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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: May we live in interesting times

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There is an old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” And it sure is an interesting time in Albania. The political crisis is ongoing, with what appears to be no

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Ilir Meta and the Albanian game of chicken

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From kingmaker to peacemaker? By Albert Rakipi On the 22nd of July last year, at 00.35 in the morning, the 140 members of the parliament in Albania together with a large entourage

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Two grinding battles and the citizen getting crushed in between

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By Alba à‡ela For every political fight, gridlock or even full-fledged crisis in Albania there are two mirroring battles: one is conducted at the high level, in the capital, in front of

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Op-Ed/Bernd Fischer: Albanians should reconsider ‘Trump Boulevard’

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By Bernd Fischer I was a bit amused and more than a little astonished to learn that a street in Kamza has been named after Donald Trump, the new American president.

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Editorial: Albania’s little dangerous Potemkins

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Focusing on virtual realities hurts both the people and the government Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. His rule is associated

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Fighting for a stronger Europe!

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By Sigmar Gabriel It’s your birthday, Europe! Sixty years ago, on 25 March 1957, the founding members of the European Union signed the Treaties of Rome. This date is a major crossroads

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Editorial: Albanian political crisis: Going nowhere, doing nothing

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There is a well-known and popular expression in Albanian to express irony and frustration to futility and losing time. The saying goes: “Where were we? Nowhere. What did we do? Nothing.” The

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Editorial: Unburdened for all the wrong reasons

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The key political event of this week was the change of four ministers of the Rama cabinet, all of them of the Socialist Party. Two of the ministers have key positions: that

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News analysis: Questions abound as interior minister sacked

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Kadri Hazbiu, an interior minister in communist Albania, was executed in 1983 after being sacked. Hazbiu had been the longest serving interior minister during the dictatorship period – a champion of success

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Reflecting on women in Albania instead of a well-deserved party

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By Alba à‡ela The beginning of the month of March in Albania brings along with the new season two important holidays, 7 and 8 of March respectively Teachers’ Day and Women’s Day.

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Open letter to the Academy of Sciences

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In an open letter to the Albanian Academy of Sciences, Aleksander Dhima, the first Albanian anthropologist with more than four decades of experience, condemns the Academy’s failure to elect him as an

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Op-Ed - Page 59

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

From the Nile to the Balkans

Editorial: May we live in interesting times

Ilir Meta and the Albanian game of chicken

Two grinding battles and the citizen getting crushed in between

Op-Ed/Bernd Fischer: Albanians should reconsider ‘Trump Boulevard’

Editorial: Albania’s little dangerous Potemkins

Fighting for a stronger Europe!

Editorial: Albanian political crisis: Going nowhere, doing nothing

Editorial: Unburdened for all the wrong reasons

News analysis: Questions abound as interior minister sacked

Reflecting on women in Albania instead of a well-deserved party

Open letter to the Academy of Sciences

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