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Remembering Janusz Bugajski: Scholar, Mentor, and Lifelong Friend of the Balkans Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025) The international academic and analytical community has lost one of its most lucid and principled voices. Janusz Bugajski,

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Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

By Marjana Doda, This feature draws on exclusive insights from an interview with Ambassador Tayyar Kagan Atay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tirana. On the occasion of the 102nd

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Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Albin Kurti

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File photo. Supporters of the opposition shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Tirana, Albania, 8 June 2019. [Malton Dibra/EPA/EFE]

Albania has voted – will it be a new momentum for its EU path?

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By Tobias Rüttershoff and Teona Lavrelashvili Pressed by major challenges such as endemic corruption, brain drain and economic hurdles, Albania needs a strong and stable political establishment that will push for an ambitious

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Has Albania really met the 15 tests to join the EU? No.

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By DAVID LEGA When the EU Foreign Affairs Council gathered on Monday (May 10th) to discuss the Western Balkans they should have seriously scrutinized the 15 conditions set for Albania to fulfil prior to

4 years ago

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Should Kosovo’s ruling party play opposition politics in Albania?

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by Agron Demi The involvement of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Vetevendosje in backing opposition candidates in Albania’s elections risks creating divisions between the two countries when they should be working

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Learning from past mistakes and moving ahead – in the wake of the Albanian elections

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by Genc Pollo The surprise of the D’Hondt formula according to the old law In the first days of this week after the election results were announced, I conducted a computer exercise,

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The pride of the Republic of Poland

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The 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Polish Constitution, the first in Europe, should be an inspiring holiday for the whole of today’s Europe by Andrzej DUDA Filled with the joy

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A member of parliament and one of Albania’s wealthiest business owners, Tom Doshi, has been at the center of a political storm this week.

Tom Doshi wins Albania

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The election results are still being counted and there might as well be surprises around the corner. However, the current consolidated trend with around 40 percent of the national ballots being counted

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Albania – elections 25 April – Rotation as braking to allow turning

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By Fatos Lubonja Before writing this pre-election analysis, I decided to read what I have written nine years ago, on the eve of the 2013 elections. I noticed, with some surprise, how

5 years ago

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The lives of others, the vote of the party

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900000 citizens paired with “political patrons” prior to general elections An online media investigation revealed this week in Albania that the personal data of more than 900.000 citizens, living in Tirana, a

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A short-lived strike that shook the Albanian scarecrow state

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The non-strike, non-rebellion, non- coup interruption of work by the Albanian air traffic controllers which grounded planes and halted all air traffic form the international airport of Rinas had the half-life of

5 years ago

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Elections in a captured state

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By Veton Surroi Is Albania a captured state? Why? Is it alone, or a mere part of a group of other captured Western Balkan states? Those are the questions I looked at

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Trafficking of human beings is a social justice issue

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An op-ed by Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Vincenzo Del Monaco, published in Albanian Daily News newspaper on 14 April 2021 Trafficking in Human Beings is not a faded,

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Op-Ed - Page 19

Obituary

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

Albania has voted – will it be a new momentum for its EU path?

Has Albania really met the 15 tests to join the EU? No.

Should Kosovo’s ruling party play opposition politics in Albania?

Learning from past mistakes and moving ahead – in the wake of the Albanian elections

The pride of the Republic of Poland

Tom Doshi wins Albania

Albania – elections 25 April – Rotation as braking to allow turning

The lives of others, the vote of the party

A short-lived strike that shook the Albanian scarecrow state

Elections in a captured state

Trafficking of human beings is a social justice issue

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