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Obituary

Remembering Janusz Bugajski: Scholar, Mentor, and Lifelong Friend of the Balkans Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025) The international academic and analytical community has lost one of its most lucid and principled voices. Janusz Bugajski,

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Op-Ed

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

By Marjana Doda, This feature draws on exclusive insights from an interview with Ambassador Tayyar Kagan Atay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tirana. On the occasion of the 102nd

2 days ago

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Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Albin Kurti

4 days ago

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Op/Ed: Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide

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by George Monastiriakos In 1993, one year into the Bosnian War, the United Nations declared “safe areas” in the Muslim enclaves of Republika Srpska to protect Bosniak refugees fleeing from the violence.

2 years ago

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Op/Ed: The sacrifice of a spotless shirt

Features·Op-Ed

By DEMUSH SHASHA While 20 seconds of Ambassador Hill’s tweets shatter 20 years of illusion in Kosovo, they are also useful starting points for reassessing our way forward. Our way forward is

2 years ago

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Op/ed: A rebuttal for Prime Minister Rama’s conceptual comments on Kosovo

Features·Op-Ed

By VETON SURROI Prime Minister Rama does not have to be a mediator between the “Euro-Atlantic community” and Kosovo. The Albanian language, technically, does not constitute any added value in communication between

2 years ago

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Q&A: Türkiye-Albania relations face a bright future, says Ambassador Atay

Features·Op-Ed

Marking 100 years of diplomatic relations between Albania and Türkiye, Tirana Times interviewed Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye Tayyar Kağan Atay. Türkiye and Albania enjoy excellent relations and they have a

2 years ago

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Op/Ed: End threats to use military force!

Op-Ed

By GENC POLLO* For the third time in the last two years, Serbia last week put its armed forces on alert and has deployed them to the border with Kosovo. Apart from

2 years ago

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Op/Ed: Who are the parties for?

Op-Ed

A series of concerts, celebrations and parties are springing up in Albania now that the local elections have wrapped up and the party in majority has clearly won them. In a process

2 years ago

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Is Albania’s new dominant-party system here to stay?

Op-Ed·Premium

By ANDI BALLA The ruling Socialist Party scored a sweeping victory in Albania’s May 14, 2023 municipal elections. SP won 54 out of 61 municipalities, including every single large city. Socialist mayors

2 years ago

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Why tensions between Serbia and Kosovo are flaring

Op-Ed·Premium

By Veton Surroi The first lesson of the events of these days in the four northern municipalities of Kosovo is that the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is not over. Even after

2 years ago

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Op-Ed: The connection between justice reform and prosperity

Op-Ed

By Ambassador YURI KIM* U.S.-Albanian relations are at an all-time high. We are Allies in NATO and partners on the UN Security Council. Albania has emerged as a thriving – even if

2 years ago

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Op-ed: The Balkans are coming apart

Op-Ed

The US and EU are failing in the Balkans. They need to change direction, writes Daniel Serwer. Bosnia faces the risk of secession In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serb member of the

2 years ago

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Q&A: Emigration is a regional issue and long-term effort is needed to address it, says Croatian Ambassador to Albania Zlatko Kramaric

Op-Ed

Tirana Times interviews the Ambassador of Croatia to Albania, Zlatko Kramaric, on Croatia’s decade in the EU, relations with Albania and Western Balkans integration prospects. Q: Albania and Croatia enjoy a very

3 years ago

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Op-Ed - Page 9

Obituary

Türkiye and Albania: From Shared Past to Strategic Future

Albania–Kosovo Rift Weakens the Albanian Voice

Op/Ed: Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide

Op/Ed: The sacrifice of a spotless shirt

Op/ed: A rebuttal for Prime Minister Rama’s conceptual comments on Kosovo

Q&A: Türkiye-Albania relations face a bright future, says Ambassador Atay

Op/Ed: End threats to use military force!

Op/Ed: Who are the parties for?

Is Albania’s new dominant-party system here to stay?

Why tensions between Serbia and Kosovo are flaring

Op-Ed: The connection between justice reform and prosperity

Op-ed: The Balkans are coming apart

Q&A: Emigration is a regional issue and long-term effort is needed to address it, says Croatian Ambassador to Albania Zlatko Kramaric

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