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Obituary

Remembering Janusz Bugajski: Scholar, Mentor, and Lifelong Friend of the Balkans Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025) The international academic and analytical community has lost one of its most lucid and principled voices. Janusz Bugajski,

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Op-Ed

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

By Marjana Doda, This feature draws on exclusive insights from an interview with Ambassador Tayyar Kagan Atay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tirana. On the occasion of the 102nd

2 days ago

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Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Albin Kurti

4 days ago

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“Give me a Laboratory and I Will Move the World”

Features·Main·Op-Ed·Reimagining Albania

It was French philosopher, anthropologist, and sociologist Bruno Latour who came up with the gripping title you read above. I came across Latour’s work some months ago, and I was fascinated. Today’s

1 year ago

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How would Europe look today without Albania?

Op-Ed

By Lutfi Dervishi In a continent teetering on the brink of demographic catastrophe, Albania, which is often bearing more weight than its knees can handle—a burden that should have been carried by

1 year ago

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The head of the CIA in the Balkans—closing the door to the penetration of Russian influence

Op-Ed

While primarily preoccupied with finding solutions to the crisis in the Middle East and frequently travelling to the region, CIA chief and ambassador William Burns paid a surprise and unannounced visit to

1 year ago

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Analysis: Himara by-election raises concerns over 2025 national vote, relations with Greece

Features·Op-Ed

TIRANA, Aug. 6, 2024 – Vangjel Tavo, the Socialist Party candidate, won the race for mayor of Himara in by-elections held on Sunday, defeating his rival Petraq Gjikuria of the opposition coalition

1 year ago

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Analysis: Bells toll for Albania’s demographics as census results confirm corrosive effects of massive emigration

Features·Main·News·Op-Ed

TIRANA, July 4, 2024 – The much anticipated and much delayed results of the 2023 Census are out in Albania, confirming a massive population decline in 12 years and a worsening of

1 year ago

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Op/Ed: A lesson for a new world politics

Op-Ed

The UN has recognized the Srebrenica massacre as genocide by a majority vote. With this decision, the international community gives a warning signal against any form of genocide. And the role of

1 year ago

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Interview, Ismail Kadare: All Totalitarian Regimes Are Mad

Op-Ed

May 31, 2008 Ismail Kadare wrote for decades under Enver Hoxha’s brutal communist regime in Albania, was suspected of spying and threatened with punishment for subversive writing. Despite all this, at 72

1 year ago

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Diplomatic Realities: Lessons for Kosovo from the UN Vote on Srebrenica

Op-Ed

By Muhamet Brajshori In a significant move, the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution establishing an annual International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide on July

1 year ago

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A lost geopolitical case

Op-Ed

by Veton Surroi In the race between convention and geopolitics, Europe chose neither. It has shown that it can simultaneously talk about global challenges in Ukraine, Gaza, US-China relations, artificial intelligence and

1 year ago

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Serbia between Tito and Enver Hoxha?

Op-Ed

Veton Suroi Tito and Enver Hoxha, in different ways and with some delays (in the case of Albania) committed themselves to Russia not entering their countries, or to their countries not committing

1 year ago

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Analysis: Albania’s parliament undermines Constitutional Court in Xhaçka ruling

Features·Main·Op-Ed

Albania’s parliament, under the control of the Socialist Party, has overturned a decision made by the Constitutional Court that would see to the expulsion of MP Olta Xhaçka from parliament. Xhaçka is

1 year ago

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Op-Ed - Page 6

Obituary

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

“Give me a Laboratory and I Will Move the World”

How would Europe look today without Albania?

The head of the CIA in the Balkans—closing the door to the penetration of Russian influence

Analysis: Himara by-election raises concerns over 2025 national vote, relations with Greece

Analysis: Bells toll for Albania’s demographics as census results confirm corrosive effects of massive emigration

Op/Ed: A lesson for a new world politics

Interview, Ismail Kadare: All Totalitarian Regimes Are Mad

Diplomatic Realities: Lessons for Kosovo from the UN Vote on Srebrenica

A lost geopolitical case

Serbia between Tito and Enver Hoxha?

Analysis: Albania’s parliament undermines Constitutional Court in Xhaçka ruling

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UNED Campus in Gjirokastra: A European Hub in the Western Balkans

THE UNITED STATES AND KOSOVA: FROM A SPECIAL TO A MORE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP

A wasted chance for internal party democracy

In the Eye of the Storm – Farmers of Albania

Fostering a thirst for knowledge: the key to building the world of tomorrow

Interview, Ismail Kadare: All Totalitarian Regimes Are Mad

How would Europe look today without Albania?

The State Agency for Innovation and Excellence – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

The Re-election of Donald Trump and its Implications

Kosovo is not fashionable!

Vlora Airport Stirs Security Fears Over Russian Links

Albania Beats Serbia, Keeps World Cup Dream Alive

Judge’s Killing in Courtroom Shakes Albania’s Justice System