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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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Electricity crisis: Albania uses emergency World Bank loan, revises budget

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TIRANA, Aug. 28 – The critical situation that Albania’s hydro-dependent electricity sector has been facing in the past few months due to prolonged drought, has forced the government to make use of

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Rama names new smaller, gender-balanced cabinet

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TIRANA, Aug. 27 – Prime Minister Edi Rama has nominated Albania’s next government – a cabinet that will have fewer ministries than the previous government and that will see half of the

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Albania, China relations gain new momentum after key assets acquisition

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TIRANA, Aug. 14 – Albania- China relations are gaining new momentum as the Asian superpower is increasing investment in Albania, its once tiny Balkan ally in the 1960s and 70s. Four decades

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Smaller gov’t planned as questions remain on ministers

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TIRANA, Aug. 10 – As Prime Minister Edi Rama prepares to form a new cabinet at the end of August, there are indications his second mandate will have a leaner government with

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U.S. green card lottery on chopping block, dashing hopes of Albanians

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TIRANA, Aug. 6 – An immigration reform by the Trump Administration could mean an end the green card lottery, as the U.S. Diversity Visa Program is widely known, no doubt dashing the

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Editorial: Challenges and questions as new government set to form

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At the end of this month, Prime Minister Edi Rama will likely publish the list of people he is going to have in his new cabinet, the first in eight years in

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Editorial: An Albanian version of the chicken and egg theme

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Some time ago in an interesting expose of his understanding of the problems in Albania, current Albanian Prime Minister offered some thoughts on a key question: is it the system which is

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Costly electricity imports unveil need for diversification of hydro-dependent sources

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TIRANA, July 31 – The Albanian government spent about €30 million to secure electricity for August 2017 in expensive imports for the second month in a row as the country’s hydro-dependent domestic

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Editorial: Women and justice reform in Albania – a new opportunity

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It comes as a good omen for the justice reform in Albania that qualified women with the right experience are being selected at the top of key new institutions that shall oversee

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A new rapprochement between Albania and Serbia: The implications for Kosovo

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By Albert Rakipi Abstract The enhancement of the political dialogue between Albania and Serbia, including initiatives to foster economic collaboration, has spelled out a new era in bilateral relations. However, it has

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Air in Tirana is affected by high traffic among other things. (Photo: Archives)

Albania sees major increase in deaths from air pollution

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TIRANA, July 16 – Air pollution figures in Albania remain among the highest in Europe, according to the recently-released 2016 report on air quality by the European Environment Agency. About 2,120 people

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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?

Electricity crisis: Albania uses emergency World Bank loan, revises budget

Rama names new smaller, gender-balanced cabinet

Albania, China relations gain new momentum after key assets acquisition

Smaller gov’t planned as questions remain on ministers

U.S. green card lottery on chopping block, dashing hopes of Albanians

Editorial: Challenges and questions as new government set to form

Editorial: An Albanian version of the chicken and egg theme

Costly electricity imports unveil need for diversification of hydro-dependent sources

Editorial: Women and justice reform in Albania – a new opportunity

A new rapprochement between Albania and Serbia: The implications for Kosovo

Albania sees major increase in deaths from air pollution

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