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 HENRI CILI The process of the issuing of ID Cards has become the Number One potential risk to the 28 June elections. In this sense we should be “affirming” the alarm
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
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
This conference marks a seminal event in the history of the Balkans, indeed in the history of Europe. In less than two months, Albania will become a member of NATO with full
There is much to celebrate about United States-Albanian relations which have generally been strong, particularly in the period since 1991, but historically these relations have of course experienced many important changes and
By: Tim Judah In the second week of February at the regular Monday morning editorial conference of the Economist, decisions were being taken on what should be in the next issue. The
By Arben MALAJ The Albanian economy cannot be considered immune to the global crisis. First, the crisis in other affected countries is directly transmitted to us through effects on trade, on remittances
Talking about the Balkans, Chris Patten, the former Commissioner for EU External Relations, provided probably the most philosophical description of the Balkans’ technology of change when he said, almost a decade ago
By Jose Ignacio Torreblanca I have just come back from Albania where I found the people wonderful, but also rather unfortunate. If you ever want to check this for yourself, all you
By Frank Ledwidge There are some very disturbing developments in science these days.. Theories and ideas that, just a few years ago would have been dismissed as belonging in the world of
By Tom Hashimoto Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday, Albania joins the European Union (EU). For Greece, for example, it is natural to have a “European” neighbor on her land