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NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

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.

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A salute to America

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).

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From the Nile to the Balkans

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,

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Op-Ed - Page 37

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

From the Nile to the Balkans

On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

Editorial: A solution rooted in legitimacy

Democracy, kidnapped by an illegitimate minority

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

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