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, July 22 – Albania has become the twelfth country across Deutsche Telekom’s European footprint to introduce the German giant’s brand identity. The AMC mobile operator, the first operator in the Albania
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The winning journalists with the head of the EU Delegation to Tirana. (Photo: Media Institute)
TIRANA, July 19 – Journalists Aleksandra Bogdani and Flamur Vezaj have been awarded first prize in the EU Investigative Journalism Award 2014 for Albania contest, for their series of three articles on
TIRANA, July 16 – The Bulgarian Army Theatre will open the 13th edition of the Butrint international theatre festival which is making its comeback after last year’s absence with a limited number
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European Parliament President Martin Schulz spoke to the Albanian parliament. (Photo: Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)
TIRANA, July 15 – Albania must commit to reforms that assure an independent, accountable and efficient judicial system and build up an efficient system of public administration, European Parliament President Martin Schulz
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The Albanian Media Institute, in cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland in Albania organized in Tirana the Regional Conference "Reporting Neighbors in the Balkan Media."
TIRANA, July 13 – Although media coverage of the neighbouring countries and nationalities in the region is improving, some old stereotypes and hate speech are still prevalent, regional media experts said at
TIRANA, July 10 – In a final decision, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has awarded Albania three points for last year’s match against Serbia abandoned due to violence in Belgrade. The
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Tirana at the start of a regional tour. (TT Photo)
TIRANA, July 8 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Tirana at the start of a regional tour, meeting with the country’s top officials and discussing economic cooperation at a business forum.
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Albanians lit candles and wrote messages of condolences at a gathering in Tirana. (Photos: A. Balla/ Tirana Times)
TIRANA, July 5 – Hundreds of Albanians have held vigils in Shkodra and Tirana to honor two Czech visitors who were killed in rural northern Albania last week. Michal Svatoš, 27, and
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Czech ambassador speaks at AIIS European Forum
On the occasion of taking on the rotating presidency of the Visegrad Group by the Czech Republic, the Albanian Institute for International Studies organized on June 2 a European Forum with the Czech Republic’s top diplomat in Tirana, Ambassador in Bronislava Tomášová. This op-ed is taken from the ambassador’s remarks at the forum. Czech ambassador speaks at AIIS European Forum
On the occasion of taking on the rotating presidency of the Visegrad Group by the Czech Republic, the Albanian Institute for International Studies organized on June 2 a European Forum with the Czech Republic’s top diplomat in Tirana, Ambassador in Bronislava Tomášová. This op-ed is taken from the ambassador’s remarks at the forum.
By Bronislava Tomášová Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Tirana It is my hope that nobody in this room is surprised that the Czech Ambassador chose as a subject of her lecture
TIRANA, June 29 – As the Greek debt crisis escalates and a possible exit from the eurozone is closer than ever, Albania’s central bank has assured a potential Greek default would not