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NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

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.

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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).

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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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Municipal worker tries to open a drain in Tirana. (Photo: MoT/Facebook)

Editorial: Proactive approach needed on floods

Editorial·Op-Ed

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Floods and associated problems have become routine in Albania in recent years. This week, all it took was one night of torrential rain in the greater Tirana area to

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Elez Biberaj: Albania at a democratic crossroad

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By Dr. Elez Biberaj* Twenty-five years after the demise of Hoxha’s totalitarian, communist regime, Albanians have reason to be proud of the political and economic progress that their country has made. Albania

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EU Integration, a catalyst to make up for the lost time

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Albania’s coming to terms with its past By Ambassador Romana Vlahutin* Twenty-five years ago there was an unprecedented explosion of freedom on the European continent, explosion of optimism and trust that after

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Albania 25 years after the fall of communism

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By Ambassador Donald Lu* In every society there are events for which you ask, “Do you remember where you were when this happened?” As an American, in my lifetime, these have included

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‘A democracy needs democrats’

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The structures of a democratic state are all available on paper in Albania, but some very important ingredients in implementation are missing By Frank Hantke* The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung office was opened just after

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Leave dividing issues to the past and focus on common goals

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By Ambassador Florian Raunig* Twenty-five years ago Albania liberated itself from one of the harshest dictatorial regimes ever. The doors to the outside world, having been hermetically closed for more than four

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Editorial: The return of carrots is not enough

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In a sign that it was not as hard-of-hearing as it appeared for weeks to the loud cries of small business owners across the country, the Albanian government has proposed surprise and

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Defamation in the media is libel (Stock photo)

Editorial: Proposal to punish defamation with prison time is a threat to free media

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An international journalist and media trainer with experience working in many corners of the globe recently visited our newsroom to learn about the state of the media in Albania. We spelled out

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Op/Ed: We offer you help on the EU path

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A joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) as a reaction to this year’s EU Progress Report published by the European Commission

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Tens of student protesters camped in front of police headquarters demanding the release of their friends. â€œBring us blankets,â€ they chanted, indicating they would sleep at the door of the police station. (Photo: Tirana Times)

Editorial: Progressive organizers should challenge deaf political elites more often

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University of Tirana student protesters threw eggs and chanted angry slogans at Prime Minister Edi Rama as he left a meeting on campus this week in what appears to have been an

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Turkish snap elections: Single party rule goes to AKP as voters opt for stability

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By HAMDI FIRAT BàœYàœK* After five months of political turmoil, repeated acts terror and the loss of hundreds of lives following the June 7 elections, Turks took to the polls to vote

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Op-Ed - Page 72

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

A salute to America

From the Nile to the Balkans

Editorial: Proactive approach needed on floods

Elez Biberaj: Albania at a democratic crossroad

EU Integration, a catalyst to make up for the lost time

Albania 25 years after the fall of communism

‘A democracy needs democrats’

Leave dividing issues to the past and focus on common goals

Editorial: The return of carrots is not enough

Editorial: Proposal to punish defamation with prison time is a threat to free media

Op/Ed: We offer you help on the EU path

Editorial: Progressive organizers should challenge deaf political elites more often

Turkish snap elections: Single party rule goes to AKP as voters opt for stability

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