Today: Jul 08, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 105

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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Flag Day and White Night

Let me begin by skipping flag day, since it seemed that it was for the most part skipped in Tirana. As for the White Night, congratulations to the few who like ETC
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Tangible opportunity for free elections

The chorus of voices expressing concern about the smooth running of the upcoming parliamentary elections gathers momentum. At first sight this concern is more than legitimate. Several institutions required to conduct and
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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
18 years ago
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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)
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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
18 years ago
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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
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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
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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
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