Social Issues - Page 8

Pushing Against Inertia: How Harnex Is Testing the Balkans’ Appetite for Innovation

Tirana loves a good spectacle. Walk through the capital today and you are greeted by sleek new glass towers, vibrant urban spaces, and a relentless political chorus proclaiming Albania as the next

3 months ago

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Culture·Main·News·Social Issues

10KSA in Tirana Saudi Embassy promotes a new culture of health awareness

By Tirana Times Tirana Times, December 10,2025. 10KSA arrived in Tirana through a special awareness-raising event organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, marking the first introduction in Albania

8 months ago

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Editorial·Features·Social Issues

When grades have a price tag: Corruptions influence over Albania’s higher education

The exam season is one of the most stressful times for students. The libraries and study halls are filled with crowds of students who wish to pass the following exam. However, between

9 months ago

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Fier villagers protest construction of incinerator in their backyards

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Feb. 16 – The citizens of Verri village, in the Fier district, protested in front of the parliament on Thursday against the construction of an incinerator only 700m away from their

8 years ago

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New INSTAT data: Albania’s birth rate hit record low in 2017

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Feb. 12 – Trends of mass migration and low birth rates were brought to attention once again this week with the publication of an INSTAT graph showing that during 2017, Albania’s

9 years ago

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Tirana’s passion crimes, or its ego crimes in disguise

Op-Ed·Social Issues

By Sidonja Manushi As Albanian tradition goes, when a couple gives birth to a baby boy, the father tips the nurse to express his happiness for the birth of a male

9 years ago

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Albania ranks ‘partly free’ in Freedom House report

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Albania has again ranked this year among the “partly free” countries in a Freedom House report on freedom in the world, with the same number of points as

9 years ago

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TAP donation decorates Skanderbeg square with new Vienna benches

Culture·News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 17 – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and a top commercial bank gifted 36 Vienna benches to the Municipality of Tirana last week, a donation from both companies for Tirana’s

9 years ago

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Tirana’s mayor promises electric buses by end of 2018

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 17 – Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj said this week the country’s bid to reduce pollution through the use of electric buses could become a reality within this year, during

9 years ago

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American-Albanian exposed as senior ISIS commander by US media

News·Region·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 16 – Zulfi Hoxha, son of American-Albanian pizza-shop owner in New Jersey, has been identified as one of the few leading Americans in the ranks of ISIS according to a

9 years ago

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Eliza Dushku speaks out about sexual harassment when she was 12 years old

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 15 – Eliza Dushku, the American actress of Albanian origin, joined the ranks of women speaking out about sexual harassment in Hollywood this week after sharing her story of assault

9 years ago

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Italian Cooperation in Albania to finance Tirana’s Orbital Forest project

News·Social Issues

TIRANA, Jan. 8 – Tirana’s Mayor Erion Veliaj signed an agreement with the Italian Cooperation in Albania today to finance the Orbital Forest – a project aimed to environmentally enrich rural and

9 years ago

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EDITORIAL: Albania under water and the state of nature

Op-Ed·Social Issues

While the recent floods are an act of nature, Albania needs to do much more to protect itself from this and other types of natural calamities. TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The floods are

12 years ago

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Floods wreak havoc

Free to Read·In-depth·Main·News·Social Issues

Much of southern Albania has been under water for a week, as heavy rains bring rivers to historic levels. FIER, Feb. 5, 2015 Flash floods caused by heavy rains hit southern Albania

12 years ago

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