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Op-Ed - Page 101

On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

by Nikola Kedhi Tirana Times, April 20, 2026 – On the evening of April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most scrutinized, most condemned, most exhaustively theorized leader, conceded defeat in a parliamentary
1 week ago
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A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe. By David J. Kostelancik  Lawmakers from both parties in
2 weeks ago
6 mins read

Corruption Has Already Killed the Economy

By Gjergj Erebara Tirana Times, April 11, 2026 – Prime Minister Edi Rama recently declared that he feels offended by the widespread assumption that his government is systemically corrupt, offering as a
3 weeks ago
6 mins read

Back to the Agenda, and?

Tom Hashimoto, Lecturer of Political Science and International Relations, UNYT US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Bosnia on Tuesday May 19th, commencing his three-day trip in the Balkans. Accompanying with him is
17 years ago
2 mins read

Concessions between Gentlemen

The visit to Tirana by the Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis took place within the positive context of bilateral relations. Pressurized or otherwise by the other Western allies, Greece approved the protocols
17 years ago
5 mins read

Welcome to the Freedom Pole

By HENRI ȉLI European University of Tirana The idea that there is a missing link in the structure of the right wing political spectrum in Albania because there is no real and
17 years ago
3 mins read

Global Crisis & Pre-electoral Reflections

By Artan P쳮aska apernaska@tiranatimes.com It suffices to put on the radio, view a TV program or collect a newspaper and find oneself in the middle of floods of talks or information speaking
17 years ago
8 mins read

An insight into Albanian governance history

By FRANK LEDWIDGE As all sensible Albanians know, their country is hardly a byword for good governance. Politicians there (as indeed in Britain where I live) are reviled for inefficiency, dishonesty and
17 years ago
3 mins read

The Three Options and the Roadmap

By Veton Surroi In 1999, while the Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the time, Paskal Milo, was noting the various speculations in Western European circles on the options for the status
17 years ago
9 mins read

Politicians are the same everywhere.

It does not matter what country you are in, politics is pretty much the same. Here in England our press has been exercised by two things. First the rather tedious and pointless,
17 years ago
3 mins read

Rethinking Albania’s NATO Membership

Following Albania’s full NATO Membership and an apparent need for further and deeper analysis in this regard, “Tirana Times” has launched a forum that seeks to discuss the significance and implications of
17 years ago
15 mins read

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA

President Barack Obama has inherited a heavy foreign policy agenda in addition to having to confront a severe and deepening domestic economic recession. In order to register progress the new president will
17 years ago
14 mins read
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