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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).

Op-Ed

From the Nile to the Balkans

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,

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The Strategic Price of Non-Enlargement

By Albert Rakipi Tirana Times, June 30, 2026 – For more than two decades, the Western Balkans have lived inside the promise of European integration. In Albania, support for membership in the

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The Political Myth of the “Beautiful Protest”

A Barthesian Reading By Diana Gëllçi, Ph.D. Tirana Times, June 30, 2026 – A beautiful protest has been unfolding in Tirana for several weeks. What is particularly interesting is that the same description

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Commentary: An Albanian perspective on America, the land of the free!

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By BLEDAR KURTI E pluribus unum (Out of many, one). This is the motto of the Great Seal of the United States. 50 states in one. A country with over 56 thousand

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Op-ed: The summit, the smoke curtain and the apologist

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By GENC POLLO* The meeting of the EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, 23 June, took place against the backdrop of Putin’s bloody aggression war. They were right in showing solidarity with

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Flower of Vlora By Anna Kohen

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A must read for Jewish, Albanian, Greek and Israel communities, and anyone interested in the history of the Jews in the Balkans. It will be published in November 2022 in English Language

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It’s time to get European enlargement back on track

Op-Ed

By Kyriakos Mitsotakis* Today’s South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit in the ancient port city of Thessaloniki, a great center of trade and ideas over many centuries, comes at a critical moment.

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What happened to European values?

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By Prof. Wojciech Roszkowski “You have your principles, we have structural funds” – whose words are these? They were uttered by the French president François Hollande in 2017. From his perspective, the

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Butrint (Author: Anastasia Tzigounaki Copyright: © UNESCO)

Editorial: Failing to see the forest for the trees in Butrint

Editorial·Features·Op-Ed

Criticism of a new management plan for the national park, and the AADF’s involvement, is unwarranted, misguided or malicious. TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL An ongoing debate over a new management plan for the

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Q&A: Public interest would be paramount, Përparim Kalo says after being proposed as next president

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Interview with outgoing Constitutional Court Judge Përparim Kalo, who was recently proposed to parliament as a presidential candidate by several important civil society organizations. We have heard your mandate is over. A

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“Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The case of Albania”

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By Ines Stasa The Albanian non-permanent membership mandate at the United Nations Security Council is challenged among other regional and country-based disputes, by two major international events in Afghanistan and recently in

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The more things change the more they remain the same.

Op-Ed·Region

By Alba Cela The expression above is commonly used in English-speaking countries to show inertia as an often decisive force in political and social developments even when everything seems to be changing

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Analysis: Making the right choice in selecting the next president

Features·Op-Ed

Albanians and international friends are looking for the country’s next president to have the right authority and integrity that can help the presidency rise above the political fray — someone like Përparim

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Why instilling a culture of dialogue is paramount

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By GENC POLLO* “We can discuss but not negotiate,” the Albanian Interior Minister Sander Lleshaj would repeat in spring 2017, making it clear that he was speaking on behalf of the government

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Op-Ed - Page 17

From the Nile to the Balkans

The Strategic Price of Non-Enlargement

The Political Myth of the “Beautiful Protest”

Commentary: An Albanian perspective on America, the land of the free!

Op-ed: The summit, the smoke curtain and the apologist

Flower of Vlora By Anna Kohen

It’s time to get European enlargement back on track

What happened to European values?

Editorial: Failing to see the forest for the trees in Butrint

Q&A: Public interest would be paramount, Përparim Kalo says after being proposed as next president

“Women, Peace and Security Agenda: The case of Albania”

The more things change the more they remain the same.

Analysis: Making the right choice in selecting the next president

Why instilling a culture of dialogue is paramount

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