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 A group of people whose houses and businesses sit on the site where the infrastructural project of the Great Ring of Tirana is supposed to pass are protesting for
By Per Strand Sjaastad* Albania has a long coastline (476 km). This area – ILLYRIA – used to be a maritime hub more than two thousand years ago. This hub was later
By Alba à‡ela From the pulpit of the Assembly this week, Economy Minister Arben Ahmetaj called the public private partnership contracts, the infamous PPPs, the ultimate good option for the citizens: a
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The saga of the appointment of a new Minister of Interior Affairs expanded in the last days and evolved into a showdown between the executive majority and the President
By Alba Cela On October 28 the village of Bularat in Dropull, a southern region with a significant Greek minority was preparing to hold its annual remembrance day for the fallen
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL When Fatmir Xhafajwas made Minister of the Interior the opposition and others cried foul and said he had been an attorney during communism. He did not care. He did
By Murat Ahmet Yà¶rà¼k* I would like to extend my gratitude to all of you for being with us tonight as we celebrate the 95th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The news that the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs had used an undisclosed fund to pay several news outlets, media actors and online portals in Albania and in Macedonia
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL A hurricane of false statements, fake news and irresponsible accusations can do much more damage to the truth that any other form. Currently there are two elements in Albania
By Konstantinos Giakoumis* … I am glad to report that our project proposal was finally accepted by the General Assembly of … I presented the project on the first day and was