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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 Catholic Church and the Jews

By Alma Mile In Albania, the Jews had a very different fate than in other countries of Europe or even than in neighbouring Balkan countries. On Remembrance Day on 27 January, the
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Education, SHIFT-DELETE

By Alba Cela It happens to many of us that upon opening our email accounts we see that annoying quantities of junk have accumulated in the Inbox section. What usually follows is
18 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

Tirana. Italo-Greek War (continued). Judging from the feedback I got, I realised that I had aroused interest in this subject of the Albanians in this war between Italy and Greece that took
18 years ago
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Albania 1 euro kicks off

It was one and a half year ago that the Albanian Prime Minister presented one of the most ambitious initiatives to encourage investment in Albania. “Albania one euro’ would be the golden
18 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

Italo-Greek War, Winter of 1940-Spring of 1941. Amongst all the insanities of Mussolini’s fascist megalomania, the folly of the war against Greece occupies a place of honour, both from the ludicrous viewpoint,
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Albania Investment Property: The Next Big Thing

Recently Albania has put itself firmly on the map, both as an increasingly popular tourism destination, and an emerging market on the international property investment scene. Things that shrewd investors and experts
18 years ago
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Albanian students all over the world uniteš

From celebrating the Independence Flag days in Italy to organizing birthday parties in Wien, from encouraging political participation and social activeness form young people to coordinating communication between friends in different countries,
18 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

Albania of the Thirties’. Along the routes of the Middle Ages it was a common occurrence for pilgrims, roving religious preachers, hermits, and other kinds of clergy to cross paths, a phenomenon
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Learning Albanian: challenges and joys

It is common knowledge that Albanians are good at languages, mostly because out of necessity they have always committed serious efforts to learning some languages which they thought would promote their education
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan lame Durr쳠1914. The Gateway City to the Balkans, founded by the Greeks during their expansion throughout the northern part of the Adriatic, Roman under Rome, Byzantium and the cradle of
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