By Turki bin Ibrahim Al-MadiAmbassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Albania National Day is an occasion to recall the historic journey of the unification of the Kingdom
By Genc Pollo Tirana Times, September 21, 2026 – At Thessaloniki in June 2003, the European Union made a promise that sounded historic and irreversible. The heads of state and government declared
By Daniel Serwer Tirana Times, September 17, 2026 – The Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ has convicted former President Hashim Thaci and three other Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes but acquitted them of crimes
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
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
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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