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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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EU foreign ministers: No set date for opening EU negotiations

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TIRANA, Dec. 14 – Albania has received no date for opening membership talks with the European Union at the year’s most important meeting to discuss the country’s EU accession prospects. Foreign ministers

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Junior coalition ally holding up waste import bill

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TIRANA, Dec.13 – Albania’s Socialist Movement for Integration party is still refusing to back the waste import bill. President Bujar Nishani vetoed the bill and sent it back to parliament, but the

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Editorial: European integration where do we go from here on?

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The meeting of the Foreign Minister of the EU member states did not produce any news about the European integration perspective of Albania other than endorsing and reiterating the recommendation of the

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VAT refunds, reference prices remain top barriers for businesses, survey shows

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TIRANA, Dec. 13 – VAT refunds, ongoing reference prices at customs points and relations with the tax administration are some of the key concerns businesses face in Albania, according to a recent

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FDI slightly contracts, tourism revenue recovers

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Foreign direct investment slightly contracted in the first three quarters of this year as the slump in commodity prices and the sale of the country’s key oil producer

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Flood-affected businesses furious over authorities’ indifference as they incur losses of €10 mln

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TIRANA, Dec. 12 – Dozens of businesses situated in the industrial area just outside the capital city along the Tirana-Durres highway have condemned indifference by central and local government authorities following the

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Thousands of jobs at risk as Albania fails to lobby Italy in time over call center bill

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Thousands of jobs in the booming call center industry in Albania are at risk after the Italian Parliament approved some changes making the supply of

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Legal changes prevent use of taxpayer money in case of bank collapse

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TIRANA, Dec. 6 – Albania’s central bank has proposed some new legal changes aimed at protecting the country’s financial system and minimizing the need to use taxpayer money in case of a

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Unfair public administration dismissals cost Albanians €62 mln in past three years

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Unfair dismissals of public administration employees have cost Albanian taxpayers a staggering 8 billion lek ($62.5 million, €58 million) in the past three years, Open Data research center

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Police looking to arrest ‘drug baron’ after Greek request

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TIRANA, Dec. 7 – Albanian police said this week they are seeking to arrest Klement Balili, a large business owner and former regional official in southern Albania, who Greek authorities suspect is

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Corrupt officials will face justice with new reform, says U.S. ambassador

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TIRANA, Dec. 5 – For the justice reform to work, high-level corrupt officials must face justice, and Albanians must expect and believe that that will happen, U.S. Ambassador to Tirana Donald Lu

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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?

EU foreign ministers: No set date for opening EU negotiations

Junior coalition ally holding up waste import bill

Editorial: European integration where do we go from here on?

VAT refunds, reference prices remain top barriers for businesses, survey shows

FDI slightly contracts, tourism revenue recovers

Flood-affected businesses furious over authorities’ indifference as they incur losses of €10 mln

Thousands of jobs at risk as Albania fails to lobby Italy in time over call center bill

Legal changes prevent use of taxpayer money in case of bank collapse

Unfair public administration dismissals cost Albanians €62 mln in past three years

Police looking to arrest ‘drug baron’ after Greek request

Corrupt officials will face justice with new reform, says U.S. ambassador

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