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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 negotiations unlikely until 2018, say German MPs

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TIRANA, Nov. 24 – Albania’s hopes of opening accession negotiations with the European Union sooner rather than later have hit a new snag as German lawmakers have set more conditions, which could

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Court rejects appeal on vetting bill suspension

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TIRANA, Nov. 22 – Albania’s Constitutional Court rejected this week an appeal by a member of parliament to remove the suspension of the law on transitional qualification assessment of the judges and

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Editorial: Avoiding divisive policies in the diaspora

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This week, a major summit on Albania’s large diaspora was held with much fanfare in Tirana, discussing a series of issues on the topic. While positive in spirit, beyond the facade of

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Engaging the Albanian diaspora: The necessary start-up summit

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By Alba à‡ela The Albanian diaspora is quite impressive in terms of numbers (relative to the population naturally), achievements, geographical distribution and strong links to the homeland. It has several strata that

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New Albanian-owned investment fund breaks Raiffeisen’s monopoly

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TIRANA, Nov. 21 – The launch of a new investment fund is expected to give a new boost to this emerging market which has considerably slowed down in the past couple of

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EU warns of fiscal risks ahead of next year’s elections

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TIRANA, Nov. 15 – The European Commission has warned the upcoming mid-2017 general elections and the end of a 3-year IMF supported programme could put at risk the country’s fiscal consolidation path.

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Manufacturers face barriers in upgrading to designing, branding stages

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TIRANA, Nov. 9 – Weak collaboration with vocational training schools and universities lacking industry-oriented curricula, lack of research and development activities, the need for quality certification, poor links and lack of government

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Key rate kept at historic low as consumer prices struggle to recover

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TIRANA, Nov. 10 – Albania’s central bank has decided to keep the key interest rate unchanged at a historic low of 1.25 percent as average inflation rate in the first ten months

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From illegal migrant to one of Italy’s most successful software developers

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TIRANA, July 4 – Eight years ago Uljan Sharka was only a minor illegal Albanian immigrant who had reached Italy through a speedboat in search of a better life and risked

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A session of the Albanian parliament, locally known as Kuvendi. (Photo: Archives)

Justice reform supporters seek to clear remaining hurdles

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TIRANA, Dec. 24 – Proponents of a major reform of the justice system in Albania are working to bring about consensus on a proposed legislative package, including constitutional amendments, following a reply

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U.S. Ambassador Donald Luâ€™s comments at the judicial system conference were the latest in a series he and his EU counterpart, Romana Vlahutin, have made urging a fight on corruption in the justice system. (Photo: U.S. Embassy/Facebook)

In blunt speech, Albania urged to deal with graft in the judiciary

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Taking a blunt approach trying to convince Albanians of the need for justice system reform to address widespread graft concerns, U.S. Ambassador Lu told a judges’ a conference

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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 negotiations unlikely until 2018, say German MPs

Court rejects appeal on vetting bill suspension

Editorial: Avoiding divisive policies in the diaspora

Engaging the Albanian diaspora: The necessary start-up summit

New Albanian-owned investment fund breaks Raiffeisen’s monopoly

EU warns of fiscal risks ahead of next year’s elections

Manufacturers face barriers in upgrading to designing, branding stages

Key rate kept at historic low as consumer prices struggle to recover

From illegal migrant to one of Italy’s most successful software developers

Justice reform supporters seek to clear remaining hurdles

In blunt speech, Albania urged to deal with graft in the judiciary

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