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Moving Past The ‘Potential’

By ANDI BALLA The European Union has decided Albania is not ready to be an official candidate for EU membership. It has decided to put aside the country’s application for at least
15 years ago
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Politics And Traffic In Chaos!

TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Capital Tirana was in a total chaos Monday afternoon and evening. All its streets were occupied by thousands of cars which made it difficult to move, driving at
15 years ago
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Gas sale companies oppose new cash registers

TIRANA, Jan. 25 – Liquid gas companies operating in Albania have strongly opposed a Finance Ministry decision which obliges them to install new costly cash registers measuring gas in litres and not
15 years ago
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Changing Perceptions of Albania and Albanians

By Janusz Bugajski Center for Strategic and International Studies I will look at Albania’s development through the prism of international perceptions and stereotypes. Twenty years is a long time in politics; it
15 years ago
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Flooding not Just an Act of Nature

While nature is certainly a big player, why wasn’t more done to prevent this from happening again? Tirana Times The floods in northwestern Albania are back. Same area, same problem — same
15 years ago
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Corruption, the nasty word

TIRANA, Sep. 1 – “Corruption” is the daily most-heard word in Albania’s political vocabulary these days — not from the international reports or institutions, but from the local politicians. That is something
16 years ago
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Is Albania A Capitalist State?

Tirana Times Over the past week, small business owners took to the streets, demanding the government change a decision that forces them to purchase proper cash registers. At issue, they say, is
16 years ago
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It’s Time For Justice To Be Done

Tirana Times At large, the Albanian public has heard of so much corruption and organized crime allegations from and of its politicians, that one can forgive the people of this country for
16 years ago
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Global Economic Crisis Impact On Albania

By Gentian Elezi The impact of the global economic crisis has varied significantly across the world. The crisis had its beginning at the exposure of the world financial institutions to American sub-prime
16 years ago
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Delay Could Be Strategy In Itself

Since last summer’s elections, most of Albania’s key political players have been biting their time to achieve their goals, resulting in the continual postponement of achieving any solution that would lead to
16 years ago
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