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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 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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Public finances suffer blow as tourist season ends, new tax evasion campaign launched

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TIRANA, Dec. 6 – The end of the summer dominated tourist season and the launch of a renewed nationwide campaign against informality had a negative impact on government revenue last October. A

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Gov’t failed to collect staggering €820 mln, Supreme State Audit unveils

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TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Damage to the state budget in 2016 almost doubled to about 110 billion lek (€820), which is about a quarter of what the Albanian government collected in annual

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he pipeline route cuts like a scar through what used to be Arjanâ€™s olive grove, one of the farmers affected by the TAP pipeline. Photo: Bankwatch

Bankwatch: Albanian farmers received peanuts in TAP compensation compared to Greek peers

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TIRANA, Dec. 5 – Albanian farmers received peanuts after losing land and livelihoods to the major Trans Adriatic Pipeline and sharply lower compensation than their peers in neighboring Greece, a report has

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Albania floods: No major impact on GDP expected as key hydropower sector moves out of crisis

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TIRANA, Dec. 4 – The massive floods that affected central and southern Albania over last weekend are expected to have no major impact on the country’s GDP growth despite significant damage to

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State budget to lose €2 mln as energy drinks stripped of excise duty

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TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Ruling Socialist Party MPs have voted to lift the excise duty on energy drinks in a move that strips the state budget of about €2 million in annual

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National currency strengthening against EUR/USD brings mixed effects

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TIRANA, Nov. 29 – Albania’s national currency has gained ground both against Europe’s single currency and the U.S. dollar over the past year, with mixed effects on the Albanian economy which suffers

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First Albanian private-run stock exchange getting ready to offer new investment, financing alternatives

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TIRANA, Nov. 29 – The Albanian Securities Exchange is on track to launch its operations in the next few weeks as the country’s first privately-owned stock exchange serving as a new investment

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Regional economies need up to six decades to catch up with average EU income, report shows

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TIRANA, Nov. 29 – Catching up with the average EU income could take Albania and other EU aspirant Western Balkan economies about six decades unless current sluggish GDP growth doubles to 5

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Business & Economy - Page 98

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 resumes electricity exports

Natural disaster compulsory insurance initiative raises concerns over new hidden tax

BoA: No indication of macroeconomic imbalances resulting from drug proceeds

Public finances suffer blow as tourist season ends, new tax evasion campaign launched

Gov’t failed to collect staggering €820 mln, Supreme State Audit unveils

Bankwatch: Albanian farmers received peanuts in TAP compensation compared to Greek peers

Albania floods: No major impact on GDP expected as key hydropower sector moves out of crisis

State budget to lose €2 mln as energy drinks stripped of excise duty

National currency strengthening against EUR/USD brings mixed effects

First Albanian private-run stock exchange getting ready to offer new investment, financing alternatives

Regional economies need up to six decades to catch up with average EU income, report shows

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