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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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SUN BLOC – Albania

Preface The average per capita income is just 2,570; the country is plagued by honor killings and is a haven for car thieves. And then there’s its grim past as a communist
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Rumi – The Persian poet that belongs to the world

In the context of the UNESCO launched International year of Rumi, the cultural foundation “Saadi Shirazi” hosted a international conference dedicated to his personality and literature. Scholars form many countries addressed the
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ALBANIA: Getting to explore the hidden north

Snow-capped panoramic peaks, majestic woods, numerous opportunities to practice mountain sports, cultural and historical heritage and countingƴhe multiple assets of Northern Albania are starting to compete with the conventional tourism packs that
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The drama of Albanian Homosexuals

By Ben Andoni They are an entire army, who hide out in the dark corners of Tirana, to escape from the “retribution” of the Albanians, as well as from the vicious confrontation
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan lame Vlora, January 1914. Albania had only been independent for two years, a status, internationally recognised for only one year, still without a legitimate government, still without defined boundaries and
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Warren Buffett, Ponzi pyramids, and Albania

Barry Baxter, Contributor Warren Buffet is the most successful money manager in recorded history. In January 1990, one share of his Berkshire Hathaway fund cost US $8,350. Today, it is worth about
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