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,
By Mario Holzner* At the European Council meeting on 17th and 18th October it was concluded that: ‘The European Council will revert to the issue of enlargement before the EU-Western Balkans summit
By Sidonja Manushi Last week, France and its President Emmanuel Macron vetoed against Albania and Northern Macedonia – two of the Western Balkan candidate countries still to open accession negotiations –
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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