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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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Democratic Party protesters rally in front of the Prime Minister's Office on Dec. 8, 2015. (Photo: DP handout/Facebook)

Anger over economy, governance yield violent opposition protest âž¦

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TIRANA, Dec. 9 – Aiming to capitalize on the public’s growing unease with the Socialist-led government over the state of the economy and mounting accusations of corruption and mismanagement, Albania’s main opposition

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Fuel prices likely to rise after sharp increase in gas station licence fees

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TIRANA, Dec. 9 – Fuel prices in Albania will likely rise, following an announcement that the Albanian government has decided to increase licence fees on fuel and gas stations by a staggering

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Exports extend decline as oil, base metal prices remain at record lows

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TIRANA, Nov. 30 – Albania’s exports extended their decline to 4.3 percent in the first ten months of this year on a sharp drop in international oil and base metal prices which

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Lending remains at negative growth rates for third month in row

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – Lending to the economy slightly recovered last October but continued remaining at negative growth rates for the third month in a row, according to data published by the

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Albanian President Bujar Nishani speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in the Paris region. (Photo: President.al)

Albania committed to address climate change issues, Nishani tells UN conference

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – Albania will do its modest part to protect the planet from climate change, the negative effects of which are already felt by the country, President Bujar Nishani has

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Nov. 26 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Rama attended the Fourth Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries. (Photo: GoA/Facebook)

Rama pitches Albania to Chinese investors as a jumping point to Europe

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TIRANA, Nov. 29 – Vying to attract Chinese investments, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a three-day visit to China pitching the Albanian market as a good transit point for doing business

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HIV/AIDS cases register sharp increase in past few years

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TIRANA, Dec. 2 – The number of HIV/AIDS infected people in Albania has seen a sharp increase in the past three years, according to a report published by the Public Health Institute

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CONFERENCE REPORT: Albania 25 years after the fall of communism: Rebuilding the state and society

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How has Albania fared in the past quarter century? The Albanian Institute for International Studies with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the U.S. Embassy in Tirana tried to give

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Elez Biberaj: Albania at a democratic crossroad

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By Dr. Elez Biberaj* Twenty-five years after the demise of Hoxha’s totalitarian, communist regime, Albanians have reason to be proud of the political and economic progress that their country has made. Albania

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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?

Anger over economy, governance yield violent opposition protest âž¦

Fuel prices likely to rise after sharp increase in gas station licence fees

Exports extend decline as oil, base metal prices remain at record lows

Lending remains at negative growth rates for third month in row

Albania committed to address climate change issues, Nishani tells UN conference

Rama pitches Albania to Chinese investors as a jumping point to Europe

HIV/AIDS cases register sharp increase in past few years

CONFERENCE REPORT: Albania 25 years after the fall of communism: Rebuilding the state and society

Elez Biberaj: Albania at a democratic crossroad

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