Today: May 11, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 109

Albania’s Recurrent Gasification Mirage

Before Albania can have gasification, it will need to have a functioning economy, a population wealthy enough to afford the costs of central heating and cooling, schools, kindergartens and nurseries equipped with
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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
3 weeks ago
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Moscow’s Anti-Western Offensive

By Janusz Bugajski In its determination to re-establish Russia’s great power status, the Kremlin oligarchy has launched a series of policy thrusts against Western interests. According to state propaganda, the West is
19 years ago
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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
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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
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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
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