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,
This year has been pivotal in terms of cooperation between Albanians civil society organizations, reporters and youth activists and their Serbian counterparts. While the official mechanisms of cooperation produced by the Berlin
Shukri Xhelili, former mayor of Peshkopi in the Dibra region, in the northeast of Albania was dismissed from his position and subsequently arrested a few days ago upon charges of misuse of
16 years ago, on the verge of the change of the millenniums it was speculated in the media that computers would fail worldwide due to the so called Year 2000 problem, also
TIRANA, May 9 – In October 2014 a drone with Albanian nationalistic and patriotic symbols flying over the Partizan stadium in Belgrade in the midst of a Serbia-Albania Euro 2016 qualifier put
As a new day dawns in Albania, contracts are being signed, tenders are being allocated, public services and projects are being carried out with the precious help of the private sector and
How a lack of direction has gradually destroyed Albanian’s railway system By ALAN ANDONI Let’s start with a dream and a vision. From every corner of Europe, in London, Paris, Munich
By JIANG YU, Ambassador of China Recently, the Philippines unilaterally initiated arbitration on the issue of South China Sea, drawing the attention of the international community. The essence of the dispute between
In the last couple of weeks, Albania has been surprisingly a recurrent word in world media due to the frequent and peppery appearances and interviews of its Prime Minister (PM) Edi Rama
By ZEF PREà‡I* The official data indicate for an annual economic growth between 2 and 3 percent. However, it can be easily seen with a simple search on the Internet about the
A high profile arrest was made this week in Tirana. Emiljano Shullazi – whom many consider to be one of the leaders of the criminal world- made no attempt to resist police
By GABRIEL PARTOS Twenty-five years have passed since the heady days of December 1990 when students’ protests about their living conditions turned into a chaotic but otherwise largely peaceful political revolution. In