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,
The coalition between the Socialist Party (SP) and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) was never a coalition. It is even less so today. At best it was an odd arrangement
TIRANA, Feb. 1 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his biggest parliamentary ally, Ilir Meta, don’t see eye to eye on the next parliamentary elections. During a meeting of the chairmanship
By Alan Andoni* Warren Anderson’s article last week in support of trump (The beginning of a new, stronger, prouder America) was a litany of insults, threats and generalisations. Whether you support Donald
Comments by AIIS Executive Director Albert Rakipi for the DW on the occasion of the publication of Robert Schuman’s book in Albanian. What puts today at risk the political European project
Elections are approaching in Albania and the time is ripe for a portfolio of new ideas about the process that is being discussed in the media and is yielding various interpretations in
There has been a lot of discussion in the Western Balkans this week on the potential impact on the region as President Donald Trump moves into the White House. The major worry
By Ledion Krisafi TIRANA, Jan. 24 – The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump is being met with hope and fear in the Balkans. Trump’s unorthodox way of doing politics and his
By WARREN ANDERSON* in Washington D.C Well, it’s done! Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States during the 58th swearing in ceremony of a U.S. President
Today the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States of America shall usher in a new era not only for the US itself, which voted and has been bracing for
More than fifteen years ago while taking about Europe and the Balkans the former EU Commissioner, Chris Patten gave one of the most eloquent philosophical depictions of the dynamics of change in
By WARREN ANDERSON* in Washington D.C According to Hollywood’s chattering class of self-appointed political geniuses, specifically Meryl Streep and Rosie O’Donnell, as well as a true American Hero of the Civil Rights