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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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Ilir Meta and the Albanian game of chicken

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From kingmaker to peacemaker? By Albert Rakipi On the 22nd of July last year, at 00.35 in the morning, the 140 members of the parliament in Albania together with a large entourage

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Growing strong together: 80 years of Polish-Albanian diplomatic relations

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Interview with Ambassador of Poland to Albania Karol Bachura By Rudina HOXHA 7th of April 1937 – 7th of April 2017 – 80 years ago, Albania and Poland established their diplomatic relations.

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PM’s future uncertain as chief ally calls for ‘government of trust’

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TIRANA, April 6 – There is growing uncertainty about the future of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government as relations with his junior coalition partner, the Socialist Movement for Integration of Ilir Meta

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Albania, Russia seek to boost sanctions-hit trade, investment ties

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TIRANA, April 5 – Albania and Russia are making official efforts to strengthen bilateral ties with a focus on the economy, despite sanctions in place by both countries since the 2014 Crimea

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Op-Ed/Bernd Fischer: Albanians should reconsider ‘Trump Boulevard’

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By Bernd Fischer I was a bit amused and more than a little astonished to learn that a street in Kamza has been named after Donald Trump, the new American president.

9 years ago

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Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges drop as new barriers emerge

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, April 4 – Albania’s trade exchanges with neighbouring Kosovo suffered a setback in 2016 negatively affected by the poor diversification of products traded and ongoing doing business barriers,

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Editorial: Albania’s little dangerous Potemkins

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Focusing on virtual realities hurts both the people and the government Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favorite of Catherine the Great. His rule is associated

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Albania suffers lowest number of births on record as population shrinks, ages

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TIRANA, March 30 – Albania’s estimated number of newborn babies last year fell to 31,733, the lowest figure on record, further contributing to the ageing and shrinking of the country’s population, official

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Choice between caretaker government and no elections, opposition says

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TIRANA, March 27 – Albania’s opposition parties reiterated this week their decision not to register at the Central Elections Commission for the June 18 elections, “until a political agreement for the formation

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Ruling coalition buckles as disagreements continue

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SMI says it won’t participate in Kavaja elections without the opposition’s participation TIRANA, March 27 – Albania’s president has set May 7 as the by-election date to replace the mayor of Kavaja,

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Meat imports from Brazil blocked until tests show it’s safe

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TIRANA, March 30 – Albanian food authorities say they have blocked Brazilian meat imports to the country and have taken samples to test products over their safety after some of the world’s

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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?

Ilir Meta and the Albanian game of chicken

Growing strong together: 80 years of Polish-Albanian diplomatic relations

PM’s future uncertain as chief ally calls for ‘government of trust’

Albania, Russia seek to boost sanctions-hit trade, investment ties

Op-Ed/Bernd Fischer: Albanians should reconsider ‘Trump Boulevard’

Albania-Kosovo trade exchanges drop as new barriers emerge

Editorial: Albania’s little dangerous Potemkins

Albania suffers lowest number of births on record as population shrinks, ages

Choice between caretaker government and no elections, opposition says

Ruling coalition buckles as disagreements continue

Meat imports from Brazil blocked until tests show it’s safe

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

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