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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).

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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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Strengthening friendship, progressing towards sustainable development in solidarity

Editorial·Free to Read·Op-Ed

By ZHOU DING October 1stmarks the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. This year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our embassy is not able to hold

6 years ago

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A real independent agenda for the new justice

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The expectations of Albanian citizens from the justice reform even now after a few years of its implementation remain very high.

6 years ago

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In times like this, corruption can mean life or death

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The following remarks were given by Ambassador Yuri Kim at the High Level Conference “Strengthening Integrity and Fighting Corruption: Latest Achievements”

6 years ago

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EC report on Albania – Credible or not?

Free to Read·Op-Ed

Commission reports are increasingly seen as political and biased. To a large extent, the EC has helped to build such a perception by highlighting findings in its reports which will not make

6 years ago

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Gas-lighting by mistake: the EU progress report fails to account for reality

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The European Commission’s Progress Report 2020 on Albania and that of the other countries of our region was anticipated with some curiosity, although after so many years it is becoming harder to

6 years ago

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A New narrative from Montenegro

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If Serb clerico-nationalism, Putin and Vučić triumph, what would be the implications for Albanians and the region?

6 years ago

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Why Albania sees Kosovo as an Autonomous Province of hers?

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ALBERT RAKIPI The Governments of Albania and Kosovo have signed eleven new bilateral agreements during the joint meeting held in Tirana on the 2nd of October 2020. The new agreements aim to

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UCK at trial: How a specialist chamber is wrongfully gnawing at the legitimacy of the Kosovo state

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A saying is circulating among observers of the saga of the Kosovo war tribunal, or as formally named the Specialist Chambers: there are now more former UCK commanders called as defendants or

6 years ago

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The Matryoshka dolls of the decaying education system

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On the first day of the start of the school year, months after the doors of all education institutions had shut due to the pandemics, the former education minister broadcast her well-wishing

6 years ago

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Out of the White House: a medley of engagements, worth of salutation but not of celebration

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The WH signature fever exposes the hypocrisy and mediocrity in the Albanian capitals, as politicians foolishly rush to proclaim “historical achievement” over their social media accounts. If one followed the social media accounts of former

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A New Narrative from Montenegro

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VETON SURROI Milan Roćen, former Montenegrin Minister of Foreign Affairs and one of those closest to Milo Djukanović in his campaign for the state’s independence, would not infrequently end his lengthy conference

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Op-Ed - Page 28

From the Nile to the Balkans

The Strategic Price of Non-Enlargement

The Political Myth of the “Beautiful Protest”

Strengthening friendship, progressing towards sustainable development in solidarity

A real independent agenda for the new justice

In times like this, corruption can mean life or death

EC report on Albania – Credible or not?

Gas-lighting by mistake: the EU progress report fails to account for reality

A New narrative from Montenegro

Why Albania sees Kosovo as an Autonomous Province of hers?

UCK at trial: How a specialist chamber is wrongfully gnawing at the legitimacy of the Kosovo state

The Matryoshka dolls of the decaying education system

Out of the White House: a medley of engagements, worth of salutation but not of celebration

A New Narrative from Montenegro

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