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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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Editorial: An Albanian version of the chicken and egg theme

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Some time ago in an interesting expose of his understanding of the problems in Albania, current Albanian Prime Minister offered some thoughts on a key question: is it the system which is

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Editorial: Women and justice reform in Albania – a new opportunity

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It comes as a good omen for the justice reform in Albania that qualified women with the right experience are being selected at the top of key new institutions that shall oversee

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Kadare: ‘I have waved neither the dissident, nor the conformist flag. I wrote normal literature in an abnormal country’

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Albania’s internationally renowned writer Ismail Kadare, a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, says his works written both under communist and in the post-1990s have remained the same in content,

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A new rapprochement between Albania and Serbia: The implications for Kosovo

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By Albert Rakipi Abstract The enhancement of the political dialogue between Albania and Serbia, including initiatives to foster economic collaboration, has spelled out a new era in bilateral relations. However, it has

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EU’s Ruiz Calavera: We hope to start vetting judges and prosecutors in September

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An interview with Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, Director for Western Balkans at the EU Directorate General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. In this capacity, she is responsible for managing bilateral relations

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Bujar Leskaj, the head of Albania's Supreme State Audit

2030 Agenda and the Supreme State Audit

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By BUJAR LESKAJ* Agenda 2030 is a strategy and concrete work plan of the United Nations for sustainable development at the global level. It seeks to strengthen universal peace and provide greater

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Editorial: Albania’s democracy needs a healthy opposition

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Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party will elect its leader this weekend at a time when the center-right party is defeated, divided and weak. The party has just gone through the worst defeat

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Editorial: The digital government stuck in the virtual reality

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The new craze of the majority which won the last elections convincingly is establishing an online platform for co-governing with the people. Used to have a coalition partner, albeit one that poked

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Editorial: Dismantling a few myths about state administration political capture and its solutions

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A central and local public administration that turns over every time there are elections, full of party militants and often sadly incapable, untrained and low quality public servants is a long-time plague

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Editorial: Elections: The present and the future of a democratic society

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Parliamentary elections are a good time to evaluate the functioning of democracy in a country like Albania. Was this electoral process better than previous ones? Is Albanian society more democratic now than

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The Emperor’s new clothes: Serbia’s first female gay prime minister

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By Aleksandar PavloviÄ‡ Seemingly against all odds, Serbian new President and previous Prime Minister Aleksandar VuÄiÄ‡ named as his successor Ana BrnabiÄ‡, a young, Western-educated lesbian. “I love VuÄiÄ‡!” , emphatically shouted

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Op-Ed - Page 56

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

From the Nile to the Balkans

Editorial: An Albanian version of the chicken and egg theme

Editorial: Women and justice reform in Albania – a new opportunity

Kadare: ‘I have waved neither the dissident, nor the conformist flag. I wrote normal literature in an abnormal country’

A new rapprochement between Albania and Serbia: The implications for Kosovo

EU’s Ruiz Calavera: We hope to start vetting judges and prosecutors in September

2030 Agenda and the Supreme State Audit

Editorial: Albania’s democracy needs a healthy opposition

Editorial: The digital government stuck in the virtual reality

Editorial: Dismantling a few myths about state administration political capture and its solutions

Editorial: Elections: The present and the future of a democratic society

The Emperor’s new clothes: Serbia’s first female gay prime minister

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