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Hard Talks
Recorded in Tirana. Broadcast on Euronews Serbia, 14 July 2026. Editor’s note: This interview was recorded in Tirana days after the NATO summit in Ankara (7 and 8 July 2026) and broadcast on Euronews Serbia’s programme Direktno sa Minjom Miletić. The conversation was conducted in English and aired in Serbian translation; the transcript below is …
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The Economy Minister argues that Albania’s growth rests on tourism, investment and reform, not criminal capital. As the “narco-state” narrative spreads through European politics and media, we ask Delina Ibrahimaj whether the government’s numbers are finally strong enough—and transparent enough—to settle the argument. by Albatros Rexhaj (Tirana) Introduction There is a number in Albania …
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A country sees pink: In Albania, protests are taking place against a planned luxury resort by the Trump family. It’s long since become about more than just a construction project – it’s about criticism of Prime Minister Rama. For over a month, demonstrations have been taking place every evening in Albania’s capital, Tirana. The protests …
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The prime minister defends the coastal development program, rejects claims of public land privatization, and rules out resignation as protests enter their second month. Speaking to Deutsche Welle on the margins of an artificial intelligence summit in Bochum, Prime Minister Edi Rama delivered his most extended foreign press engagement since the protest movement began. Pressed …
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On 3 June, CNN’s Isa Soares devoted a segment to the protests in Tirana against a proposed luxury development on Albania’s southern coast, the Zvërnec island project in the Narta lagoon near Vlorë, linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. She then put the matter to Prime Minister Edi Rama directly. Over several minutes, Rama …
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Interview with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha, on the program “World News” on Klan television 24 April 2026 Linda Karadaku: The main issue under discussion with Greece is the delimitation of the maritime border. Prime Minister Rama said the matter is in Strasbourg. Is there any movement, or has it simply …
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He built a publication in a language he does not fully speak, to cover a country the world largely ignores, with a team of volunteers working from laptops and smartphones. The idea came to him not in a Tirana office but in a hotel room in a distant country, reading a foreign magazine, thinking about …
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Albania’s new Foreign Minister spent his career inside the institutions the country now seeks to join. But as EU enlargement enters its most demanding phase, a parliamentary vote shields his former deputy prime minister from arrest, his prime minister co-signs a European initiative with a man who declared war on Albania days later, and Brussels …
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Everest employs around 700 workers and is expanding into the United States. As Albania moves toward EU integration, we ask CEO Sokol Çupi whether industrial growth is reinforcing institutions — or quietly outpacing them. by Elis Zenelaj (Tirana) Introduction Everest Sh.p.k. began in 1997. Today it operates one of Albania’s largest aluminum production platforms, …
