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“Challenges of Academic Integrity in Albanian Universities: An Interview with Migen Qiraxhi”

Interview with Migen Qiraxhi, Project Manager at Qëndresa Qytetare, July 17 In Albania, where higher education is often portrayed as a bridge to opportunity and European integration, the reality on the ground

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Confronting Corruption Through Voice and Protest: The Albanian Student Example

The Albanian Student Protests 2018–2019 – A Generation’s Call for Justice and Democratic Reform The student protests in Albania during 2018 and 2019 represent an important chapter in the country’s gradual process

5 months ago

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Corruption in Albanian Higher Education: The Silent Crisis Undermining a Generation

By Vilson Blloshmi In a country where education is often seen as a ticket out of poverty and a bridge toward European integration, the higher education system in Albania is quietly unraveling

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Government takes new tobacco bill under revise

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 21- On February 2019 the Ministry of Health proposed a new bill regarding tobacco consumption. The new bill demands that apart from the specific tobacco shops, all the rest of

7 years ago

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How Albanians are invading Europe with asylum-seekers

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 19- On our last issue we wrote an article regarding data from Eurostat on the number of first-time asylum seekers in Europe for 2018, Albanians amounted to 19 thousand first

7 years ago

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UK invests 10 million pounds on the future’s jobs in Balkans

Business & Economy·Social Issues·Special

TIRANA, March 13- In the framework of the 30th birthday of the internet, the British Council has designed a three years education program to launch five Balkan countries. The program titled 21st

7 years ago

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Eurostat releases 2018 asylum seekers data

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 14- Following relevancy from last issue’s story on Albania’s comprising the second biggest group of emigrants to receive a EU passport in 2017, the European Institute of Statistics, Eurostat, released

7 years ago

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Eurostat claims a third of Albanians live only for food

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 12- Data from the European Institute of Statistics, Eurostat, claim that citizens of Albania and Kosovo are the ones in Europe to spend more on food comparing to what their

7 years ago

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A mission to expand green areas in Albania

Culture·Social Issues

TIRANA, Mar. 4- In the north of Albania there is a recent initiative being taken titled “Create your oxygen, plant five trees” for combating deforestation and air pollution. The largest forest areas

7 years ago

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Education is the least financed sector

Business & Economy·Social Issues

TIRANA, Mar. 7- March 7th in Albania is the Teacher’s Day, an event on which students express their gratitude to their teachers about their hard work to educating them. This day corresponds

7 years ago

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First Women International Film Festival

Culture·Social Issues

TIRANA, Mar. 7- The OSCE survey conducted in Western Balkan countries represent a reality that many women face in their everyday lives. A narrow-minded mentality which damages the psychology of women and

7 years ago

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