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10KSA in Tirana Saudi Embassy promotes a new culture of health awareness

By Tirana Times Tirana Times, December 10,2025. 10KSA arrived in Tirana through a special awareness-raising event organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, marking the first introduction in Albania

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Headline·Main

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

8 months ago

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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

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With conditions, European Commission recommends start of accession talks with Albania

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 9 – The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, has given its green light for opening accession talks for Albania, a recommendation given with some conditions and which now must

9 years ago

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Albania, Greece caught up in new diplomatic spat

Main·News

TIRANA, Nov. 3 – Relations between Albania and Greece deteriorated this week, with both countries caught in a spat over Athens’ definition as ethnic Greeks for the residents of Albania’s southwestern town

9 years ago

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Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

Business & Economy·Main

By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Oct. 25 – With the general elections drawing closer every day, the ruling Socialist Party-led Albanian government has announced plans for a considerable wage and pension increase, a

10 years ago

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Rama and Vucic speak at an event in Belgrade. (Photo: GoA)

PM’s Belgrade visit stirs debate, uneasiness over Kosovo comments

Main·News·Region

TIRANA, Oct. 20 – Prime Minister Edi Rama’s comments in Belgrade last week have led to debate in Albania and Kosovo, with critics accusing the Albanian prime minister of speaking on behalf

10 years ago

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President Bujar Nishani said he has a difficult relationship with the majority ruling, in particular in what he sees as the government trying to increase the executive's influence in the judiciary.

President tells parliament to dump waste bill, PM indicates veto override

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 19 – President Bujar Nishani has vetoed a bill allowing Albanian companies to import waste for recycling, following protests and environmentalists’ concerns that it may allow Albania to become Europe’s

10 years ago

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Chinese consortium fully acquires Albania’s sole international airport

Business & Economy·Free to Read·Main

TIRANA, Oct. 7 – Albania’s sole international airport, the Tirana International Airport, has officially changed hands with a Chinese consortium led by China Everbright Limited acquiring a 100 percent stake for an

10 years ago

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Democrats seek Constitutional Court ruling on justice vetting law

Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Albania’s Democratic Party has asked the country’s Constitutional Court to rule on the validity of a recently-approved law on transitional qualification assessment of judges and prosecutors, known as

10 years ago

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Activists vow to stop waste imports, seek referendum, presidential veto

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 29 – A controversial decision to approve waste imports “to revive the recycling industry” continues to stir heated debate in Albania, with activists vowing to stop waste imports with protests,

10 years ago

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Yes to trash: MPs approve controversial waste import bill

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 22 – Albania’s ruling majority has approved a deeply unpopular bill to import trash from other countries, bowing down to the recycling industry and going back on a promise made

10 years ago

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Environmentalists warn of protests, new referendum over waste imports

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 14 – With the ruling Socialist Party-led majority on track to approve legal changes that could reactivate waste imports on Sept 22, civil society activists who three years ago lobbied

10 years ago

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Dibra’s mayoral by-election seen as test for national parties

Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 8 – Tirana’s political elite has turned its focus on a poor rural municipality in eastern Albania, where mayoral by-elections are being seen as a test for the ruling coalition

10 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

With conditions, European Commission recommends start of accession talks with Albania

Albania, Greece caught up in new diplomatic spat

Pre-electoral wage hike could put public finances back in trouble

PM’s Belgrade visit stirs debate, uneasiness over Kosovo comments

President tells parliament to dump waste bill, PM indicates veto override

Chinese consortium fully acquires Albania’s sole international airport

Democrats seek Constitutional Court ruling on justice vetting law

Activists vow to stop waste imports, seek referendum, presidential veto

Yes to trash: MPs approve controversial waste import bill

Environmentalists warn of protests, new referendum over waste imports

Dibra’s mayoral by-election seen as test for national parties

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