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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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Italian legal changes put Albania’s booming call center industry at risk

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TIRANA, Nov. 28 – Legal changes initiated by the Italian Parliament risk putting at risk the booming call center industry in Albania, one of the country’s key employers in recent years with

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Turkish couchsurfer: It’s a social responsibility for me to host people visiting Albania

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By Jona Kuka Alaattin is an avid traveler and an active participant in the famous traveler’s website, couchsurfing.com. This website is great for those that want to explore countries of the world,

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The Ministry of Health said it blamed the opposition of launching a negative propaganda against the free check up program which led to a â€œsmall number of citizens that have used the services regardless of the capacity of 475,000 tests each year which is supported financially by the Public Private Partnership.â€ (Photo: PDP/Pixabay)

New ‘shady’ PPPs to cost taxpayers €52 mln for 2017

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TIRANA, Nov. 24 – Financial support to six concession contracts the Albanian government has signed in key sectors over the past three years and two new public-private partnerships expected to be made

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Euro hits 6-year low against lek, further affecting ailing exports

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Europe’s single currency hit a six-year low against Albania’s national currency this week, further affecting the country’s exports, already on a downward trend due to a slump in

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Proposed income tax changes to increase companies’ burden

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TIRANA, Nov. 21 – Some newly proposed changes to the income tax will increase the companies’ corporate income tax by lowering the amount of tax deductible interest involving borrowing expenses that taxpayers

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Lumpy skin disease increases poverty rates among affected farmers

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TIRANA, Nov. 22 – The lumpy skin disease continues claiming livestock lives throughout Albania, most recently in the central part of the country, increasing poverty rates among thousands of households who rely

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EC: Albania’s narcotics business generates €260 mln annually

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TIRANA, Nov. 24 – The narcotics business in Albania, which has thrived nationwide even after a mid-2015 police crackdown on the notorious marijuana growing Lazarat village, has a much higher share to

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Activists arrested as protests against waste imports continue

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – Activists of the Alliance Against Waste Imports and other members of civil society in Albania have launched fresh protests against a bill that would allow Albanian companies to

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Minister of Education hit with tomato sauce as part of protest against university reform

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TIRANA, Nov. 22 – Albanian Minister of Education Lindita Nikolla was attacked with tomato sauce earlier this week as she attended a conference on the International Day of Students. A video of

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Rama dismisses claims of Greater Albania in Greek media interview

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TIRANA, Nov. 23 – In a wide-ranging interview for a Greek television station, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has denied speculations that Albania is pursuing border changes and pushing forward the concept

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Medical association seeks clarity on controversial concession

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TIRANA, Nov. 21 – The Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists has signed a petition to demand more transparency on a new concession of medical laboratory services to private entities, the latest in

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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?

Italian legal changes put Albania’s booming call center industry at risk

Turkish couchsurfer: It’s a social responsibility for me to host people visiting Albania

New ‘shady’ PPPs to cost taxpayers €52 mln for 2017

Euro hits 6-year low against lek, further affecting ailing exports

Proposed income tax changes to increase companies’ burden

Lumpy skin disease increases poverty rates among affected farmers

EC: Albania’s narcotics business generates €260 mln annually

Activists arrested as protests against waste imports continue

Minister of Education hit with tomato sauce as part of protest against university reform

Rama dismisses claims of Greater Albania in Greek media interview

Medical association seeks clarity on controversial concession

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