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The United States Helped Build SPAK. Now SPAK Must Do Its Job

by David J. Kostelancik Tirana Times, July 18, 2026 – For years, the U.S. and the EU invested significant political capital, funding, and diplomatic pressure into helping Albania build one of the

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Can the Symbolism of a Spectacle Be Appropriated?

By Diana Gellci Ph.D. Tirana Times, July 16, 2026 – Beyond entertainment, spectacles produce powerful symbolism. Indeed, symbolic effects often outweigh political, economic, and even coercive ones. Symbolism remains one of the

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Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

Tirana Times , July 09, 2026 – Tirana Times is publishing below an open public question addressed by Albanian scholar Diana Gellçi, PhD, an Albanian professor based in the United States, to Dutch

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Monetary and Financial Stability: Challenges in South-Eastern Europe

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by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank Keynote Speech at the Bank of Albania 6th International Conference “Regional Financial Market and Financial Stability. A Concept

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Kosovo towards normal statehood within the EU

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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

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Albanian Euroscepticism? – The wrong debate in the wrong place at the wrong time

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By Albert Rakipi Attempts to think critically and debate publicly the nature of the relationship between Albania and the European Union are most necessary at this juncture of Albania’s efforts to integrate.

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West Balkans in the Spotlight

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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

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Changing Albania

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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

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EU single seat in the Security Council: too Kantian to be loved

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By Albert Rakipi In March 1997 Dutch ambassador Jan de Marchant et d’ Ansembourg assured Albanian authorities on behalf of the European Union that “Albania is part of the great European family”.

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Close cooperation with the USA and NATO

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By Sali Berisha Ten years have passed since the March of 1996, when we together here in Tirana launched the process of the Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial. This, was our common answer

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Albanian economy: advantages and incentives

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By Ardian Fullani Recently Albanian economy has reached a commendable macroeconomic equilibrium, sustained by an economic growth of 5-6 percent, low inflation levels well contained within a 2-3 percent band, and continuously

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How much do we need foreign schools?

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By Lutfi Dervishi In the media frenzy that ushered in the new academic year, the silence that shrouded the founding of the “Peter Mahringer” Austrian School in Shkodra brings to mind an

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Kiosk Universities-Out of Question

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By Milazim Krasniqi Estimates reveal that the number of private universities in Kosovo, taking into account the very aggressive, constantly in-the-face advertising for them, particularly by electronic media, is the highest as

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Five years after September 11th

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By Janusz Bugajski Five years after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the United States is still dealing with the aftermath. Political leaders remain torn between two policies to combat

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Op-Ed - Page 116

The United States Helped Build SPAK. Now SPAK Must Do Its Job

Can the Symbolism of a Spectacle Be Appropriated?

Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

Monetary and Financial Stability: Challenges in South-Eastern Europe

Kosovo towards normal statehood within the EU

Albanian Euroscepticism? – The wrong debate in the wrong place at the wrong time

West Balkans in the Spotlight

Changing Albania

EU single seat in the Security Council: too Kantian to be loved

Close cooperation with the USA and NATO

Albanian economy: advantages and incentives

How much do we need foreign schools?

Kiosk Universities-Out of Question

Five years after September 11th

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