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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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Education in Albania At Low Ebb

Structure-building and quality draw-backs in professional education By Artan Pernaska Education and especially professional education is one of the domains in which Albania lags far behind neighboring countries and the rest of
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A sea-side rendez-vous

Tourism in Albania scores record growth The International Day of Tourism, celebrated worldwide on the 27th of September, found Albania with a new Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports, named Ferdinand
16 years ago
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Education as a milestone towards EU integration

The educational situation in Albania seems at best chaotic and disproportionate. Some places like the central part of Albania seem to have better education and employment opportunities, some others which are more
16 years ago
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New Era in Greek Politics

As a new government came out of the elections held in Greece on the 4th of October 2009, expectations of new home and foreign policies have been discussed in Greece and abroad.
16 years ago
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Education And The Grey Economy

While during the years of the transition, from 1991 to date, Albania did not produce a fully-fledged industrial network, hopes of making itself a small place in the era of the immaterial
17 years ago
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Sportive tourism

Better performance As the traditional tourist season has almost closed and fewer holiday comers are expected during the next months at the Albanian shores and at the Albanian mainland, the first statistics
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Longer tourist season

As statistics concerning the frequenting of Albanian beaches and tourist resorts are expected to appear in the upcoming months, recent meteorological reports suggest that in 2009 the country might benefit of a
17 years ago
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Albanian integrated into Italian society

TIRANA, Sep 22 – Albanian have gradually started to get integrated into the life of their resident countries, mainly Greece and Italy, where their greatest numbers are. No one resembles them any
17 years ago
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A call for lower interest rates

Or for printing more money “No one should fear inflation,” writes Alqi Naqellari, discussing the monetary policies of the Bank of Albania (BoA), the central bank of the country. He expects greater
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New school year brings more umeployed

Migration reduces jobs Job losses in the educational sector The new school year has witnessed locally a reduction of the number of classes and teachers. Migration has brought about losses of 54
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