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,
As coalitions work to select municipal election candidates, more guarantees are needed that good administrators and quality people will be given the chance to run Albania heads to the polls in late
By ROBERT WILTON* We are here to build on an important partnership. We are here to address a crime. The use of forced child labour is a serious human rights violation. In
The Doshi affair must be fully investigated, but it must not serve as a distraction so political leaders can forget about problems affecting the country’s residents on a daily basis: unemployment, poverty
It reads like a script from the hit television series “The House of Cards”: Wealthy businessman with suspicious past who bought a seat in parliament through bankrolling his party’s electoral campaign has
This week, this newspaper marked 10 years since its founding in February 2005 In this digital age of blogs, tweets and vines and of news outlets that open and close in a
In an interview, Ulrich Eichelmann, CEO of Riverwatch and coordinator of ‘Save the Blue Heart of Europe’ campaign, explains why Albanians should take care of the the Vjosa River, one of Europe’s
In a country that has many other problems, parking issues are low on the priority list in the public discourse. However, the relationship Tirana residents have with parking is a good example
By ARBER KODRA Albanian LGBT community faces discrimination and preclusion problems from the Albanian society and family. This is evident from a discriminated community and excluded in the moment they understand to
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Te head of the OSCE office in Albania, Ambassador Florian Rauning, said the summary was “merely a collection of information from reports in the Albanian media and allegations circulating publicly.” (Photo: OSCE)
By FLORIAN RAUNIG* Talking about “integration” in the Balkans nowadays apparently has one single connotation: “integration into the European Union”. Whereas there are many aspects under which this integration process can be
Albanians have been troubled this week by a series of attacks and attempted attacks using small amounts of explosives to target public places as well as the home of a police official
While the recent floods are an act of nature, Albania needs to do much more to protect itself from this and other types of natural calamities. TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The floods are