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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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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Petrela, 1942. Petrela is a village full of the ancient history of this country, and it has managed to preserve some of this history at least in their memories.
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The New Rector: Reforming UP the IT Way

Professor Enver Hasani, PhD, Rector of the University of Pristina in Kosovo gave un exluzive interview to Tirana Times Tirana Times: Who is Enver Hasani? HASANI: Well, I am professor of international
20 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Italo-Greek War, 1940. In October of 1940, Italy attacks Greece from Albanian territory, in futile combat that dragged on for eight months and which Mussolini only managed to win
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Give me a break

By Jerina Zaloshnja “Sixty dollars! It’s a new rule from above. 60 dollars,” spoke the man with the white coat and unshaved beard as he lazily chewed on his gum. I was
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Tirana, 1916,17. Albania, proclaimed independent in the year 1912, recognized as such by the Conference of Ambassadors in 1913, graced with a Prince and a capital city in 1914
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Postscript

JTK Taylor The three of us began working on my poor unsuspecting husband straight after lunch. It was Saturday afternoon and the family was out at the beach house at Shk쮢i i
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Interview: Kokossis on Albanian Greek Relations

TT: Your Excellency, this June you were appointed as ambassador of Greece in Tirana. What is your general assessment of Albanian-Greek relations in their political, economic and cultural dimensions? The two countries
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