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Op-Ed - Page 109

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
10 mins read

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

Frans Timmermans on Albania

It is a great pleasure for me to experience Albania’s famed hospitality once again. I have visited your country several times in the past. This time, I am visiting in my capacity
19 years ago
4 mins read

Interview: Professor Bernd J. Fischer

Professor Bernd J. Fischer, a history professor at the University of Indiana, Fort Wayne, gives his expert views on matters of interest to Albania and region, such as the case of Kosovo
19 years ago
8 mins read

Russia’s Win-Win Situation in Kosovo

By Berat Buzhala By blocking Kosovo’s independence, Russia reminds the world of its new power; it creates a gulf between Serbia and the West and slows the integration of Southeast Europe into
19 years ago
5 mins read

Church on the Defensive

“There is nothing so small that can not be blown out of proportion” says Ruckert’s law. This probably describes the way the Albanian Orthodox Church must be feeling lately. In the last
19 years ago
10 mins read

The unbearable lightness of judgment

Last week the news that the 2400-and-counting years old city of Berat did not make it into the precious UNESCO heritage list spread like wildfire provoking different reactions in the Albanian community.
19 years ago
4 mins read

A president from the Golden Cage

After two hot weeks the Albanian political class, composed mainly of 140 MPs fed by Albanian taxpayers and their bribes are not able to fulfill a simple constitutional duty: elect a president
19 years ago
6 mins read

All the president’s men

In a short editorial of this week, one of the most influential Albanian dailies, continued to repeat “imagine if Nano became President,” “imagine if he did get the votes”, “imagine if he
19 years ago
4 mins read

“Lost paradise”- the new ban on smoking

By enforcing a ban on smoking in public areas, Albania joined the other 121 countries where smoking in public places and advertisements of cigarettes is forbidden. The ban aims primarily at safeguarding
19 years ago
4 mins read
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