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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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A military band plays patriotic tunes in Vlora during the official ceremonies commemorating Albania’s declaration of independence in 1912. (Photo: GoA/Facebook)

Albanians mark 103rd Flag Day and 71st Liberation Day

TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albanians across the world came together on Nov. 28 to celebrate Flag Day, marking modern Albania’s declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. The country’s liberation
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First mountain rescue team set up in Valbona

TIRANA, Nov. 5 – The emerging mountain tourism in the northeastern Albanian Valbona valley is receiving a boost with launch of the Albania’s first mountain rescue team. A local NGO in Valbona
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The survey was made public at the first event organized by the Center on Albania-Serbia Relations, a joint project of two leading think tanks in Tirana and Belgrade, AIIS and the Forum for International Relations of European Movement Serbia. (Photo: AIIS)

Albanians want better relations with Serbia, survey finds

Two leading think tanks in Tirana and Belgrade have joined forces to create the Center on Albania-Serbia Relations TIRANA, Oct. 27 – A plurality of residents of Albania believe relations between this
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