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Four days ago we said Berlin would not reply to Tirana. It then thanked thirty other governments for saying what Albania had already said. Drizan Shala (Security Desk) States that have just been attacked do not run thank-you rounds for manners. They run them to show who is standing next to them. When the …
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The head of government of the EU candidate country has just presented a show in Berlin of bronze sculptures created from 3D prints By Igor López — EL PAÍS Semanal, August 19, 2026 “Art is an attempt not to go mad, because politics can be madness. And the risk of becoming stupid is imminent …
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A governing party official is pressuring BIRN’s funders, and that is improper. The questions underneath his pressure are real anyway. BIRN’s answer so far, redefining its own journalist in real time, is the one response its standards do not permit. By Ardit Rada (Tirana) On July 15, Taulant Balla, chairman of the governing Socialist …
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How Albania’s protest movement traded its symbol of life for the oldest prop in the country’s political theater Tirana Examiner On the thirty fifth evening of Albania’s protest cycle, the boulevard produced two objects. The first was a birthday cake made of concrete, delivered with heavy irony to a prime minister who turned sixty …
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By Kreshnik Spahiu Dritëro Agolli once wrote: “A day will come when we watch the duel between the generations raised on a slice of bread smeared with sugar and the generations they call ‘the potato chip generation.’” The “Flamingo” Revolution, if it held any value beyond the partisan, lay in the civic and youthful …
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The Economy Desk Four sets of figures released in late May 2026 look, at first glance, like separate stories: a collapse in the use of government debt as loan collateral, a rebound in bank deposits, a statistical recount of extreme poverty, and a productivity gap measured against working hours. Read together, they describe one economy: …
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by Besart Ruka (Tirana) Every time a figure on Tirana apartment prices enters circulation, the comparison that immediately surfaces is Belgrade, Skopje, Sarajevo, or Pristina. Fair enough. All six capitals share related history, similar banking systems, salaries in a comparable range. But it is a comparison that stops at the surface. Tirana is the …
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The Council does not rank economies, but its own data show Albania delivering the most balanced macroeconomic profile in the Western Balkans in 2025. by Ardit Rada (Tirana) The Council of the European Union convened the annual Economic and Financial Dialogue with regional partners in Brussels today. The draft Joint Conclusions, endorsed by the …
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In a public conversation with Linda Rama, the Chinese economist traces the mechanism behind China’s divergence from the path Albania took in 1978, the costs the model has accumulated, and the limits it is now reaching. by Rexhina Bici (Tirana) Keyu Jin came to Tirana with a book and an argument. The book, The …
