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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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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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Q&A: ‘The aim is to restore democracy,’ FP leader Ilir Meta says about return to active politics

Features·Main·Op-Ed

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – In an interview with Tirana Times, Ilir Meta, Albania’s former president and the current head of the Freedom Party (FP) speaks about FP’s political stances as well as

3 years ago

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New school year starts with worries over declining student numbers

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 12, 2022 – Albania’s pre-university school system marked the start of the first school year without any pandemic restrictions on Monday with worries of a shrinking student base and demands

3 years ago

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Gov’t increases wages and pensions to deal with inflation, electricity price hike

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 8, 2022 – Albania’s government has issued a package of decisions aimed at dealing with the European energy crisis and inflation, which include an increase in the minimum wage, pensions

3 years ago

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Iran says Albania ‘short-sighted’ to cut off ties, as NATO allies pledge support for Tirana

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 8, 2022 – As Iranian embassy officials burned documents into the night to meet a deadline to leave Albania within 24 hours after Tirana cut off diplomatic ties over the

3 years ago

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White House: U.S. strongly condemns Iran’s cyberattack against Albania

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 2 – The United States strongly condemns Iran’s cyberattack against NATO ally Albania and will take further action to hold Iran accountable for actions that threaten the security of a

3 years ago

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Energy and food security top agenda at Open Balkan summit in Belgrade

Business & Economy·Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 2, 2022 – Albania, Macedonia and Serbia — whose leaders met in Belgrade on Friday as part of the Open Balkans initiative — say they will seek each-others’ help to

3 years ago

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Former President Meta sues Sigurimi files authority over ‘politically-motivated forgery’

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 2, 2022 – Albania’s former president, Ilir Meta, has filed a lawsuit against the authority in charge of the files of the former communist secret police, Sigurimi, arguing it has

3 years ago

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National police chief sacked following string of major criminal events

Main·News

TIRANA, Aug. 31, 2022 – Albania’s national police chief has been sacked over “not achieving objectives,” following a summer that saw a string of high-profile crimes and a high number of victims.

3 years ago

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Only wage increases through more productivity can save public pension system, Word Bank says

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Aug. 29, 2022 – The only way to guarantee that Albanians can rely on a public pension in the future is to increase wages through higher productivity, the World Bank says

3 years ago

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Travel bloggers or spies: As formal charges filed, questions remain over Russians who tried to to break into military plant

Main·News

TIRANA, Aug. 22, 2022 – Two Russians and one Ukrainian have been arrested and formally charged by Albanian authorities in a suspected espionage case, with one of the Russians caught trying to

3 years ago

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Brownout threat remains, as Albania helps Kosovo avoid being region’s first to cut supply

Business & Economy·Main

TIRANA, Aug. 18, 2022 – As Europe is experiencing an unprecedented summer of high electricity prices, Kosovo became the first country in the continent to announce it would shut off power periodically.

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?

Q&A: ‘The aim is to restore democracy,’ FP leader Ilir Meta says about return to active politics

New school year starts with worries over declining student numbers

Gov’t increases wages and pensions to deal with inflation, electricity price hike

Iran says Albania ‘short-sighted’ to cut off ties, as NATO allies pledge support for Tirana

White House: U.S. strongly condemns Iran’s cyberattack against Albania

Energy and food security top agenda at Open Balkan summit in Belgrade

Former President Meta sues Sigurimi files authority over ‘politically-motivated forgery’

National police chief sacked following string of major criminal events

Only wage increases through more productivity can save public pension system, Word Bank says

Travel bloggers or spies: As formal charges filed, questions remain over Russians who tried to to break into military plant

Brownout threat remains, as Albania helps Kosovo avoid being region’s first to cut supply

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