Tirana Times, July 07, 2026 – The next NATO Summit, where the leaders of Allied member states gather annually, will take place on July 7–8, 2026, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
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).
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,
The Western Balkans will have to wait until the EU has agreed its constitutional reforms, which won’t happen before 2009. By Peter Sain ley Berry This week, on June 20, European Union
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
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
By ȡpajev Gjokutaj* Civil society, by virtue of being an advocate of citizens’ interests, is highly interested in the debate about reducing informality. Recent data that point to an overwhelming 40-50 percent
By Janusz Bugajski The fragility of the newly formed Serbian government and the rising power of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party underscore why Kosova needs to be permanently separated from an unstable Serbian
By Alba Cela A few weeks ago, a member of the DP parliamentary group, Gilman Bakalli resigned from the group and became an independent MP. The media storm that followed has abated
By Ivan Delibasic “Sadly, Serbia is not a Russian province, but it surely will never be an EU colony.” These words, spoken out by newly elected Speaker of Serbian Parliament [and the
by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi It has been more than six months since fourteen Albanians, including three American citizens, were seized from their beds in Tuzi in the wee hours of the morning
Albanians, and particularly those Kosovars who took refuge at Fort Dix in 1999, may want to express your gratitude to the soldiers at Fort Dix. If so, one way to communicate this
By Jerina Zaloshnja TIRANA, May 4 – Though there is less than a month till the election for the country’s new president, the ruling government coalition and the opposition are far from
By By Alba ȥla The appointment of HE Ambassador Niels Severin Munk coincided with that of he Albanian Ambassador in Denmark, Aferdita Dalla, a former advisor of former Foreign Minister Mustafaj. This