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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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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Holger Muent, EBRD’s Director for Western Balkans. (Photo: EBRD)
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Përparim Kalo, managing partner at the Kalo and Associates law firm.
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Protesters gather in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens in 2011. (Photo: Archives/Public Domain)
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Czech ambassador speaks at AIIS European Forum
On the occasion of taking on the rotating presidency of the Visegrad Group by the Czech Republic, the Albanian Institute for International Studies organized on June 2 a European Forum with the Czech Republic’s top diplomat in Tirana, Ambassador in Bronislava Tomášová. This op-ed is taken from the ambassador’s remarks at the forum. Czech ambassador speaks at AIIS European Forum
On the occasion of taking on the rotating presidency of the Visegrad Group by the Czech Republic, the Albanian Institute for International Studies organized on June 2 a European Forum with the Czech Republic’s top diplomat in Tirana, Ambassador in Bronislava Tomášová. This op-ed is taken from the ambassador’s remarks at the forum.
By Bronislava Tomášová Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Tirana It is my hope that nobody in this room is surprised that the Czech Ambassador chose as a subject of her lecture
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