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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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2019 fiscal package: Albania to apply lower dividend, personal income taxation

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TIRANA, Oct. 8 – A cut in the dividend tax, a slight reduction in the tax burden for high income earners and an increase in the mining royalty on chromium exports are

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Lack of contracts, a key barrier for journalists and media freedom in Albania

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TIRANA, Oct. 8 – Working in the media sector in Albania means little legal and social protection due to journalists and other media staff often working without contracts or under fictitious contracts,

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Editorial: ‘Straight out of ‘Gomorrah’: the story of an abused girl and what is wrong with Albania

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To the follower of novels or drama series such as ‘Gomorrah’ or ‘Narcos’, the story that has gripped the Albanian political and public debate in the last days would seem extremely familiar.

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Day of German unity: Albania, a reliable partner for over three decades

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By Susanne Schà¼tz* On this 3rd of October, 28 years ago, German reunification was sealed and brought to an end the painful division of Europe into East and West. For Albania, too,

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‘The Munich Agreement is 80 years old’

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By Alexander Karpushin* An “agreement” that went down in history as the “Munich Betrayal” of the four powers – Germany, Italy, Britain and France, was concluded in Munich 80 years ago on

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Albania commercial banks reduced to 14 following mergers and acquisitions

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Two commercial banks in Albania have been rebranded following mergers and acquisitions that have now officially reduced the number of banks operating in the country to 14 following

8 years ago

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Chinese investors upgrade Albania investment plan as oil prices pick up

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – As oil prices gradually pick up from the mid-2014 slump, Albania’s largest oil producer is planning to speed up its investment and drill dozens of new oil wells

8 years ago

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Businesses demand 5-year freeze to annual tax change practice

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TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Business representatives have called on the Albanian government to consider a fiscal package that would remain unchanged for at least a mid-term period so that they can plan

8 years ago

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State-run Serbian operator considers Telekom Albania purchase

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TIRANA, Oct. 1 – Greece’s OTE Group, where Deutsche Telekom holds a 40 percent stake, is planning to sell its Telekom Albania unit, the country’s second largest mobile operator with a state-run

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Albanian households consuming less when adjusted for inflation, INSTAT survey shows

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TIRANA, Oct. 1 – Albanian households practically consumed less in 2017 as spending stagnated and inflation hit a 5-year high, unveiling that the almost decade-high GDP growth that the Albanian economy registered

8 years ago

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Durres dumpsite still pending final solution as emergency situation remains on paper

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TIRANA, Oct. 1 – The announcement of an environmental emergency at a waste dumpsite just outside Durres, Albania’s second largest city and the traditional top tourist destination, has not changed anything for

8 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?

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

2019 fiscal package: Albania to apply lower dividend, personal income taxation

Lack of contracts, a key barrier for journalists and media freedom in Albania

Editorial: ‘Straight out of ‘Gomorrah’: the story of an abused girl and what is wrong with Albania

Day of German unity: Albania, a reliable partner for over three decades

‘The Munich Agreement is 80 years old’

Albania commercial banks reduced to 14 following mergers and acquisitions

Chinese investors upgrade Albania investment plan as oil prices pick up

Businesses demand 5-year freeze to annual tax change practice

State-run Serbian operator considers Telekom Albania purchase

Albanian households consuming less when adjusted for inflation, INSTAT survey shows

Durres dumpsite still pending final solution as emergency situation remains on paper

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