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.
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).
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,
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
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL In the course of these few years since the Constitutional package that set the way for the start of the justice reform there have been many questions, doubts and
TIRAMA TIMES EDITORIAL Nowadays the massive flight of Albanians abroad does not need to be presented in numbers. People are feeling it every day with family members, neighbors, colleagues and peers taking
The year that is wrapping up was one of the most negative and unfortunate ones for Albania at least since 1997. A raging political crisis has left the citizens without due representation
By Agon Demjaha Introduction Although countries of the Western Balkans have made full integration into the European Union one of their key strategic priorities, mainly due to bloody wars that followed the
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL As the year 2020 slowly rolls in, the Albanian reality and the Albanian government could not be more separated from each other, each operating in an exclusive dynamics with
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Despite a very strong opposition by all the media sector in the country, by more than 30 media and human rights organizations worldwide and in spite of substantial criticism
By Sonja Biserko Any discussion about Serbia-Kosovo relations has to take into account the international context and interests of some global players that strongly influence regional dynamics, relations between Serbs and Albanians
By Naim Rashiti Kosovo held new snap elections on 6 October this year. The record-high turnout brought change in the political landscape. Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) of Albin Kurti won the elections with