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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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The globetrotting dancer

Highlights from the life of a prima ballerina Tirana Times Tirana, Dec 22 – Galina Ponareva has been an active member of the ballet scene for over a decade. Though the Russian
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From Belarus with Love

By Anastasia Nazarko Tirana, Dec 16 – It is not often that Belarus makes major international headlines. Nestled between Russia, Poland and Ukraine, the countryأurrently under the 17-year-long presidency of Alexander Lukaschenkoנhas
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From the Arab Spring to Albanian winter

By: Anastasia Nazarko TIRANA, Dec 8 – Sitting in Sofra Turke, one of the few authentic Turkish restaurants in Tirana, Macit Koc, an international sales consultant and professor at the University of
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A physician with a cause

By Anastasia Nazarko This week, Tirana Times had the privilege of an interview with Dr. Charles Linderman, Director of the MRDC Foundation and medical advisor to the U.S. Embassy Tirana. TIRANA, Nov.
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Expanding the educational norm

By: Anastasia Nazarko TIRANA, Dec 1 – The Montessori model of education is one that has developed into a significant alternative to what most consider “traditional” education. The vision of Italian physician
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