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Op-Ed - Page 114

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
1 week ago
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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
1 month ago
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Greek economic agenda waning

By Mentor Nazarko In its policy towards Albania, over the past fifteen years Greece has had two principle action agendas to realize: a political agenda, with a historical background, and the other
19 years ago
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Nato Future Still In Question After Summit

By Janusz Bugajski NATO’s “transformation summit” in Latvia was intended to map the course of the Alliance for the next decade and adapt it both politically and militarily to 21st century security
19 years ago
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Russian demands over Kosova

By Janusz Bugajski Western officials have assumed that Russia will accept the majority decision by the Contact Group and the UN Security Council in support of Kosova’s de jure independence. However, concern
19 years ago
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Talking Today’s Serbia

Jelica Minic came to Albania this October for the conference “The final status of Kosova and Security in the Balkans”, an event organized by the Albanian Institute for International Studies. An economist
20 years ago
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Importance Of Black Sea For Allied Security

By Janusz Bugajski There are four reasons why the Black Sea region is important for the security of Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: state integrity, military security, economic cohesion, and international cooperation.
20 years ago
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Kosovo towards normal statehood within the EU

TT-Could you please introduce yourself and the organization that you work for? AA-my name is Alex Anderson, director of the Kosovo project of the ICC. The ICC is an international non-profit organization
20 years ago
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West Balkans in the Spotlight

By Janusz Bugajski A landmark conference organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Balkan economic development, regional cooperation, and international integration was held in Washington on 5-6 October. The
20 years ago
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Changing Albania

By Sali Berisha I feel immensely indebted to the Council of Europe for the continuous support to Albania. Council of Europe was the first international institution I visited in 1992, only a
20 years ago
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