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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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Since compasses do point North after all…

TIRANA TIMES During the summer months it’s rare to go an entire day without hearing someone mention plans of traveling to southern Albania. Borsh, Dhermi, Saranda, and Himara are all names commonly
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Get away for a day: Pellumbas Cave

For a refreshing break from the city heat and noise, the Pellumbas Cave, only 27 kilometers from Tirana, offers the ideal getaway. Fresh air and picturesque landscapes provide the perfect setting for
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The Untold Story of the Jews of Albania in WWII

By Van Christo In her book, Escape Through the Balkans: the Autobiography of Irene Grunbaum (University of Nebraska Press, 1996), translated and edited by Katherine Morris, Irene Grunbaum describes, in the extensive
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Main Developments In 2010

These are some of the main developments in Albania during this year, starting from the continuous political infighting, to the visa liberalization and the EU negative answer to Albania’s candidate status request,
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Albania Twenty Years After: People on State and Democracy

By Albert Rakipi The post-communist transformation – widely known as the transition -has been theoretically and practically thought of as an endeavour with two basic, closely-related components: replacing the totalitarian/authoritarian regimes with
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