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Tirana Accuses Kremlin of Being Behind Protests?
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (632+ words) Russian Embassy rejects the claims as "completely unfounded" and tells Albanian officials not to "look for enemies where they do not exist." Tirana Times, July 04, 2026 " Albania's government is increasingly casting the country's month-long anti-government protests as part of a foreign-backed…...
The False Civil Society and the Real One
2+ week, 4+ day ago (444+ words) In Albania, real civic society is no longer in donor-funded conference rooms. It is in the streets. This is not a failure of terminology. It is a failure of democracy. But these exceptions only make the larger failure more visible....
Albania's Civic Awakening: A Year After Rama's Landslide, the Illusion of Invincibility Breaks
3+ week, 3+ day ago (269+ words) This concentration of authority created the illusion of stability. But it also produced a brittle system " one that could operate efficiently only as long as citizens remained passive. The protests have shattered that assumption. They have exposed the limits of…...
PM Rama: Iran Is Behind Tirana Protests
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (628+ words) Tirana Times PM Rama: Iran Is Behind Tirana Protests The prime minister casts the widening unrest as a "hybrid war," citing antisemitic narratives, claims about resettling Palestinians and AI-manipulated content. Tirana Times, June 6, 2026 " Prime Minister Edi Rama has accused Iran…...
The Pope, AI and the Future of Humanity
3+ week, 4+ day ago (727+ words) I am an atheist, but today I can do nothing but thank Pope Leo XIV, who with his first encyclical, wrote the most reasonable and meaningful political text I have read in the 21st century." But even more than that. AI…...
President Begaj's Eid Visit Signals Warmer Albania-Saudi Ties
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (344+ words) Albania's president attended a high-level Eid al-Adha ceremony in Saudi Arabia, in a visit seen as strengthening Tirana's relations with a key Arab and Muslim world power. Tirana Times, May 29, 2026 " Albanian President Bajram Begaj was received by Saudi Arabia's leadership…...
Albania " Greece: No Progress, Just Promises
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (636+ words) Tirana Times Albania " Greece: No Progress, Just Promises Tirana Times, May 03, 2026 " There is a limit to how long diplomacy can survive on good manners and optimistic statements. The latest round of Albania"Greece engagement, showcased at the Delphi Economic Forum,…...
Frozen Courtesies: Albania'Greece Relations Between Rhetoric and Reality
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (595+ words) Tirana Times, May 02, 2026 " The latest encounter between Edi Rama and Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Delphi Economic Forum was meant to signal momentum in a relationship long burdened by history. Instead, it exposed a familiar pattern: ambitious political language unmatched by…...
EU Integration as Compass: Albania's Foreign Policy Vision in a Shifting World
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1483+ words) Anyone who knows even a little about Albania is aware that the cornerstone of Albanian foreign policy in the post-communist period has been a clear orientation toward the Euro-Atlantic world, as a guarantee of democracy, security, and the country's development,…...
On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (992+ words) Tirana Times On Autocracy, Hungary, and the Cost of Crying Wolf Tirana Times, April 20, 2026 " On the evening of April 12, 2026, Viktor Orb'n, Europe's most scrutinized, most condemned, most exhaustively theorized leader, conceded defeat in a parliamentary election. P'ter Magyar's Tisza party…...