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Unexploded Ordnance Puts Jared Kushner’s Resort in Albania at Risk

The government has paved the way for the construction of a resort on the island of Sazan, but beneath its crystal-clear waters and along its rocky shores lie hidden tons of unexploded

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From a Unique Story of Bravery to the Dangers of Holocaust Denial

Challenging Communism’s Legacy and Conspiracy Theories on Anti-Semitism in Albania. By Albert Rakipi, PhD When Johanna Juta Neumann arrived in Durrës from Hamburg, she was no more than nine years old. She

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Republic of Prosecutors or Republic of Corruption?

The question posed today is not whether there is corruption in governance, but whether there is any aspect of governance without corruption. by Blendi Kajsiu Tirana Times, February 16 2025 – If

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Albania in 2021: a country in front of the ballot box

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Albania managed to barely survive a very difficult year. As the entire world was reeling due to the Covid-19 pandemics, Albania was carrying the additional scars of two powerful earthquakes of the

5 years ago

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Disagreements between Albania and Kosovo intensifies

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The doubts that the relationship between the Acting President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani and the Prime Minister Edi Rama had become just a bureaucratic formality, were confirmed today after Prime Minister Rama

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Chinese technology as a tool of foreign policy: the case of Albania

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by Loren Koçollari During the last decades, Chinese foreign policy has been the focus of the researchers, and there’s an ongoing interest to see how technology has been used or will be

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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

6 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.

6 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

6 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

6 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

6 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

6 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

6 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

6 years ago

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Unexploded Ordnance Puts Jared Kushner’s Resort in Albania at Risk

From a Unique Story of Bravery to the Dangers of Holocaust Denial

Republic of Prosecutors or Republic of Corruption?

Albania in 2021: a country in front of the ballot box

Disagreements between Albania and Kosovo intensifies

Chinese technology as a tool of foreign policy: the case of Albania

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

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