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,
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Bujar Leskaj, the head of Albania's Supreme State Audit
By Bujar Leskaj* The Albanian State Audit Institution (ALSAI) is a small SAI, established 93 years ago in 1925. Our independence is sanctioned in four articles of the Constitution and in the
In the dying days of Albania’s brutal communist regime, the first Western television series made it to Albanian public television. “If one day you will knock on my door” was an Italian
By Nikollaq Neranxi A few days ago, I was watching Premier Rama on a TV broadcast and I really felt very disappointed and disgusted by the fact that how he tries to
Interview by Ben Andoni Your Excellency, Welcome to Albania! How do you see relations between the two countries so far? After the collapse of communism in Europe, we gained the freedom
By Johann Sattler On May 3, the Austrian Embassy organized an International Conference on Interfaith Dialogue with the signature of a joint statement about “Interreligious Dialogue.” Below are some of the remarks
Hundreds of Albanian consumers were left holding worthless paid-for coupons this week as a major gasoline and a diesel retailer shut down its distribution centers around the country unexpectedly. Albania’s Gulf Oil
By Donald Tusk* Let me start by congratulating the people of Albania. The recent recommendation of the European Commission to open accession talks, shows that you have made great efforts and are
There was good news for Albania this week as the European Commission published its progress report, recommending that member states approve opening accession negotiations. The recommendation now goes to the European Council
Albania’s democracy is broken, an annual report by Freedom House tells us this week. But those who closely follow Albanian affairs are not surprised. Negative trends have been taking root for a
By Mimi Kodheli* First of all I would like to congratulate the organizers for this very interesting forum – interesting because I think it will contribute to a better understanding of the