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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article

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Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Tirana Times, February 12 2026 – The rapid deterioration of newly inaugurated roads and tunnels across Albania has exposed far more than technical shortcomings. What authorities have sought to explain as weather-related

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The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

Tirana Times, 08 February 2026 – The Kurum waste file has exposed one of the most serious environmental and governance scandals in Albania in recent years, revealing not only the illegal export

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FDI challenge looms as major investors reduce Albania presence, TAP, Devoll HPP near completion

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TIRANA, Dec. 18 – EU, North American, Turkish and Chinese companies reduced their Albania presence in 2016 amid a slump in commodity prices affecting their oil and mining operations in the country

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€1 billion PPP project risks taking public debt to 71% of GDP by 2021, IMF warns

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TIRANA, Dec. 14 – The International Monetary Fund has warned the Albanian government’s ambitious Euro 1 billion public private partnership project will not only fail to bring public debt down to 60

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Eurostat: Albania’s consumption, GDP per capita remain two-thirds below EU average

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TIRANA, Dec. 14 – Albania’s consumption slightly dropped in 2016 while GDP per capita remained unchanged at less than a third of the EU average despite Albania’s growth accelerating to 3.4 percent,

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High transfer costs discourage migrants from official remittance channels, central bank says

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TIRANA, Dec. 13 – High transfer costs and complicated procedures in Albania’s official remittance channels remain key barriers for more than 1 million Albanian immigrants in sending money home, with a considerable

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Albania plans to tap markets for new Eurobond issue of up to €500 mln

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TIRANA, Dec. 12 – Albania is planning to address international markets again to secure financing for its declining but still high debt burden as the country’s five-year Eurobond matures by 2020. In

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Albania concludes contract negotiations with Shell, no deal with Israel’s Delek Group yet

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TIRANA, Dec. 12 – Albania has finally concluded contract negotiations with the Royal Dutch Shell over a new oil exploration block, extending the British-Dutch multinational’s operations in the country, currently at an

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Albania’s current account gap narrows as tourism boom compensates slight FDI decline

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TIRANA, Dec. 11 – Albania’s current account gap narrowed to €519 million in the first three quarters of this year, down 18 percent compared to the same period last year despite a

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Albania asks Poland to set direct Tirana flights, invest in tourism

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Albania has asked Poland to consider establishing direct flights with Tirana and encourage Polish investment in Albania, especially in the emerging tourism sector at a time when Poles

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Albania resumes electricity exports

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – The improving hydro situation in the country’s northern Drin Cascade following heavy rainfall causing massive floods in some parts of the country has had an immediate positive impact

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Natural disaster compulsory insurance initiative raises concerns over new hidden tax

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – A legal initiative to make insurance against floods and earthquakes compulsory and statements by Prime Minister Edi Rama that the government will no longer provide compensation against natural

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BoA: No indication of macroeconomic imbalances resulting from drug proceeds

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TIRANA, Dec. 6 – Albania’s central bank says it has no evidence over the alleged impact drug proceeds could have had on the country’s economy and the national currency strengthening against Europe’s

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Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

The Kurum Case and the Collapse of Environmental Oversight in Albania

FDI challenge looms as major investors reduce Albania presence, TAP, Devoll HPP near completion

€1 billion PPP project risks taking public debt to 71% of GDP by 2021, IMF warns

Eurostat: Albania’s consumption, GDP per capita remain two-thirds below EU average

High transfer costs discourage migrants from official remittance channels, central bank says

Albania plans to tap markets for new Eurobond issue of up to €500 mln

Albania concludes contract negotiations with Shell, no deal with Israel’s Delek Group yet

Albania’s current account gap narrows as tourism boom compensates slight FDI decline

Albania asks Poland to set direct Tirana flights, invest in tourism

Albania resumes electricity exports

Natural disaster compulsory insurance initiative raises concerns over new hidden tax

BoA: No indication of macroeconomic imbalances resulting from drug proceeds

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