Today: Jul 08, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 101

A salute to America

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).
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).

From the Nile to the Balkans

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,
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Edi Rama-is his a radical Opposition?

Albania, like a political metaphor of the former Soviet republics By HENRI ȉLI Edi Rama is master-minding a political action of radical features, signifying that we will now be introduced to another
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The Battle of Durres, Caesar’s Close Shave

By Frank Ledwidge Unless you include the low level guerilla war fought just after the second world war, or indeed the Partisan/Ballist fight during the Second World War, Albania has never suffered
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Progress And Problems

Lutfi Dervishi Albania’s electoral process will, at the very least, require another week before it be considered closed. The Central Electoral Commission is inspecting complaints from the main parties and according to
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Election standards and selection of standards

By Blendi Kajsiu Nothing new from the West. This is perhaps an acurate summing up of the preliminary assessment which the International Community made of the electoral process. As per usual, the
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The apprehension of a virtual campaign

Blendi Kajsiu Apprehension is part and parcel of every electoral campaign. It eminates from the inability to foresee the results of these elections prior to their taking place. From this viewpoint, electoral
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No Debate, No Media, No Allies

By: Lutfi Dervishi Three undesirable developments for elections In one week’s time the campaign of the parliamentary elections will draw to a close; 24 hours later the Albanians will cast their votes
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ELECTIONS 2009 Looking inside the box

The upcoming elections are once more exposing a predominant pattern in Albanian post-communist politics. It seems disputes and a general conflictual spirit will override this electoral process too. The status quo can
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It’s Time For “Thessaloniki 2”

By: Dr. Jovan Teokarevic Professor, University of Belgrade Director, Belgrade Centre for European Integration (BeCEI) Six years after the Thessaloniki summit of the highest representatives of the European Union and Western Balkan
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Elections, Crowds And The Image Of Victory

By: Adela Halo Albania’s electoral campaigns, leading up to the June 28th elections this year are utterly discouraging, not only due to their vague approach to the country’s pressing issues, but also
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The Curious Case of Mustafaj

HENRI ȉLI Besnik Mustafaj, one of the leading figures of the Democratic Party has taken provisional leave of politics with a very modest statement, and the opportunity to revisit this domain for
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