Today: Jul 08, 2026

Op-Ed - Page 97

A salute to America

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).
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).

From the Nile to the Balkans

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,
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What Is Happening South Of Saranda?

By: James Pettifer When I started writing my ‘Blue Guide to Albania twenty years ago, communism was disintegrating, and there were many real problems. Many people did not have enough to eat,
16 years ago
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A Probable Solution for the Albanian Crisis

By Eduard Zaloshnja Like every opposition party in parliamentary democracies, opposition parties in Albania are more than interested in early elections, while the majority parties are not. Given the acute political crisis
16 years ago
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Kosova Has A Place In The European Family

By Franco Fratini I am truly delighted to be in Pristina and to have the opportunity to address the National Assembly of Kosovo. This institution represents the heart of your democracy and
16 years 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,
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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
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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.
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