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Albania – Greece: No Progress, Just Promises

Tirana Times, May 03, 2026 – There is a limit to how long diplomacy can survive on good manners and optimistic statements. The latest round of Albania–Greece engagement, showcased at the Delphi

6 days ago

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Editorial·Features·Social Issues

When grades have a price tag: Corruptions influence over Albania’s higher education

The exam season is one of the most stressful times for students. The libraries and study halls are filled with crowds of students who wish to pass the following exam. However, between

6 months ago

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Editorial

Coalitions for Clean Universities – A Strategic Necessity for Higher Education

One of the main pillars of quality and sustainable higher education in Albania is considered to be academic integrity, which is closely linked to transparency, honesty, and respect for ethical standards that

10 months ago

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Editorial: Place your bets – Mayoral by-elections in Albania: What’s at stake?

Editorial·Op-Ed

The upcoming local by-elections in six municipalities to pick mayors for a short mandate would have been routine and without any special political significance in different circumstances. But because of the dramatic

4 years ago

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Editorial: Albania’s economic management is failing its people

Editorial·Features·Op-Ed

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL In what has become an annual grim ritual, the focus is back this week on Albania’s GDP per capita and the purchasing power of its citizens. The result remains

4 years ago

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Editorial: Telefonyi Zakon and Thoma Gellci, ‘the felon’

Editorial·Features·Op-Ed

By ALBERT RAKIPI The outdated Russian term Telefonyi Zakon or the so-called Rule of Telephone law, refers to “a practice by which outcomes of legal cases allegedly come from orders issued over

4 years ago

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Editorial: The problem with Open Balkans

Editorial·Op-Ed

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The principle of the Open Balkan Initiative — it’s ultimate goal being an EU-style regional borderless movement of people and goods — is not a problem per se, as

5 years ago

4 mins read

Editorial: Let them eat satellites

Editorial·Op-Ed

The loss of its people to migration is now Albania’s top crisis. And the government needs to act immediately to mitigate the problem instead of the usual attention diversion stories of “Albanian

5 years ago

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The German cold shoulder to Open Balkans

Editorial·Op-Ed

The most recent visit of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to the region, specifically to Serbia and Albania, was scrutinized into one singular dimension: whether she would endorse the controversial ‘Open Balkans’ initiative.

5 years ago

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Losing our captain Jorgji Qirjako

Editorial·Op-Ed

“Dear Jorgji you are one of my dearest friends because both you and I know how to value the spiritual heritage of Kolonja. You re a wise man, a man of real

5 years ago

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OSCE/ODIHR final report on April 25 elections: From bad to worse?

Editorial·Op-Ed

The OSCE / ODIHR released this week its final report on Albania’s April 25 parliamentary elections. Its findings triggered different reactions from all political camps and the international community based in Tirana.

5 years ago

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The compass of new justice should point upwards

Editorial·Op-Ed

Nine middle level public administration officials of the technical level were arrested after an investigation of SPAK concluded they will be charged with infringing the parity principle in public tenders. The issue

5 years ago

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The helipad state

Editorial·Op-Ed

A few weeks ago an independent investigative report from a regional media revealed that a company that enjoys the status of strategic touristic investor has benefited from public funds to bring not

5 years ago

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U.S. Presidential Elections and the Western Balkans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Editorial·Op-Ed

ANDI BALLA The United States holds its presidential election on Nov. 3. The choice of the American people between incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will have a large

6 years ago

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Editorial - Page 2

Albania – Greece: No Progress, Just Promises

Coalitions for Clean Universities – A Strategic Necessity for Higher Education

Editorial: Place your bets – Mayoral by-elections in Albania: What’s at stake?

Editorial: Albania’s economic management is failing its people

Editorial: Telefonyi Zakon and Thoma Gellci, ‘the felon’

Editorial: The problem with Open Balkans

Editorial: Let them eat satellites

The German cold shoulder to Open Balkans

Losing our captain Jorgji Qirjako

OSCE/ODIHR final report on April 25 elections: From bad to worse?

The compass of new justice should point upwards

The helipad state

U.S. Presidential Elections and the Western Balkans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Two Different Agendas؅nough to Make an Indian Summer in Albanian Politics

Albania in the UNSC: an opportunity to end decades’ long isolation and its aftermath

Editorial: Telefonyi Zakon and Thoma Gellci, ‘the felon’

Losing our captain Jorgji Qirjako

Editorial: Dealing with the complexity of why 85% of youths want to leave this country

Editorial: Place your bets – Mayoral by-elections in Albania: What’s at stake?

Put on a plis, we’re going to Paris

Editorial: Albania’s little dangerous Potemkins

Opposition Calls for Rama’s Resignation Over Corruption

Frozen Courtesies: Albania–Greece Relations Between Rhetoric and Reality

Albania’s EU bid faces IBAR delay