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Corruption in Albanian Higher Education: a Major Societal Crisis

In Albania’s public universities, corruption is often described as an “open secret.” Students trade advice on which lecturer is “strict,” which one is “flexible,” and which exam requires more than studying. But

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Influential Albanian politician led organized crime group in Australia, intelligence reports claim

By the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Australia’s top criminal intelligence agency suspected Tom Doshi, a leading Albanian businessman and politician with ties to the prime minister, of leading a

3 years ago

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Analysis: Surviving the democalypse

There are no easy solutions for demographic decline in Albania. In fact, the problem might no longer be fixable, but the government can do more to adjust policies to soften the blow.

5 years ago

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Corruption in Albanian Higher Education: a Major Societal Crisis

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9 months ago

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Influential Albanian politician led organized crime group in Australia, intelligence reports claim

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Analysis: Surviving the democalypse

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There are no easy solutions for demographic decline in Albania. In fact, the problem might no longer be fixable, but the government can do more to adjust policies to soften the blow.

5 years ago

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Why the EU’s enlargement process is running out of steam

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On 6 October, the European Commission released its enlargement reports, tracking the progress of countries aiming to join the EU. Florian Bieber writes that while the reports were longer than ever, the

6 years ago

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A New narrative from Montenegro

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If Serb clerico-nationalism, Putin and Vučić triumph, what would be the implications for Albanians and the region?

6 years ago

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Early Parliamentary Development in Albania – A Brief Survey

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by Prof. Bernd J. Fischer The generally accepted narrative concerning Albania’s early parliamentary development has it that while the leaders responsible may have been well-intentioned, they achieved little in the way of

6 years ago

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Kosovo-Albania future: the many ‘but-s’ that follow the idea of unification

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By Sidonja Manushi TIRANA, Jan. 13 – As political relations between Albania and Kosovo, tied historically by a common language, culture and national identity, are becoming more and more complex, the Kosovo

6 years ago

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AIIS and HSS public opinion on foreign policy: Albania’s relations with Serbia, Kosovo and N. Macedonia.

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This year the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) with the support of Hans Seidel Stiftung (HSS) carried out a national survey to measure and analyze the perceptions of Albanian citizens about

6 years ago

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On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

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By Victor A. Friedman* Without question, the two most important symbolic linguistic events in the twentieth century connected with the creation of the modern Albanian standard were the Congress of Manastir in

7 years ago

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Hungary or Slovenia – Who will give the next enlargement Commissioner?

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By Emina Muminović With only a month left for the nomination of candidates for the next European Commission, two countries have expressed their interest for their candidate to be in charge of the

7 years ago

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The question of public procurements classified as “state secret”

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TIRANA, May 30- From 2014 to 2018, there have been an increasing number in public procurement contracts ranging from information technology, maintenance of public buildings to government services, that are classified as

7 years ago

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A New narrative from Montenegro

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