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EU Countries Ban Albanian Farm Exports Amid Safety Scandal

TIRANA, Albania (Tirana Times, September 10, 2025 ) — Albania is grappling with an escalating food safety crisis as European Union member states including Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Germany repeatedly block or

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Main·Western Balkans

News Analysis: Kosovo Parliament Fails Again to Elect Speaker, Highlighting Deepening Partisan Divides and Institutional Fragility

Tirana, Tirana Times, April 27 — Kosovo’s political deadlock deepened further on Sunday as the Parliament failed once again to elect a Speaker and officially constitute the Assembly, despite seven attempts. The

6 months ago

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Headline·Main·News

In a depopulating Albania, why is the PM campaigning on a promise to make it easier for young people to leave?

If Rama wants to be the prime minister who ushers Albania into the European Union, he must first be the leader who makes Albania worth staying in. It means building a country

6 months ago

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Albania marks 110 years of independence

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 25, 2022 – Albania has marked its 110 years as a modern state with an official ceremony in Vlora, where independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared in 1912, and

3 years ago

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Floods return to western Albania, affecting hundreds

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 24, 2022 – The situation is improving in northwestern Albania, authorities say, following several days of torrential rain and flooding that killed at least two people and left hundreds of

3 years ago

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Political fight over proposed Durres Port redevelopment reaches new heights

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 16, 2022 – A huge proposed redevelopment project that aims to transform the coastline of Albania’s largest port city has become the center of a bitter public fight between Albania’s

3 years ago

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Massive opposition rally calls for Albanians to unite for better governance

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 12, 2022 – Albania’s opposition held a massive protest rally on Saturday, accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of corruption and bad governance. Speeches by opposition leaders Sali Berisha and Ilir

3 years ago

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Berlin Process, more inclusive than Open Balkan initiative, revived at latest EU-WB meeting

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 5, 2022 – A meeting of six Western Balkan prime ministers in Berlin on Nov. 3 with EU’s and Germany’s top leaders has revived the Berlin Process, which aims to

3 years ago

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UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

Features·Main

TIRANA, Nov. 3, 2022 – Comments by UK government officials on Albanian migration are “scapegoating” the country and “fueling xenophobia,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Wednesday. He made the comments on

3 years ago

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Academic workers’ union threatens to escalate strike as prime minister lobs out insults

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 31, 2022 – A strike led by the union of academic workers at Albania’s public universities is now in its third week, with the union announcing it would start a

3 years ago

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As 2023 mayoral elections date set, top opposition parties reach coalition deal

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – Following the setting of May 14, 2023, as the official date for Albania’s municipal elections, the two largest opposition parties have agreed to run joint candidates against

3 years ago

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Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

Culture·Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – Justina Sinani, a fifth year general medicine student at Tirana’s public University of Medicine, expects to graduate next year, but says that she started her studies with

3 years ago

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Parliament approves changes to lustration law, targeting ruling party’s political rival

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 21, 2022 – Albania’s parliament voted at midnight on Thursday to amend a law on the right to information about the documents of the former communist secret police, Sigurimi, a

3 years ago

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German-French-sponsored deal between Serbia and Kosovo on UN membership ‘a matter of weeks’ – U.S. envoy says

Main·News·Region

TIRANA, Oct. 20, 2022 – A Serbia-Kosovo deal proposed by Germany and France that would mean UN membership for Kosovo with Belgrade’s acquiescence is likely to be reached in ‘a matter of

3 years ago

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EU Countries Ban Albanian Farm Exports Amid Safety Scandal

News Analysis: Kosovo Parliament Fails Again to Elect Speaker, Highlighting Deepening Partisan Divides and Institutional Fragility

In a depopulating Albania, why is the PM campaigning on a promise to make it easier for young people to leave?

Albania marks 110 years of independence

Floods return to western Albania, affecting hundreds

Political fight over proposed Durres Port redevelopment reaches new heights

Massive opposition rally calls for Albanians to unite for better governance

Berlin Process, more inclusive than Open Balkan initiative, revived at latest EU-WB meeting

UK frenzy on Albanian migration leaves Tirana reeling at ‘xenophobic’ language

Academic workers’ union threatens to escalate strike as prime minister lobs out insults

As 2023 mayoral elections date set, top opposition parties reach coalition deal

Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

Parliament approves changes to lustration law, targeting ruling party’s political rival

German-French-sponsored deal between Serbia and Kosovo on UN membership ‘a matter of weeks’ – U.S. envoy says

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