Tirana Times, July 07, 2026 – The next NATO Summit, where the leaders of Allied member states gather annually, will take place on July 7–8, 2026, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
By Marco Rubio Two hundred and fifty years ago today, in a brick hall in Philadelphia, our forefathers declared their independence from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not fools.
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Dr. Arben Ramkaj is Chairman at the Institute for Cultural and Religious Dialogues in Albania.
He is also Director of the Middle East and Muslim World Department at the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS).
By Dr. Arben Ramkaj Tirana Times, July 3, 2026 – If you sit by the banks of the Nile on a quiet afternoon and allow its serene flow to guide your thoughts,
Enmired as we (NATO) now are in Afghanistan, with very little real idea of the land, people or especially the culture, an awareness is developing that knowledge and understanding of the various
By Jeff Thimm Earlier this week, on Monday Oct. 5, Vaclav Klaus, prime minister of the Czech Republic, promoted his recent book Blue Planet, Green Shackles – what is at risk: climate
We are gathered here today, after a year, during which the World has faced one of the heaviest financial and economic crisis in history. We are gathered here once again in a
The newly formed cabinet of PM Berisha has welcomed only one woman amongst its ministers By Blerta Picari In September 2008, we heard the news on introducing the quota system into the
By Artan Pernaska The recent publication of the “Macedonian Encyclopedia” has aroused vivid criticism among Albanians in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), in Kosov련Kosovo), in Montenegro and in Albania. The
By Valbona Sulce Once again, Vlora University has managed to take center-stage in the media, and subsequently, in daily conversation too. No mean undertaking by the way, in tiny Albania with its
By Fatos Lubonja In the articles I wrote in the lead-up period to these elections I repeatedly expressed the idea that Albania faces the danger of the installation of a regime “a
By Henri ȩli Several such institutions of liberal democracy as hunger strikes, boycott etc, have an accentuated moral character and moreover, it is precisely in their morals and character that the strength
By ARBEN MALAJ In its protracted transition period, the Socialist Party has targeted and contributed towards the modernization of Albanian politics. However, following the elections of 2009, the Socialist Party is radicalizing
Albania’s future government will bring together the right-wing coalition headed by the Democratic Party (Partia Demokratike, PD) and the left-wing Socialist Movement for Integration (L췩zja Socialiste p철Integrim, LSI). LSI is a former
By Dr. Eduard Zaloshnja Opinion polls in nations where democracy and elections are relatively new are often used by policymakers in the developed world to hone their policies toward such countries. However,