Today: Jul 08, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 103

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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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
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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
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NATO A Start, Not The End Of The Process

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
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United States-Albanian Relations in Transition

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
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Kosovo Plus One: A Balance Sheet

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
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Why Albania cannot escape the global crisis

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
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The Others

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
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What does “Europe” mean to Albania?

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
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