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,
It only takes the slightest tweak in the utterly spoiling Mediterranean climate of Albania to show its alarming vulnerabilities in infrastructure, public services and social alertness. They should really write on it
By Zef Preà§i* Considering the institutional and political positive developments, especially the constitutional amendments of the summer of 2016 and the beginning of implementation of the law on decriminalization, I would like
By Alan Andoni* Albanians are quite rightly proud of their country’s beaches and mountains. Albania’s politicians have underlined the potential of tourism that would not only bring in badly-needed foreign capital
To save democracy and European values in the region, the European Union should accept Albania and all states with Yugoslav roots as full EU members for geopolitical reasons — now — before
The meeting of the Foreign Minister of the EU member states did not produce any news about the European integration perspective of Albania other than endorsing and reiterating the recommendation of the
By Alba à‡ela Do not turn on your TV sets and don’t look at your phones. Every glance at the screen will cause one to shiver and squirm: Men who kill women
The National Committee of Strategic Planning in the recently approved Sectorial Strategy for Transportation and its relevant Action Plan, has issued a list of projects mainly in infrastructure that are priorities
This week, a major summit on Albania’s large diaspora was held with much fanfare in Tirana, discussing a series of issues on the topic. While positive in spirit, beyond the facade of
By Genc Pollo* Last November I started my speech in this forum citing a Turkish editor complaints on the media situation in his country whom I heard at the EC Speak
By Alba à‡ela The Albanian diaspora is quite impressive in terms of numbers (relative to the population naturally), achievements, geographical distribution and strong links to the homeland. It has several strata that
A recent Transparency International report, “People and Corruption: Europe and Central Asia” unfortunately places Albania once again among the states with high corruption levels in Eastern Europe, demonstrating through the citizens’ responses