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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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Brazil’s Independence Day

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Message from the Ambassador of Brazil to Albania, Francisco Carvalho Chagas, on the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of Brazil September 7, 2020 Dear friends of the Brazilian community in Tirana, Almost

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Putin, Belarus and the glorious Albanian OSCE chairmanship

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In the sweltering heat of the dog days of August, a surprising news item graced the opening of the prime time news editions of the main pro-government televisions: that Russian President Putin had recommended strongly to his Belarusian counterpart to

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The lesson from Beirut: corruption is a weapon of mass destruction

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By Alba Çela As a terrible tragedy hit yesterday the Lebanese capital Beirut where a mass explosion of unsafely stored ammonium nitrate claimed hundreds of lives, thousands of livelihoods and wrecked half

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From Vancouver to Vladivostok -the perilous direction of the Albanian democracy slide

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In one of the heaviest sessions of the Albanian parliament, the past meddled into the present with all its heavy baggage of polarization, aggressive name-calling and utilization of history. Three decades after

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Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue Back to Limbo

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JELICA MINIĆ Step by step, the idea and practice of the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo has been gaining ground over the last decade. Despite obstructions, stagnation and backsliding, this dialogue has

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The Albanian OSCE Chairmanship 2020 or how the values and norms of the organization were trodden upon at the top

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By Genc Pollo Last week the OSCE could not reach the required consensus to reappoint its Secretary General and the current heads of its three institutions: the Office for Democratic Institutions and

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Time to bring back rule of law in Albania’s foreign service

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News Analysis Debates regarding the candidacy of the new Albanian Ambassador to Athens, Luela Hajderaga, have dominated the meetings of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee during the past few days. The strongest

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COVID 19: Pandemics, Infodemics, and Geopolitics

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KRISTINA LANI While COVID-19 quickly spread around the globe and the term ‘pandemic’ opened news programs ranging from CNN to small local stations in virtually every town, citizens soon understood that, besides

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Greek-Italian Agreement may Benefit the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries with Albania

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BLEDAR FETA Enough reasons for optimism Many in Athens and Tirana are optimistic. They strongly believe that a negotiation on the basis of the Greek-Italian deal can be of great benefit in

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You can’t have your cake and eat it too

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It was the deal of the year, the fulfillment of the first condition to proceed ahead with the accession negotiations and it was heralded as a major achievement by international stakeholders from

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From the National Theater of Tirana to the Haghia Sophia of Istanbul

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By Genc Pollo In April 2009, then a Deputy Prime Minister I led the Albanian delegation to the Second Global Forum Alliance of Civilizations that was held in Istanbul. This UN endorsed

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Op-Ed - Page 29

From the Nile to the Balkans

The Strategic Price of Non-Enlargement

The Political Myth of the “Beautiful Protest”

Brazil’s Independence Day

Putin, Belarus and the glorious Albanian OSCE chairmanship

The lesson from Beirut: corruption is a weapon of mass destruction

From Vancouver to Vladivostok -the perilous direction of the Albanian democracy slide

Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue Back to Limbo

The Albanian OSCE Chairmanship 2020 or how the values and norms of the organization were trodden upon at the top

Time to bring back rule of law in Albania’s foreign service

COVID 19: Pandemics, Infodemics, and Geopolitics

Greek-Italian Agreement may Benefit the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries with Albania

You can’t have your cake and eat it too

From the National Theater of Tirana to the Haghia Sophia of Istanbul

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

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