Today: Jul 08, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 69

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).
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).

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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The refugee question for Albania

The refugee flux to Europe is continuing to cause a vast array of consequences with member states opting to make their own solutions in the absence of the will to comply with
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Letter to Hashim Thaci

By DANIEL SERWER Dear Hashim, The Kosovo parliament yesterday elected Hashim Thaci President, to be inaugurated in April. Here is what I have to say to him today: Congratulations! You have been
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Decoding messages of an important visit

US Secretary of State John Kerry conducted a brief visit in Tirana this past Sunday. The expectations, explanations and assumptions from this important event caused a frenzy of discussions in the media,
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Irreversible separation from the past

By BESNIK MUSTAFAJ The toppling of Enver Hoxha’s statue at the  Skanderbeg Square accompanied by a huge national manifestation twenty-five years ago  constitutes  one of the most important events in the new
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Feet on the Brakes

By ALAN ANDONI When I first visited Albania in  2005  I had one overwhelming impression: ‘This country has a lot of potential.’  I saw, as others before and since have seen,  the
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