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 Dr. Genci Luarasi During the middle of the 19thcentury, Albania was culturally backward, due to the fact that there was no written alphabet of our mother tongue. In fact, during the
The following text is an abstract from the prepared remarks of Altin Zaloshnja, a scholar and community leader, during the January 2018 symposium, in Michigan, commemorating the 550th anniversary of Scanderbeg’s death.
The first days of the New Year in Albania will most likely be ushered in by the continuation of the students’ protest that have set the tone for the last days of
By Ilda Mara* The city of Prizren is like an open-air museum, still telling the story of centuries despite the great changes it has seen over the years. Located in the shadow
By Alba Cela A recent BIRN investigation has unveiled a painful truth about Albanian maternity wards. They lack some key equipment for the cases of premature births, equipment that is necessary to
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The student protests have not let up the entire week and in certain days have escalated to street blockages. They are teaching a valuable lesson to the Albanian society
BY Alfoc Rakaj Albania’s sluggish transition to a fully functioning market economy and a consolidated democracy has progress in parallel with the concentration of power and wealth into few urban areas. As
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Over three days, what began as “some failing university students’ revolt,” according to the government, speedily turned into a well-synchronized protest of hundreds of students which the country’s opposition
By Bernd Fischer With the hundredth anniversary of the armistice which ended the first world war just behind us, there has been a resurgence of interest in nationalism. This is a welcome
Black Friday was almost behind us, however Albanians were treated to some nationalism bonanza at an incredible discount price this Monday when the governments of Albania and Kosovo met in the town
By Albert Rakipi, PhD For more than a century – a period coinciding with the history of the modern Albanian state – Albanian-Greek relations have been dominated by two fundamental issues: