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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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VAT, property tax reforms lead to living cost worries

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TIRANA, Oct. 10 – Albanians will face higher consumer prices as the current 20 percent VAT system expands to small businesses and pay more under a new value-based property tax in 2018,

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Albanians join regional race to learn German as escape from everyday problems

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TIRANA, Oct. 9 – More and more Albanians have turned to studying German language in the past couple of years, joining a Western Balkan trend of preparing to integrate into the German

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Decriminalization issues make comeback as DP seeks MPs ousting

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Concerns over lawmakers with criminal pasts have made a comeback in Albanian politics, as the main opposition Democratic Party has filed motions with authorities for two MPs to

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Editorial: The bells toll for Albania’s labor force

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In the Albanian psyche, it is often said, one avoids to do checkups at the doctor because what you don’t know can’t hurt you. As such, major issues get neglected until there

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Consumer price hike expected as gov’t announces plans to include small businesses in VAT system

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TIRANA, Oct. 5 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced small businesses will also be included in the value added tax system starting next year, a move which he justified with the

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State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – State-run electricity distribution operator OSHEE has emerged as Albania’s largest enterprise in terms of turnover and profits, leaving behind major oil companies which made it to South East

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IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

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TIRANA, Oct. 3 – The International Monetary Fund has lowered Albania’s GDP growth prospects and warned a series of vulnerabilities including the much-rumored public-private partnerships pose serious threats to the country’s macro-economic

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Albania must declare war on organized crime, U.S. ambassador says

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Oct. 2 – Albania’s government should declare war on organized crime, which is a major threat to the country and its progress, U.S. Ambassador to Albania Donald Lu said Monday. Citing U.S.

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Rule of law is key to stronger Western Balkans, experts say at AIIS co-hosted workshop

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TIRANA, Oct. 2 – Strengthening rule of law is essential for Western Balkan countries to accelerate their EU accession process, make their economies grow faster by attracting more FDI and create more

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Editorial: Crime is winning

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In a famous TV series entitled ‘Narcos’, a CIA operative converses with an agent of DEA, the primary agency engaged in the fight against narco- trafficking. The exasperated DEA agent complains that

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Cuts in vetting bodies’ staff, salaries lead to justice reform concerns

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TIRANA, Sept. 28 – The justice reform will have to make due with less, according to a parliamentary committee decision to lower salaries and staff numbers for the official bodies that will

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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?

VAT, property tax reforms lead to living cost worries

Albanians join regional race to learn German as escape from everyday problems

Decriminalization issues make comeback as DP seeks MPs ousting

Editorial: The bells toll for Albania’s labor force

Consumer price hike expected as gov’t announces plans to include small businesses in VAT system

State-run OSHEE electricity operator becomes Albania’s largest company

IMF warns of PPP threat as it downgrades Albania’s growth prospects

Albania must declare war on organized crime, U.S. ambassador says

Rule of law is key to stronger Western Balkans, experts say at AIIS co-hosted workshop

Editorial: Crime is winning

Cuts in vetting bodies’ staff, salaries lead to justice reform concerns

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