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,
By Florian Raunig* Compromise and consensus seem to be amongst the most often mentioned and used concepts in today’s development related and diplomatic language. South East European States’ current priority of European
Two important surveys that measure the business climate in Albania for foreign investors have been released this week by American and German business associations based in Tirana. The American Chamber of Commerce
Economic trends and lack of hope are driving renewed migration Faced with the fact that thousands of Albanians are leaving the country to seek a better life in Western Europe in breach
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Albania officially helped launch Albania’s Investment Council this week. The head of the EBRD office
By Sashenka Lleshaj The Albanian Institute for International Studies launched Wednesday its newest series of talks “Dealing with the Past”, which will continue to run throughout 2015. At the centre of the
TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL It is something that we hoped to have left behind in this country, but it still haunts us: Albanians still want to leave in droves to seek a better
A gas and water eruption at an oilfield has led to the evacuation of a village in south-central Albania, the destruction of property and health concerns for the inhabitants. Bankers Petroleum, the
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Ambassador Dewi van de Weerd speaks at the European Forum as AIIS Director Albert Rakipi listens on. (Photo: AIIS)
By DEWI VAN DE WEERD Dewi van de Weerd, the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ ambassador to Albania, made these remarks at the Albanian Institute for International Studies’ European Forum, focusing on current
Nearly a decade ago, this newspaper interviewed the ambassador of a northwestern European country. It asked a simple question: How long will it take for Albania to become a member of the
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Both prime pinisters, Albania’s Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Isa Mustafa, pledged further steps to lift the barriers of the cooperation in security issues, business, education, tourism, art and more.
The colorful populist show offered at a joint meetings of the government of Albania and Kosovo in Tirana this week cannot hide the weakness of economic ties between the two countries. Despite