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EU Integration as Compass: Albania’s Foreign Policy Vision in a Shifting World

By Ferit Hoxha Anyone who knows even a little about Albania is aware that the cornerstone of Albanian foreign policy in the post-communist period has been a clear orientation toward the Euro-Atlantic

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On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

by Nikola Kedhi Tirana Times, April 20, 2026 – On the evening of April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most scrutinized, most condemned, most exhaustively theorized leader, conceded defeat in a parliamentary

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A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe. By David J. Kostelancik Lawmakers from both parties in

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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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Democracy, kidnapped by an illegitimate minority

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By Ilir Meta At the heart of democracy is the vote, the right of every citizen to be elected and to be elected, political pluralism. Democracy means that every citizen decides for

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Op-Ed - Page 35

EU Integration as Compass: Albania’s Foreign Policy Vision in a Shifting World

On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

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

Democracy, kidnapped by an illegitimate minority

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