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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

2 weeks ago

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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

2 weeks ago

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Editorial: President hearings and the depth of the constitutional crisis

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Things will get worse before they get better. The political, institutional and even constitutional crisis in the country continues to be in full swing. This week the parliament opened

7 years ago

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Beauty is relative, evaluation reports…are not!

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By Sidonja Manushi Some of the upsides of being governed by a painter in profession and an artist at heart are the capital buildings’ colorful facades and the Prime Minister’s own sense

7 years ago

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A paradox from Tirana: Failed coup d’etat in Turkey, memorial in Albania

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By Alfonc Rakaj A memorial built in Tirana’s central park for the fallen of the failed Turkish coup in 2016 has been publicly shunned. Turkey’s assertive foreign policy toward the region, and

7 years ago

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Editorial: Going beyond the farce of June 30

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The recent complete report of the OSCE Elections Observing Mission on the Electoral process of June 30 is being depicted as not surprising. All the inconsistencies, irregularities and breaches

7 years ago

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Missing in Action: Albania’s voice nowhere near key events discussing integration

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED The Bled Strategic Forum, a regional activity that gathers the “who is who” of regional politics and a variety of international actors who are relevant to the Western’s Balkans

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“September 1939 – Poland caught in War with the svastika and the hammer and sickle”

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By Karol Bachura* World War II, the bloodiest world war, which the humanity has ever known, started in September 1939 with the German (Sept. 1) and Soviet (Sept. 17) invasion of Poland.

7 years ago

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Albania, the controversial media law

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By Matteo Trevisan According to the main advocacy organisations, the reform – promoted by Prime Minister Edi Rama since October 2018 to counter the spread of fake news – would include a

7 years ago

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Chronicles and Fragments

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The novels of Ismail Kadare. By James Wood Like Trieste or Lvov, the medieval city of Gjirokastër, in southern Albania, has passed its history beneath a sign perpetually rewritten, in different hands, but

7 years ago

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Hungary or Slovenia – Who will give the next enlargement Commissioner?

Free to Read·In-depth·Op-Ed·Region

By Emina Muminović With only a month left for the nomination of candidates for the next European Commission, two countries have expressed their interest for their candidate to be in charge of the

7 years ago

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Because of all the trees, I couldn’t see the forest

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By Sidonja Manushi It is a well known fact that war tactics perfectly work in politics too, and the good old “divide and conquer” must be a favorite of Albanian politicians. As

7 years ago

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The inability to win EU contracts and the PPP tricks

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By Ornela Liperi* Albania is ranked last among Western Balkan countries for attracting infrastructure projects, within the framework of the Liaison Agenda, a European Union initiative to improve transport and energy infrastructure

7 years ago

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Op-Ed - Page 36

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: President hearings and the depth of the constitutional crisis

Beauty is relative, evaluation reports…are not!

A paradox from Tirana: Failed coup d’etat in Turkey, memorial in Albania

Editorial: Going beyond the farce of June 30

Missing in Action: Albania’s voice nowhere near key events discussing integration

“September 1939 – Poland caught in War with the svastika and the hammer and sickle”

Albania, the controversial media law

Chronicles and Fragments

Hungary or Slovenia – Who will give the next enlargement Commissioner?

Because of all the trees, I couldn’t see the forest

The inability to win EU contracts and the PPP tricks

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Call to Arms for the ‘Next Generation’

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

Omnipotence for the hour

The Re-election of Donald Trump and its Implications

Kosovo is not fashionable!

In the Eye of the Storm – Farmers of Albania

A wasted chance for internal party democracy

Elmar Brok: Berisha calls for liberation – Rama’s power crumbles

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Frozen Courtesies: Albania–Greece Relations Between Rhetoric and Reality

Albania’s EU bid faces IBAR delay

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