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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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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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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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Albania Kosovo – Unity, damage control and nationalism

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After “daci bao” sent by The Hague for President Thaci The two days visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Kosovo which just concluded had a pretty intensive agenda. There were

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Thaci’s indictment: these questions need to be answered

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It is almost a week now since the ominous moment when the charges of the Special prosecutor’s office at the Hague against Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, former Assembly Speaker Veseli and others were made public just hours before the first one was

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The last price for the freedom of Kosovo

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“Should we even expect the day when we will be told that we must apologize to Serbia for our missing people, for our raped mothers and daughters, for the ethnic cleansing and

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“Venice Commission: An Opportunity to Move Forward”

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By U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim This week, I had a chance to visit Kruja, the fortress of Albania’s hero, Skanderbeg. Facing attack after attack by the most formidable military force in

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Kosovo Serbia dialogue back to limbo

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The implosion of an ill-fated effort The announcement of the charges against Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, former Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli and other prominent former UCK leaders by the Specialist Prosecutors Office at the Hague brought to a swift and tumultuous end the hopes for

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Tirana ignores EU entry requirements

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By Genc Pollo Albanian MP and former Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration. He is also an ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education; Telecoms The European Parliament adopted a resolution

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The international chaperoning should come to an end

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As far as I and the Socialist Party is concerned this is the last time we sit on a table so heavily mediated by internationals,-Prime Minister Rama said unexpectedly, commenting on the final achievement of consensus over the Electoral Reform, the very first condition on the list

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The politicization of religion and the “religionization’’ of politics

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By Dr. Arben Ramkaj One of the most important challenges of the recent century’s society has been the separation of religious institution from the state, also known as secularism. However, it is a fact

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Electoral Reform or a ‘ticking the box’ exercise

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL After the illegal demolition of the National Theatre and the disproportionate violence exerted by the police on the protesters, the de-facto opposition which sits outside the Assembly declared that

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Op-Ed - Page 30

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

From the Nile to the Balkans

You can’t have your cake and eat it too

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

Albania Kosovo – Unity, damage control and nationalism

Thaci’s indictment: these questions need to be answered

The last price for the freedom of Kosovo

“Venice Commission: An Opportunity to Move Forward”

Kosovo Serbia dialogue back to limbo

Tirana ignores EU entry requirements

The international chaperoning should come to an end

The politicization of religion and the “religionization’’ of politics

Electoral Reform or a ‘ticking the box’ exercise

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