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,
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
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
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL This week started with an important international donors’ conference in Brussels to assist Albania’s efforts of reconstruction after the destructive earthquake of November 26 which claimed more than 50
By Majlinda Bregu* I enter my hotel room in Brussels and a whole set of applications appears on the TV screen. I try to find “TV app”, just to listen to some
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL It was supposed to be a symbolic visit marking the first visit to another state from the new Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti. However the press conference at
*By Enio Jaco Firstly, I want to talk about two main topics. For some of AmCham’s key indicators, what happened in 2019, the problems we’ve had, as well as this year’s achievements.
By Elsa Hastad* What is a relation? How does it start? How do we get our first impressions from a country? I asked my friend in Tirana, he is my age and
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The faà§ade paradigm largely applied by this government and now deeply entrenched in the thinking and behavior of all its ministers, directors trickling down to the lowest level of
By H.E.Mr. Zhou Ding, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Albania At the beginning of 2020, an outbreak of novel coronavirus occurred in China. The Chinese government
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The Tirana Economic Forum, an event with a rather presumptuous name, has nevertheless brought again the focus of discussions on the current economic situation in Albania and on its
The President of Poland on the 75th Anniversary of Liberation of the Nazi German Death Camp KL Auschwitz On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers liberated the German Nazi death camp KL Auschwitz.
by Prof. Bernd J. Fischer The generally accepted narrative concerning Albania’s early parliamentary development has it that while the leaders responsible may have been well-intentioned, they achieved little in the way of