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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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Albania in 2010, an economic outlook

TIRANA, Dec. 24 – As the global economic crisis slowly comes to an end, the biggest threat to Albania’s economy in 2010 remains the country’s political instability. The country will continue to
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Gifts To Help Others

By: Cal Thomas Most people who haven’t finished (or even begun) their shopping are starting to worry about what gifts to give a friend, relative or spouse. Quick, what did you give
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Few bricks off the wall

20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Albanians rank among the poorest in Europe Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Eastern European countries that got
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Reference Prices

Import references fixed by the Albanian fiscal administration, higher than international market prices Reference prices used by the Albanian fiscal administration reduce potential structural development and make the Albanian economy non-competitive. The
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Top Ten Private Companies In Albania

Albanian market has changed considerably since the change of political system in 1990 and the introduction of the free market economy. From a country with almost a “ground zero” business environment which
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GOLF PRACTICE CENTER IN TIRANA

A new leisure attraction affordable to anyone is now possible for the inhabitants of Tirana and its surroundings. In IBE, 15 km east of Tirana, next to the “Ujvara Resort” and amidst
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