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 It has been the consistent constructively critical approach of this paper to keep the actors of foreign policy accountable by carefully examining their positions, narratives and actions. Recently there
By Nikollaq Neranxi * The head of OMONIA, Fredi Beleri aims to present his candidacy to become Mayor of the Municipality of Himara and such an effort has been made by him
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL There is an expression in Albanian “from rain to hail” that captures with some needed simplicity the development of the complex and problematic political situation nowadays. The persistence
*This speech was held by the Polish Ambassador Karol Bachura at the AIIS conference: “20 Years of NATO, 10 Years of Albanian membership” From 1989, long before NATO and EU membership
*This speech was held by the Croatian Ambassador to Tirana Sanja Bujas Juraga, at the AIIS conference: “70 Years of NATO, 10 Years of Albania’s Membership” Nowadays it is much easier
The Albanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gent Cakaj, charged with special delegated ministerial powers by the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edi Rama, whose second title has been forgotten
By Susanne Schà¼tz On 4th April 2019, NATO will mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. At the same time, Albania will celebrate 10 year of
Leyla Moses-Ones As I begin these remarks, I want to take you back to April 4, 1949, the day the United States formally tied its safety and security to that of Europe
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL One could not overestimate and overvalue the importance, both symbolic and real, of Albania’s membership to NATO even if they tried. After five decades of the most aggressive and
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL It was supposed to be a closed doors, confidential briefing of the National Security Commission of the Parliament by the Intelligence Services. Yet the report delivered by Director Bendo
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL In the beginning of the 90s, the crumbling communist regime foreseeing its fate made a last ridiculous attempt to salvage its wrecks by prompting the first fake opposition