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Kanye West in Tirana: Has a Global Spectacle Become a Political Backfire?

Planned before Albania’s protest movement began, the concert was intended to strengthen the country’s international profile. But public financing, free tickets and a radically changed political context turned it into a debate

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Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

Tirana Times , July 09, 2026 – Tirana Times is publishing below an open public question addressed by Albanian scholar Diana Gellçi, PhD, an Albanian professor based in the United States, to Dutch

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Are Europe’s Star Architects Helping Launder Albania’s Criminal Economy?

The Albanian Files suggests that international architecture may have served not only as design, but as a prestigious façade for opaque money, captured institutions and one-man rule. Tirana Times, June 29, 2026

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On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

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By Victor A. Friedman* Without question, the two most important symbolic linguistic events in the twentieth century connected with the creation of the modern Albanian standard were the Congress of Manastir in

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Editorial: A solution rooted in legitimacy

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Democratic systems do not rule out crises. They have mechanisms to solve them. Every solution is based first and foremost in legitimacy since fair representation is at the core

7 years ago

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Democracy, kidnapped by an illegitimate minority

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By Ilir Meta At the heart of democracy is the vote, the right of every citizen to be elected and to be elected, political pluralism. Democracy means that every citizen decides for

7 years ago

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Albanians, among the most expelled from Germany

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TIRANA, Sept. 12 – Albania is on the list of countries with the highest number of asylum seekers expelled from Germany, writes Deutsche Welle in the article ‘Albania among the first countries

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Editorial: President hearings and the depth of the constitutional crisis

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL Things will get worse before they get better. The political, institutional and even constitutional crisis in the country continues to be in full swing. This week the parliament opened

7 years ago

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Beauty is relative, evaluation reports…are not!

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By Sidonja Manushi Some of the upsides of being governed by a painter in profession and an artist at heart are the capital buildings’ colorful facades and the Prime Minister’s own sense

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A paradox from Tirana: Failed coup d’etat in Turkey, memorial in Albania

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By Alfonc Rakaj A memorial built in Tirana’s central park for the fallen of the failed Turkish coup in 2016 has been publicly shunned. Turkey’s assertive foreign policy toward the region, and

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Editorial: Going beyond the farce of June 30

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The recent complete report of the OSCE Elections Observing Mission on the Electoral process of June 30 is being depicted as not surprising. All the inconsistencies, irregularities and breaches

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Missing in Action: Albania’s voice nowhere near key events discussing integration

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED The Bled Strategic Forum, a regional activity that gathers the “who is who” of regional politics and a variety of international actors who are relevant to the Western’s Balkans

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Editorial: A tale of two cities: the painful fissure on the Albanian social fabric

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL For all the artists and the citizens who convened at the premises of the National Theater to oppose its imminent demolition, this act is the final straw of arrogance,

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Greek Policy in the Balkans: Old Fashion Politics or New Momentum?

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By Bledar Feta * Greece went to the polls on July 7. After almost four years of a SYRIZA-led government, Greek people voted resoundingly for a transfer of power in elections deemed

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Kanye West in Tirana: Has a Global Spectacle Become a Political Backfire?

Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

Are Europe’s Star Architects Helping Launder Albania’s Criminal Economy?

On the history of standard Albanian in the United States

Editorial: A solution rooted in legitimacy

Democracy, kidnapped by an illegitimate minority

Albanians, among the most expelled from Germany

Editorial: President hearings and the depth of the constitutional crisis

Beauty is relative, evaluation reports…are not!

A paradox from Tirana: Failed coup d’etat in Turkey, memorial in Albania

Editorial: Going beyond the farce of June 30

Missing in Action: Albania’s voice nowhere near key events discussing integration

Editorial: A tale of two cities: the painful fissure on the Albanian social fabric

Greek Policy in the Balkans: Old Fashion Politics or New Momentum?

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United Arab Emirates ‘s Expanding Influence in Albania – Financial and Political Concerns

News Analysis: A Geopolitical Shift in the Western Balkans?

In a depopulating Albania, why is the PM campaigning on a promise to make it easier for young people to leave?

Op/Ed: Is Albania slipping into a one-party system?

From staunch enemy to strategic partner: Albanian-American relations in transition

Editorial: Returning to the real agenda of Albania -Kosovo relations: start with respect.

Albanian-Turkish relations: The perils of change

Deconstructing myths in Albanian-U.S. relations

Concerns raised as Tirana mulls exiting ICSID over Becchetti affair €120-million judgement

Why Albania’s domestic PR wars are being fought abroad

Albania Closes First EU Chapters, Hard Tests Ahead

Kanye West in Tirana: Has a Global Spectacle Become a Political Backfire?

NATO’s Ankara Summit: Albania Confirmed, but No Date Set