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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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VAT, income thresholds rated as top tax evasion factors, survey shows

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TIRANA, Jan. 22 – The value added and personal income tax thresholds are one of the main causes leading to tax evasion in Albania, a survey has shown. About 38 percent of

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Lending standards to remain tight in early 2018 amid high NPLs, poor demand

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TIRANA, Jan. 22 – The 16 overwhelmingly foreign-owned banks operating in Albania expect lending standards to further tighten for both businesses and households in the first quarter of this year, according to

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Albania revises growth, debt targets in optimistic scenario turned down by IMF, World Bank

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TIRANA, Jan. 19 – The Albanian government has reviewed its mid-term macroeconomic scenario slightly revising upward the country’s GDP growth for the 2018-2021 period, but delaying the public debt target of 60

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As gov’t erodes property rights, Strasbourg rulings hit taxpayers hard

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TIRANA, Jan. 16 – A January 11 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has once again unveiled the ongoing arbitrariness governments in the past quarter of a century of Albania’s

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Jobless oil workers resume protests over reactivation of refineries

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TIRANA, Jan. 18 – Unhappy with unemployment benefits that the Albanian government has told them to apply for, some 1,200 oil workers who have remained jobless since last December have resumed protests,

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Tirana to have its train station downtown again

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TIRANA, Jan. 18 – Tirana will finally have its old downtown station back. The initiative comes as part of a project to upgrade the country’s dilapidated rail system by rehabilitating the key

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Construction materials, metals emerge as Albania’s second largest exports

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TIRANA, Jan. 18 – Albania’s exports returned to double-digit growth rates in 2017 following sluggish performance since the mid-2014 slump in commodity prices paralyzing the country’s poorly diversified exports, according to a

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Terrorist attacks rated as one of top global risks for doing business in Albania, survey shows

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TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Economic and geopolitical risks continue to top Albanians’ concerns over doing business in their country in the next decade, with terrorist attacks emerging as one of the top

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Turkish consortium bids to build Vlora airport as Albania prepares to launch national carrier

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TIRANA, Jan. 17 – A Turkish-consortium that is building Istanbul’s third airport has offered to build Albania’s second airport in a regional project that also paves the way for Albania to set

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Making growth inclusive remains a top challenge for Albania, economists say

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TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Translating economic growth into employment and inclusive welfare is one of the main challenges facing the Albanian economy for 2018, economy experts say. The Albanian economy is estimated

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Cut in ministries fails to make public administration smaller

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TIRANA, Jan. 16 – The drastic cut in the number of ministries after a new Socialist Party-led government took over in September 2017 has not been accompanied with the expected slash in

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Business & Economy - Page 94

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

VAT, income thresholds rated as top tax evasion factors, survey shows

Lending standards to remain tight in early 2018 amid high NPLs, poor demand

Albania revises growth, debt targets in optimistic scenario turned down by IMF, World Bank

As gov’t erodes property rights, Strasbourg rulings hit taxpayers hard

Jobless oil workers resume protests over reactivation of refineries

Tirana to have its train station downtown again

Construction materials, metals emerge as Albania’s second largest exports

Terrorist attacks rated as one of top global risks for doing business in Albania, survey shows

Turkish consortium bids to build Vlora airport as Albania prepares to launch national carrier

Making growth inclusive remains a top challenge for Albania, economists say

Cut in ministries fails to make public administration smaller

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