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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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Hit by slump in oil prices, euro’s free fall, Albania’s exports receive first blow

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Albania’s exports preserved their double-digit growth for the second year in a row, but the December performance hints the country’s poorly diversified exports will find

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Bulgarian tycoon buys Telekom Albania for €50 mln

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TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Greek-German-owned Telekom Albania has been sold to a Bulgarian investor who controls Bulgaria’s largest telecoms operator, putting an end to months of negotiations over the sale of Albania’s

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Doctors’ exodus makes Albania’s healthcare system more vulnerable

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 15 – Albania has been facing an exodus of doctors in the past few years, making the country’s healthcare system, already facing one of world’s lowest number

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Evidence points to heavy clientelism in Rama’s public administration

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TIRANA, Jan. 15 – Serious Crimes Prosecution Office investigations on former head of Prisons Arben Cuko which were made public on Monday by the Voice of America tore down the facade of

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Albania’s PM Edi Rama to assume role of foreign minister

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TIRANA, Jan. 15 – Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Monday following President Ilir Meta’s rejection of 26-year-old, Kosovo national Gent Cakaj as the country’s new foreign minister, that he will

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Clash between media and gov’t as state institutions deny favoring DH Albania

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FOLLOW-UP TIRANA, Jan. 11 – After the Voice of America raised allegations that state institutions had favored DH Albania in winning the government tender for the construction of a lot from the

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Shell’s new Albania oil search plans met with resistance

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Jan. 11 – Exploration surveys that oil giant Shell is planning to conduct during this year in a southern Albanian region have triggered concerns among some local government

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Evidence shows gov’t institutions helped DH Albania win Great Ring project tender

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TIRANA, Jan. 9 – New evidence made public on Wednesday show the company DH Albania – which won the government tender to build one lot of the Great Ring road currently under

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Editorial: A foreign minister that cannot be the face and the voice of Albania in the world

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The newly appointed Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, the 28 years old boy from Kosovo who has three Bachelor degrees and two masters, cannot represent Albania

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Albanian President rejects new foreign minister

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TIRANA, Jan. 10 – Albania’s President, Ilir Meta, rejected on Wednesday evening Prime Minister Edi Rama’s proposal to appoint 28-year-old, Kosovo national Gent Cakaj as the new foreign minister, creating a new

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Corrupt district judge’s arrest highlights need for all-inclusive justice reform

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TIRANA, Jan. 9 – Albanian investigative TV show Stop published a video on Tuesday showing Fier judge Roland Hysi receiving monetary bribes and asking for sexual favors from a divorced woman in

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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?

Hit by slump in oil prices, euro’s free fall, Albania’s exports receive first blow

Bulgarian tycoon buys Telekom Albania for €50 mln

Doctors’ exodus makes Albania’s healthcare system more vulnerable

Evidence points to heavy clientelism in Rama’s public administration

Albania’s PM Edi Rama to assume role of foreign minister

Clash between media and gov’t as state institutions deny favoring DH Albania

Shell’s new Albania oil search plans met with resistance

Evidence shows gov’t institutions helped DH Albania win Great Ring project tender

Editorial: A foreign minister that cannot be the face and the voice of Albania in the world

Albanian President rejects new foreign minister

Corrupt district judge’s arrest highlights need for all-inclusive justice reform

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