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Who Loses Power When the Map Changes?

Fifteen municipalities are expected to disappear under Albania’s proposed new territorial map. While the government presents the reform as a matter of efficiency and consolidation, communities that may lose municipal status fear

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Can Albania Follow Hungary’s Example in Scrutinizing Officials’ Wealth?

By Zef Preci Tirana Times, September 30, 2026 – For more than two decades, Albania has had legislation requiring senior public officials to declare their assets and financial interests. Yet persistent concerns

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Building a pathway to peace: Working together to return Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war

By H.E. Mrs. Elissa Golberg, Ambassador of Canada to Italy, Albania, Malta and San Marino; Yulia Gorokhovska, Chargés d’affaires, Embassy of Ukraine in Albania and H.E. Mr. Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, Ambassador of

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Q&A: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán on the war in Ukraine, international cooperation and the economy

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke to the Kossuth Radio programme “Good Morning Hungary” on March 31, 2023. Zsolt Törőcsik: Soon all the Western tanks promised to Ukraine will arrive in that war-torn

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Op/Ed: Balkan awakening – Strengthening ties between Israel and Albania

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By Ohad Shpak* The upcoming Israel-Albania Tech Conference to be held in March 2023 aims to strengthen commercial ties between the two countries, following recent developments in the bilateral relations. Muslim-majority Republic

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Op-Ed: Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace

Features·Op-Ed

By Daniel Serwer According to EU High Representative Borrell, Saturday’s meeting between Serbian President Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti was a success. It resulted in an “Implementation Annex” to the Agreement

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Why Albania’s domestic PR wars are being fought abroad

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A lot of effort and money has been spent in a PR war in the Western press between Albania’s main political parties; which raises the question: Why are Albanian parties fighting a

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Analysis: How to assess a Pristina/Belgrade agreement

Features·Op-Ed

By Daniel Serwer My Balkanite friends are clamoring to know what is going to happen tomorrow when Serbian President Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti meet once again. The Europeans and Americans

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Op/Ed: The Time of Poland

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By DIANE FRANCIS* Poland has become a pillar of security on the Alliance’s eastern flank thanks to the country’s tremendous economic development, which has helped fund the rapid modernisation and expansion of

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Op/Ed: Kosovo marks 15 years of independence

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By Ambassador Skender Durmishi* Remarks made at an event in Tirana marking Kosovo’s 15 years of indepdence. Kosovo is celebrating 15 years of statehood. But progress is even bigger than the age

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Op/Ed: Serbia, Kosovo, and Russia’s interest in another conflict in continental Europe

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By Arash Toupchinejad* Serbia recently found itself in a perilous standoff with Kosovo this past December when ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo established roadblocks to protest the arrest of a former Kosovo

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Op/Ed: Italy and the Western Balkans talk cooperation

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By Antonio Tajani* The fate of Europe in these last months is being played, dramatically, around Ukraine. But the future of our continent is also connected with what will happen in the

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Albania: The ‘Sleeping Renewable Energy Giant’ of The Balkans?

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By Dr. VALENTINA DEDI* Located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula in South-eastern Europe, Albania hardly makes the headlines when it comes to its developments and aspirations in the energy

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Analysis: A constitutive moment

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By Soli Özel, Senior fellow – international relations By Evren Balta, Political scientist The following article from Oct. 11, 2022 is part of a series for Institute Montaigne in Paris — part

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Op-Ed - Page 16

Who Loses Power When the Map Changes?

Can Albania Follow Hungary’s Example in Scrutinizing Officials’ Wealth?

Building a pathway to peace: Working together to return Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war

Q&A: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán on the war in Ukraine, international cooperation and the economy

Op/Ed: Balkan awakening – Strengthening ties between Israel and Albania

Op-Ed: Smoke and mirrors make confusion, not peace

Why Albania’s domestic PR wars are being fought abroad

Analysis: How to assess a Pristina/Belgrade agreement

Op/Ed: The Time of Poland

Op/Ed: Kosovo marks 15 years of independence

Op/Ed: Serbia, Kosovo, and Russia’s interest in another conflict in continental Europe

Op/Ed: Italy and the Western Balkans talk cooperation

Albania: The ‘Sleeping Renewable Energy Giant’ of The Balkans?

Analysis: A constitutive moment

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