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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 fire

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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Forsaken Albania

North Albania in the twenties of last Century. I have frequently spoken about the relationship that exists between the Albanian and his arms, but today I would like to expand the view
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Forsaken Albania

Tirana, June 1939. Its two months since the invasion of Albania by Italy. Italy has established a new regime in the country and work is in full swing to establish institutions to
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Forsaken Albania

Nr. 119 Muslim Albania. As if all the rifts within the Catholic and Orthodox religions were not sufficient, towards the end of Century XIV yet another religion arrived at the portes of
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Two Day Trip: Sarande-Vlore

MONASTERY OF SAINT MARY (Turn off from the National Road is approx 12 kmnorth from Saranda – approx. 15 minutes) Before beginning your tour in the seaside resort town of Saranda, be
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Forsaken Albania

Nr. 117 Albania of the twenties.’ The religion of Christ arrived in these lands very early on and was disseminated without any difficulty amidst the local inhabitants, about two thousand years ago,
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Forsaken Albania

Tepelena 1940,1945. The history of this township is as great as its current deterioration is sad. Beyond all the stories acknowledged as part of the history of this township, is the episode
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