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Op-Ed - Page 104

On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

by Nikola Kedhi Tirana Times, April 20, 2026 – On the evening of April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most scrutinized, most condemned, most exhaustively theorized leader, conceded defeat in a parliamentary
1 week ago
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A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe. By David J. Kostelancik  Lawmakers from both parties in
2 weeks ago
6 mins read

Corruption Has Already Killed the Economy

By Gjergj Erebara Tirana Times, April 11, 2026 – Prime Minister Edi Rama recently declared that he feels offended by the widespread assumption that his government is systemically corrupt, offering as a
3 weeks ago
6 mins read

Arber- sefarad: in the otherճ mirror

MarZambrano used to say that along with the outer time and space flow, with a different rhythm, the inner time and space, which links the present of the past, or the memory
17 years ago
4 mins read

We need an Albanian Falcone

What do Naim Mala, Liam Neeson and James Bond have in common? You may well ask in return ‘ who on Earth is Naim Mala? The good (or maybe not so good)
17 years ago
4 mins read

Albania -Tourist Paradise of 2030?

Cast yourself forward to 2030. It’s only 20 years or so away. Tourists are fed up of Greece. Croatian arrogance has annoyed too many people. Montenegro, for a while quite fashionable amongst
17 years ago
3 mins read

Take the car, or walk?

Within a radius of about two kilometers from Scanderbeg Square, in the very heart of the capital – you can find almost everything: almost all the state institutions, business centers, expensive boutiques
18 years ago
6 mins read

MACEDONIA CONFRONTS ITS FUTURE

Janusz Bugajski Dangers lurk ahead for the new coalition government in Macedonia. Skopje sees NATO and EU entry as its policy priorities but cannot achieve its targets without resolving the dispute with
18 years ago
6 mins read

History Lessons

By Frank Ledwidge I recently found myself in Himare, which as readers will know is a rather lovely place. I stayed as a lodger in the house of a gentleman who proclaimed
18 years ago
3 mins read

Lazarat And The State

It is by now common knowledge that Albania’s agricultural sector has been the big loser of Albania’s transition to a market economy. Farmers all over the country can barely manage to make
18 years ago
8 mins read

Bad news for Kosovo in the Caucasus

By Frank Ledwidge Anyone who has been to Georgia and Albania will immediately see the similarities. A fiercely independent largely mountainous country, with a strong culture, often misunderstood by its neighbours. In
18 years ago
3 mins read
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