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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.

The 5Ps of Service Excellence: A Practical Roadmap for Albanian and Western Balkan Service Providers

By Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, April 07, 2026 – In my earlier article for Tirana Times, I described Albania as a country that moves from being visited to being remembered. Having
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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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Soul of Bruges

By Manuel Montobbio A writer, poet and diplomat, Manuel Montobbio is the former Spanish ambassador to Albania, currently  based in Strasbourg. His book, Salir del Callejón del Gato: La deconstrucción de oriente
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Obituary: Sahit Ukaj

Sahit Ukaj, 93, passed away peacefully in his home on Sept. 25, from heart failure. Mr. Ukaj was a fascinating witness to history. He engaged politically from an early age with the
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Supporters of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) wave flags during a rally of their party in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Albanians will elect 140 lawmakers on upcoming Sunday in a vote which is considered as key to convince the 27-nation European Union bloc to agree on starting full negotiations on potentially admitting the small Balkan nation as a member. (AP Photo)

After Knesset election-rama, Israeli political advisers turn to Tirana

by TAL SCHNEIDER No fewer than 8 Israeli campaign strategists were involved in Albania’s recent vote, including Netanyahu’s once-unreticent spokesman Jonatan Urich, who may be seeking new pastures For nearly a year,
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Why September 12 matters so much

By Lauren Monsen In September 2001, after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York, the Maasai people of Kenya tried to send 14 cows to the people of America. Wilson
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Solidarity Movement – or the beginning of the end of communism

By Karol BACHURA “Solidarity” (Polish: Solidarność) Independent Self-governing Trade Union “Solidarity” was founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subsequently, it was the first independent union in a Warsaw Pact country to be recognized by the state. The
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“Solidarity” in Poland

Professor Timothy Snyder BIO: English historian The creation of “Solidarity” is one of the most important events in the history of Poland and the world at the end of the 20th century.
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