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Building integrity and accountability in Albanian public universities: practical lessons from the United States

Aaron Savoy-Pasha | Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) Albanian higher education exhibits documented integrity risks, particularly with respect to grading, favoritism, and political interference. As noted in a peer-reviewed study, peer

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Features·Social Issues·Special

“Challenges of Academic Integrity in Albanian Universities: An Interview with Migen Qiraxhi”

Interview with Migen Qiraxhi, Project Manager at Qëndresa Qytetare, July 17 In Albania, where higher education is often portrayed as a bridge to opportunity and European integration, the reality on the ground

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Books·Culture·Features

“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

Ὅπου κι ἂν ταξιδέψω, ἡ Ἑλλάδα μὲ πληγώνει. Jerina Zaloshnja This is what Giorgos Seferis wrote — and thus, before I even truly knew who Seferis was, I began to love Greece.

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Op-Ed: Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace

Features·Op-Ed

By Daniel Serwer According to EU High Representative Borrell, Saturday’s meeting between Serbian President Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti was a success. It resulted in an “Implementation Annex” to the Agreement

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College of Europe a step closer to ‘historic’ Tirana campus with funding secured

Features·Main

TIRANA, March 17, 2023 – College of Europe is one step closer to opening a campus in Tirana, EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said on March 16, announcing that funding had been

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Thermal springs along the Langarica attract hundreds of tourists each year. Photo: Ulrich Eichelmann

Vjosa River valley declared a national park by Albania’s government

Culture·Features·Main

TIRANA, March 13, 2023 – Albania’s government announced on Monday that it has decided to declare the Vjosa River, which is considered the last wild river in Europe, a national park. This

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Albania - Germany government leaders meeting in Berlin. (Photo: Screen Grab/PDP)

Concern over Albania losing doctors to Germany highlighted as leaders meet

Business & Economy·Features·Main·News

TIRANA, March 8, 2023 – The emigration of medical professionals from Albania to Germany, which has led to public concern and criticism of the Albanian government, has now become for the first

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Analysis: How to assess a Pristina/Belgrade agreement

Features·Op-Ed

By Daniel Serwer My Balkanite friends are clamoring to know what is going to happen tomorrow when Serbian President Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meet once again. The Europeans and Americans

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Individuals abroad sending 1 billion euros annually to Albania, latest Eurostat data shows

Business & Economy·Features·Main·News

TIRANA, Feb. 23, 2022 – About 1 billion euros were sent to Albania by individual residents in 2021, according to the latest complete set of data published by Eurostat, with most of

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Analysis: Understanding Germany’s new Supply Chain Act impact on Albanian companies

Business & Economy·Features

By Elisabeth von Alvensleben KALO & ASSOCIATES* This article tries to bring to the interested parties the likelihood of the impact that a new German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in

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Op/Ed: Italy and the Western Balkans talk cooperation

Features·Op-Ed

By Antonio Tajani* The fate of Europe in these last months is being played, dramatically, around Ukraine. But the future of our continent is also connected with what will happen in the

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Agreement reached in principle for College of Europe to open Tirana campus, a ‘historic’ development for Albania’s EU outlook

Features·Main·News

TIRANA, Dec. 7, 2022 – College of Europe, EU’s most important postgraduate educational institution, could soon be opening a campus in Albania, a move experts are calling “historic.” The news came at

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Albanian women among the world’s most privileged in talent competition, according to global index

Business & Economy·Features·News

TIRANA, Nov. 5, 2022 – Albania’s workforce is among the most gender equal in the world when it comes to talent competition, according to the 2022 Global Talent Competitiveness Index released earlier

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UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

Features·Main

TIRANA, Nov. 3, 2022 – Comments by UK government officials on Albanian migration are “scapegoating” the country and “fueling xenophobia,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Wednesday. He made the comments on

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Features - Page 5

Building integrity and accountability in Albanian public universities: practical lessons from the United States

“Wherever I travel, Greece wounds me.”

Op-Ed: Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace

College of Europe a step closer to ‘historic’ Tirana campus with funding secured

Vjosa River valley declared a national park by Albania’s government

Concern over Albania losing doctors to Germany highlighted as leaders meet

Analysis: How to assess a Pristina/Belgrade agreement

Individuals abroad sending 1 billion euros annually to Albania, latest Eurostat data shows

Analysis: Understanding Germany’s new Supply Chain Act impact on Albanian companies

Op/Ed: Italy and the Western Balkans talk cooperation

Agreement reached in principle for College of Europe to open Tirana campus, a ‘historic’ development for Albania’s EU outlook

Albanian women among the world’s most privileged in talent competition, according to global index

UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

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