By Marko Čadež As of 1 March this year, citizens of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia will FINALLY be able to live and work in any of the three countries as in
If Albania needed a sign that the European Union is still serious about its enlargement in the Western Balkans, it has received it in a special way: College of Europe, a renowned
The virtual Thematic Event on Road Safety, organized by the EU-funded Twinning Project “Strengthening the capacity of the Albanian Road Authority in applying good governance practices for planning, managing, procuring, implementing and
TIRANA, Dec. 2 – Albania will establish an electronic one-stop-shop on construction permits in 2016 which will enable both households and businesses to apply online eliminating bureaucracy in state offices, Urban Development
The current escalating conflict between Albania’s government and the country’s largest foreign investor is a lose-lose situation for both sides and should be brought to a fair resolution as soon as possible
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Outside the parliament, a group of former political dissidents protested and tried to break into the legislative hall. They say many current lawmakers have ties to the former communist regime. (Photo: Archives)
TIRANA, Dec. 3 – Albania’s feuding ruling and opposition parties have reached a deal in principle to ban from political office people with criminal records and those who worked for the communist
TIRANA, Nov. 18 – The annual fiscal package proposed by Albania’s government for 2016 would considerably reduce the tax burden on businesses, but slightly increase it for households and self-employed professionals, with
TIRANA, Nov. 18 – The euro hit a 39-month low against the Albanian lek this week in an unusual situation for this period, fuelled by low demand for Europe’s single currency. Data
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TIRANA, Nov. 12 – More than a hundred publishers from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and the Albanian Diaspora are participating in the 18th edition of the Tirana Book Fair, the largest event
TIRANA, Nov. 11 – Italy-based Albanian painter Gjergj Kola has been awarded the Gold Medal of Artists Across Continents by the famous Louvre Museum in Paris for his portrait of Mother Teresa,
TIRANA, Nov. 12 – More than 8,000 tourists visited Albania last summer in cruise and sailing ships arriving at Durres Port, up 44 percent compared to summer 2014, making the country’s biggest
TIRANA, Nov. 12 – Bota, a feature film directed by Albania’s Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci has been announced the winner of the fourth edition of the Albanian Film Week in New
TIRANA, Nov. 12 – More than 160 artists from all over the world will come together in Albania in the inaugural international watercolor festival that Tirana is hosting. Helidon Haliti, 47, a