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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

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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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To-be-deported Albanian man’s suicide highlights country’s ongoing exodus

News·Politics·Social Issues

TIRANA, Sept. 5 – The suicide of an Albanian family man who was going to be deported from Germany on Wednesday attracted attention again to the alarming numbers of Albanians desperately seeking

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INSTAT confirms increased number of asylum seekers in Albania

News·Politics·Social Issues

TIRANA, Aug. 22 – Albania has seen an increase in the number of asylum seekers from third countries using its territory as a transit point to reach European countries. According to data

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National Youth Network: Unemployment drives 70 percent of youth abroad

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Aug. 9 – The National Youth Network and the CRCA Center completed the National Youth Index, as part of the “Youth in Albania” study, in which the youth, which accounts for

7 years ago

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ICMP launches project to identify communism victims in Dajti Mt. and Ballsh

Culture·Social Issues

TIRANA, July 19 – The International Commission on Missing Persons signed a cooperation agreement with the Albanian state for the identification of a group that was victimized and buried in Dajti and

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Youth organizations want say in drafting first-ever youth bill

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, July 1 – Albania’s National Youth Network asked authorities in the capital for an all-inclusive process in drafting a bill for the country’s youth. For the moment, Albania is the only

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Capital women protest against gender violence in Albania

Free to Read·News·Social Issues

TIRANA, June 16 – A number of girls and women protested in front of Tirana’s main police department on Saturday noon, in context of the recent murders of Xhulieta Cuni, killed by

7 years ago

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Only one percent of Albania’s poor have access to university-level education

News·Region·Social Issues

TIRANA, May 22 – Recent data show that 59 percent of Albanians with access to university-level education belong to the country’s minority upper class, while only one percent of the lower class

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Education sector keeps losing funds, according to Center of Education research

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, May 1 – Albania’s Centre for Children’s Education published an analytical research paper on Friday which points to considerable gaps in budgeting education and big differences between the promised budget and

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Environmental project to attempt saving Albania’s coastline from years of pollution

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, April 23 – In the context of Albania’s wide-spread pollution problem, the country’s Ministry for Tourism and Environment launched a week-long national operation titled Let’s Clean the Land we Love. The

8 years ago

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As much of Shkodra area floods, gov’t won’t declare civil emergency

News·Politics·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 21 – The floods that took over the Shkodra and Vau Dejes municipalities last week due to massive hydropower plant water discharges have gotten worse in the last couple of

8 years ago

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Albania’s ghost university issued 900 diplomas to Italians

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, March 19 – The owner of the former for-profit Kristal University, Ahmet Mucaj, was arrested last week under charges of “passive corruption in the private sector” after being caught selling a

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