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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

2 months ago

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Reinier de Graaf Explains Reinier de Graaf

Tirana Times, June 30, 2026 – When Tirana Times published Reinier de Graaf’s open letter from The Albanian Files, it did so because the text had already become one of the most discussed

3 months ago

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Editorial: The fallout from the Berlin Summit: realism must prevail on all sides

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The much anticipated Summit in Berlin where German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron gathered all Balkan leaders had a fallout that resembled a cold sobering shower for many

7 years ago

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New political party, same old obsolete story

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED In principle the establishment of a new political party in any pluralistic system should be good news. The creation of a platform where citizens can advocate for common interest

7 years ago

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Editorial: The lessons of the painful past beg to be remembered

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL One of the key abilities for both individuals and countries to be mature and prosperous is to be able to learn from their past mistakes. Experience, no matter how

7 years ago

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“Albania’s NATO commitment is a commitment to the region”

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By Ilir Meta In the capacities of the President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Albania, but especially as a witness and protagonist of my country’s nearly

7 years ago

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Editorial: For whom the bell tolls? The foreshadow of regress is already here

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL This week, the majority of the MPs in the Dutch parliament took a vote to ask to their government for the return of the visa regime with Albania. The

7 years ago

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Anti-Chinese hysteria as the wrong response approach

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED The higher ranks of the Albanian Executive, from the Prime Minister himself to the Minister of interior Affairs and the Minister of Infrastructure down to the Albanian police chiefs

7 years ago

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Editorial: Twice the crime, twice the terror: a day of reckoning for Albania and its security

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL It is the most bitter of ironies that in the same time when Albania celebrates the 10th anniversary of NATO membership, a membership into the strongest, most efficient and

7 years ago

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The saga of foreign affairs fake drama persists

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TIRANA TIMES OP-ED Another week, another important press conference with the presence of none less than the foreign affairs minister who has to communicate something of crucial importance to the Albanian public.

7 years ago

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The challenges of Albanian democratic consolidation

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By Dr. Elez Biberaj Albania is facing its most serious predicament since its implosion in 1997 – a deteriorating political situation, the practical dismantling of the check-and-balance system, and a seemingly collapsed

7 years ago

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Editorial: The Foreign Policy and Foreign Service in jeopardy: Bring back the law

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL It has been the consistent constructively critical approach of this paper to keep the actors of foreign policy accountable by carefully examining their positions, narratives and actions. Recently there

7 years ago

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Editorial: Make no mistake: the Crisis is exacerbating!

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL There is an expression in Albanian “from rain to hail” that captures with some needed simplicity the development of the complex and problematic political situation nowadays. The persistence

7 years ago

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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?

Reinier de Graaf Explains Reinier de Graaf

Editorial: The fallout from the Berlin Summit: realism must prevail on all sides

New political party, same old obsolete story

Editorial: The lessons of the painful past beg to be remembered

“Albania’s NATO commitment is a commitment to the region”

Editorial: For whom the bell tolls? The foreshadow of regress is already here

Anti-Chinese hysteria as the wrong response approach

Editorial: Twice the crime, twice the terror: a day of reckoning for Albania and its security

The saga of foreign affairs fake drama persists

The challenges of Albanian democratic consolidation

Editorial: The Foreign Policy and Foreign Service in jeopardy: Bring back the law

Editorial: Make no mistake: the Crisis is exacerbating!

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