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Op-Ed - Page 96

On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf

by Nikola Kedhi Tirana Times, April 20, 2026 – On the evening of April 12, 2026, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most scrutinized, most condemned, most exhaustively theorized leader, conceded defeat in a parliamentary
1 week ago
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A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time

Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe. By David J. Kostelancik  Lawmakers from both parties in
2 weeks ago
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Corruption Has Already Killed the Economy

By Gjergj Erebara Tirana Times, April 11, 2026 – Prime Minister Edi Rama recently declared that he feels offended by the widespread assumption that his government is systemically corrupt, offering as a
3 weeks ago
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Voice of the Western Balkans, Voice of Europe

Tom Hashimoto With Jonathan Easton and Marigona Dulaku One year has passed since Albania joined NATO together with Croatia. Some argue about new difficulties which Albania and NATO are about to encounter,
16 years ago
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Albania and Kosova – The Centrality Of Economics

By: Albert Rakipi, Ph.D, Perhaps less so than in Prishtina, but nevertheless enthusiastically, Tirana celebrated the second anniversary of Kosovo’s independence. In these two years, Tirana and Prishtina have been on a
16 years ago
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Closing the gap

Albania needs to work harder to close the gap with its citizens abroad However, in the case of Albania, where by most accounts one third of the citizens live abroad, failing to
16 years ago
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Leagacy Of Survival

By John L. Withers, II Five years ago, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring January 27 an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
16 years ago
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Albania In 2010

Although simplistic, an analysis of the 2009 using two different approaches (of the half full- half empty glass) would be in order. So, if we consider Albania’s membership in NATO, 2009 was
16 years ago
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2009 – The Broken Year of Visas

One of the staple and most important issues this year has indisputably been visa liberalisation. In 2008, the European Commission opened what it calls the “visa liberalisation dialogue” with Albania, the former
16 years ago
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