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State Capture and Electoral Manipulation

ODIHR Report on Albania’s 2025 Elections Tirana, October 25, 2025. The final report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Albania’s May 11 parliamentary elections paints a

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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,

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Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

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

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Mountain in labour a mouse is born: the Balkan Mini Schengen

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By Genc Pollo* “Mountain in labour a mouse is born” that Esopian fable came to my mind when I heard the news of the meeting in Novi Sad, Serbia of the government

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Editorial: In the end, it is not Europe’s fault

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL By now the staunch French refusal to go forward with even symbolic milestones of enlargement as well as the remaining skepticism of the Netherlands and Denmark are clear and

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Italy gives others in the international community a lesson in realism

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED During this week, when the eyes of the Albanian politicians and media were upon the decision in Brussels, the Italian Prime Minister Conte paid a visit to Albania. The

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A Little Balkans Schengen Area?

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By Franz-Lothar Altmann* Improved cooperation in the Balkans is an ever repeated demand voiced from outside, the EU in particular, but also from the countries concerned. At least three major basic institutions

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Editorial: In Novi Sad, “mini-Schengen” or just another photo-op for three

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL As this paper goes to print the joint meeting in Novi Sad between the President of Serbia Vucic, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zaev and Prime Minister of Albania

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11 years on, Kosovo shows Albania how elections are done

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED It was just hours after the last ballot box closed that the result started to appear in the screen of Kosovo TV stations. The electoral campaign had been intense

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Editorial: Making the Electoral Reform work: the real pre- conditions

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL There is a general prevailing consensus not just among the international community but also among key social and political stakeholders in Albania that the Electoral Reform should be done

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An American comeback in the Balkans

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By Prof. Blerim Reka Without the hard power of the United States, the European Union”s soft approach has not proven effective in the Western Balkans. After the U.S. withdrew from the region

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Editorial: A platform for the solution of the political crisis in Albania

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The decision of the German Bundestag to authorize its government to vote in favor of opening accession negotiations with Albania in mid-October, upon fulfilment of certain conditions is in

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On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

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By Victor A. Friedman* Without question, the two most important symbolic linguistic events in the twentieth century connected with the creation of the modern Albanian standard were the Congress of Manastir in

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Editorial: A solution rooted in legitimacy

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Democratic systems do not rule out crises. They have mechanisms to solve them. Every solution is based first and foremost in legitimacy since fair representation is at the core

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Op-Ed - Page 32

State Capture and Electoral Manipulation

Obituary

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

Mountain in labour a mouse is born: the Balkan Mini Schengen

Editorial: In the end, it is not Europe’s fault

Italy gives others in the international community a lesson in realism

A Little Balkans Schengen Area?

Editorial: In Novi Sad, “mini-Schengen” or just another photo-op for three

11 years on, Kosovo shows Albania how elections are done

Editorial: Making the Electoral Reform work: the real pre- conditions

An American comeback in the Balkans

Editorial: A platform for the solution of the political crisis in Albania

On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

Editorial: A solution rooted in legitimacy

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