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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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NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

Tirana Times, July 07, 2026 – The next NATO Summit, where the leaders of Allied member states gather annually, will take place on July 7–8, 2026, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

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A salute to America

By Marco Rubio Two hundred and fifty years ago today, in a brick hall in Philadelphia, our forefathers declared their independence from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not fools.

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Albania’s Civic Awakening: A Year After Rama’s Landslide, the Illusion of Invincibility Breaks

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by Elez Biberaj Tirana Times, June 09, 2026 – One year after Prime Minister Edi Rama swept to a fourth consecutive term, Albania finds itself in a profoundly different place than the

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Strategic Italy: Where Is Albania?

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This article is based on an earlier version first published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali at the following link: https://www.iai.it/en/node/22335 by Albert Rakipi, PhD In April 2026, Fincantieri, one of Italy’s foremost industrial

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Genc Pollo, President of Paneuropa-Albania

Germany’s New Enlargement Formula and Albania’s European Illusion

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For Albania, the real issue is not which accession model Europe chooses, but whether democracy, rule of law, and state integrity can still be restored. By Genc Pollo Tirana Times, May 24,

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Albania’s Recurrent Gasification Mirage

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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

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EU Integration as Compass: Albania’s Foreign Policy Vision in a Shifting World

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By Ferit Hoxha Anyone who knows even a little about Albania is aware that the cornerstone of Albanian foreign policy in the post-communist period has been a clear orientation toward the Euro-Atlantic

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On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

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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

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A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

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Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe. By David J. Kostelancik Lawmakers from both parties in

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Corruption Has Already Killed the Economy

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By Gjergj Erebara Tirana Times, April 11, 2026 – Prime Minister Edi Rama recently declared that he feels offended by the widespread assumption that his government is systemically corrupt, offering as a

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The Illusionists of Brussels

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by Genc Pollo, President of Paneuropa-Albania On March 30, at the Nieuwspoort conference center in The Hague, the Director-General for Enlargement at the European Commission, Mr. Gert-Jan Koopman, as a panelist in

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Foreign Interference and Election Observation in Hungary’s 2026 Parliamentary Vote

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by David J. Kostelancik Tirana Times, April 09, 2026 – Hungary’s parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 12, 2026, are unfolding in an environment shaped not only by domestic political competition but also by broader

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Marx on the Beach

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By Zef Preci Tirana Times, March 06, 2026 – Two centuries ago, Karl Marx offered a blunt description of how capitalism is sometimes born and consolidated: through what he called “primitive accumulation,”

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

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

Albania’s Civic Awakening: A Year After Rama’s Landslide, the Illusion of Invincibility Breaks

Strategic Italy: Where Is Albania?

Germany’s New Enlargement Formula and Albania’s European Illusion

Albania’s Recurrent Gasification Mirage

EU Integration as Compass: Albania’s Foreign Policy Vision in a Shifting World

On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

Corruption Has Already Killed the Economy

The Illusionists of Brussels

Foreign Interference and Election Observation in Hungary’s 2026 Parliamentary Vote

Marx on the Beach

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Criminal Enterprise and Investment Policy in Albania

A wasted chance for internal party democracy

Kosovo is not fashionable!

UNED Campus in Gjirokastra: A European Hub in the Western Balkans

Ollga Plumbi – The Woman from the Future

The UNED Campus in Gjirokaster a gateway to global academic excellence and a bridge to Europe

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