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

In 1919, Vatra, a pan-Albanian association functioning as something of a shadow Albanian government in the United States, made an unprecedented request to Secretary of State Robert Lansing: Albania should become an

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

If Rama wants to be the prime minister who ushers Albania into the European Union, he must first be the leader who makes Albania worth staying in. By ANDI BALLA In his

7 months ago

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

By Tirana Times TIRANA, March 20th (Tirana Times ) The Albanian government has nearly doubled the projected cost of its “Smart City” initiative, now expected to cost $118.5 million—up from the initially

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Pandemic response as threat to democracy – Albania

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EVA HOXHA As a practical governing tool, governments can use emergency powers in order to safeguard our health, our lives, and the economy, but how far reaching can these powers be? How

5 years ago

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A real independent agenda for the new justice

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The expectations of Albanian citizens from the justice reform even now after a few years of its implementation remain very high.

5 years ago

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Gas-lighting by mistake: the EU progress report fails to account for reality

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The European Commission’s Progress Report 2020 on Albania and that of the other countries of our region was anticipated with some curiosity, although after so many years it is becoming harder to

5 years ago

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Why Albania sees Kosovo as an Autonomous Province of hers?

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ALBERT RAKIPI The Governments of Albania and Kosovo have signed eleven new bilateral agreements during the joint meeting held in Tirana on the 2nd of October 2020. The new agreements aim to

5 years ago

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UCK at trial: How a specialist chamber is wrongfully gnawing at the legitimacy of the Kosovo state

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A saying is circulating among observers of the saga of the Kosovo war tribunal, or as formally named the Specialist Chambers: there are now more former UCK commanders called as defendants or

5 years ago

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The Matryoshka dolls of the decaying education system

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On the first day of the start of the school year, months after the doors of all education institutions had shut due to the pandemics, the former education minister broadcast her well-wishing

5 years ago

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Out of the White House: a medley of engagements, worth of salutation but not of celebration

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The WH signature fever exposes the hypocrisy and mediocrity in the Albanian capitals, as politicians foolishly rush to proclaim “historical achievement” over their social media accounts. If one followed the social media accounts of former

5 years ago

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Putin, Belarus and the glorious Albanian OSCE chairmanship

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In the sweltering heat of the dog days of August, a surprising news item graced the opening of the prime time news editions of the main pro-government televisions: that Russian President Putin had recommended strongly to his Belarusian counterpart to

5 years ago

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From Vancouver to Vladivostok -the perilous direction of the Albanian democracy slide

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In one of the heaviest sessions of the Albanian parliament, the past meddled into the present with all its heavy baggage of polarization, aggressive name-calling and utilization of history. Three decades after

5 years ago

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You can’t have your cake and eat it too

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It was the deal of the year, the fulfillment of the first condition to proceed ahead with the accession negotiations and it was heralded as a major achievement by international stakeholders from

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Albania Kosovo – Unity, damage control and nationalism

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After “daci bao” sent by The Hague for President Thaci The two days visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Kosovo which just concluded had a pretty intensive agenda. There were

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

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

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

Pandemic response as threat to democracy – Albania

A real independent agenda for the new justice

Gas-lighting by mistake: the EU progress report fails to account for reality

Why Albania sees Kosovo as an Autonomous Province of hers?

UCK at trial: How a specialist chamber is wrongfully gnawing at the legitimacy of the Kosovo state

The Matryoshka dolls of the decaying education system

Out of the White House: a medley of engagements, worth of salutation but not of celebration

Putin, Belarus and the glorious Albanian OSCE chairmanship

From Vancouver to Vladivostok -the perilous direction of the Albanian democracy slide

You can’t have your cake and eat it too

Albania Kosovo – Unity, damage control and nationalism

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

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News Analysis: A Geopolitical Shift in the Western Balkans?

Deconstructing myths in Albanian-U.S. relations

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Albanian-Turkish relations: The perils of change

Albanian-Greek relations hunted by paradoxes

Why Albania’s domestic PR wars are being fought abroad

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

Vlora Airport Stirs Security Fears Over Russian Links

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