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,
By: Dritan Tabaku Due to a four-week strike, the programs of Radio France International (RFI) in French and in many other foreign languages are out of reach. Also, the program in the
By: John L. Withers, II Over 230 years ago, a very wise man said: “The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing
By Ambassador Michael Schmunk I. The Challenges At the beginning of 2009, the Economist carried an article with the head line: “The Western Balkans: A stuck region. How troubles in Bosnia 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
Dr Milan JAZBEC – Member of the International Institute IFIMES INTRODUCTION The state building process in the Western Balkans has undergone three big and complex stages during the last hundred years. Firstly,
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
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
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
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
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
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,