Features - Page 49

The Western Balkans’ Right to Democracy Depends on the EU Enlargement

by Sokol Lleshi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New York Tirana Background The political systems in the Western Balkan region feature politicized public administrations, weak enforcement of rule of law

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Why Waiting Is Not Neutral: The Costs of Non-Enlargement

Debates about EU enlargement tend to focus on the risks of admitting countries before they are ready. In her recent paper, Marta Szpala broadens the debate by examining what prolonged delay means

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Beyond Diplomacy: Ambassador Elissa Golberg on the Future of Canada–Albania Ties

Tirana Times, July 21, 2026 – Relations between Albania and Canada have expanded steadily in recent years, from growing trade and new bilateral agreements to closer cooperation within NATO and the launch

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Chalik Hamid: Poetic Love Of Country Lives On

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When poet Chalik Hamid left Indonesia on Feb. 4, 1965, to study journalism in Albania, he had no idea he would not return for 30 years. Just seven months after he had

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Living with Stalin’s name

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He was born in 1945 in Pogradec, when World War II was finally over with the Russians defeating Germany. His father was a big fan of Josif Stalin and decided to name

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Life Is Research. I Never Stop Doing It

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1) In your books, dominates mistery and the readers constantly have to hold the breath as far as they discover the puzzle created from the firs page. Your books are considered like

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Albania at a Glance 2008

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By Plamena Stoyanova, macro data provided by SeeNews Research & Profiles Albania, isolated for 45 years while it pursued its own maverick form of communism, continues to be out of step with

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Edi as a secret weapon -lets have some more like him

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By Frank Ledwidge The Gaza crisis has been playing a great deal here in Britain. Seeing the Israeli tanks laying into civilian villages on the pretext of conducting anti-terrorist operations reminds me

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Forsaken Albania

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“THEY DEVOURED FANNY” Colonel David Smiley lived a full ninety-two years. He passed away on Thursday 9 January, 2009. During the War he served behind enemy lines in Albania and for the

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Group Portrait of Dictators

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By Virgjil Mu詍 In reading, “Dictators of the Balkans,” a book written by a group of authors, compiled and furnished with an eloquent foreword by a historian of renown among Albanians, Bernd

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Studying arts in Tirana

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Everyday, the Arts High School of Tirana is visited by, among other students, two special girls. They are quickly noticed because of their hazelnut eye shapes. Moe Minami and Hazuki Watanabe, both

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A pioneering research on the Division of the Private and Public Life in the Albanian HouseholdsŠ

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Traditionally speaking, many societies have assigned to women the role of the caregiver and homemaker while men must guarantee the income. Traditions have changed, and the married woman now is also employed

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The fire

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Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged

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Half day trip: Cavernous Adventures on the Albanian Riviera

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CAVE OF ODYSSEUS (Approx.500 m south of Himara – approx. 5 minutes onthe seashore boulevard) Begin your journey by heading south on foot from Himara’s main beach to the Cave of Odysseus,

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Features - Page 49

The Western Balkans’ Right to Democracy Depends on the EU Enlargement

Why Waiting Is Not Neutral: The Costs of Non-Enlargement

Beyond Diplomacy: Ambassador Elissa Golberg on the Future of Canada–Albania Ties

Chalik Hamid: Poetic Love Of Country Lives On

Living with Stalin’s name

Life Is Research. I Never Stop Doing It

Albania at a Glance 2008

Edi as a secret weapon -lets have some more like him

Forsaken Albania

Group Portrait of Dictators

Studying arts in Tirana

A pioneering research on the Division of the Private and Public Life in the Albanian HouseholdsŠ

The fire

Half day trip: Cavernous Adventures on the Albanian Riviera

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