project halted indefinitely, Supreme State Audit finds

Albania urged to identify priority sectors for regional economic area, future EU integration

Insurance market growth slows down for fourth year in a row

Albania’s euroisation needs to drop by 10% to avoid annual losses of €67 mln, IMF experts say

IMF: TAP, Devoll contribution to GDP turns negative

Fast-track procedures on new Vlora airport okayed amid environmental concerns

A third of Albanian call center workers suffer health problems, study shows

Drought triggered financial problems, high grid losses paralyze WB-supported electricity reform

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