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Why Waiting Is Not Neutral: The Costs of Non-Enlargement

https://www.tiranatimes.com/why-waiting-is-not-neutral-the-costs-of-non-enlargement/

Published: July 24, 2026 09:15

Debates about EU enlargement tend to focus on the risks of admitting countries before they are ready. In her recent paper, Marta Szpala broadens the debate by examining what prolonged delay means for both candidate countries and the European Union itself.…

Spain Rules the World Again

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Published: July 22, 2026 14:35

Spain clinches second FIFA World Cup title as Europe continues its dominance on football’s biggest stage By Gautam Karve, Editor-in-Chief, World Media Organization Tirana Times, July 22, 2026 – Spain secured its second FIFA World Cup title with a…

Beyond Diplomacy: Ambassador Elissa Golberg on the Future of Canada–Albania Ties

https://www.tiranatimes.com/beyond-diplomacy-ambassador-elissa-golberg-on-the-future-of-canada-albania-ties/

Published: July 21, 2026 10:20

Tirana Times, July 21, 2026 – Relations between Albania and Canada have expanded steadily in recent years, from growing trade and new bilateral agreements to closer cooperation within NATO and the launch of the first direct flight between the two…

The United States Helped Build SPAK. Now SPAK Must Do Its Job

https://www.tiranatimes.com/the-united-states-helped-build-spak-now-spak-must-do-its-job/

Published: July 18, 2026 22:45

Tirana Times, July 18, 2026 – For years, the U.S. and the EU invested significant political capital, funding, and diplomatic pressure into helping Albania build one of the most ambitious anti-corruption institutions in the Balkans: the Special…

Milošević’s Language Returns to Serbia’s Government

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Published: July 17, 2026 11:17

Ethnic Cleansing Remark Tests Serbia’s Claim to Have Broken With Milošević A Serbian minister’s declared willingness to expel Kosovo Albanians has drawn condemnation across the region and Europe. Belgrade’s refusal to remove her has transformed a personal…

Can the Symbolism of a Spectacle Be Appropriated?

https://www.tiranatimes.com/can-the-symbolism-of-a-spectacle-be-appropriated/

Published: July 16, 2026 15:28

By Diana Gellci Ph.D. Tirana Times, July 16, 2026 – Beyond entertainment, spectacles produce powerful symbolism. Indeed, symbolic effects often outweigh political, economic, and even coercive ones. Symbolism remains one of the most potent forms of power.…

Albania Closes First EU Chapters, Hard Tests Ahead

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Published: July 16, 2026 12:29

The provisional closure of three negotiating chapters represents an important milestone for Albania. Yet the Brussels conference also showed that the country’s further progress will depend on difficult reforms concerning the rule of law, environmental…

Kanye West in Tirana: Has a Global Spectacle Become a Political Backfire?

https://www.tiranatimes.com/kanye-west-in-tirana-has-a-global-spectacle-become-a-political-backfire/

Published: July 13, 2026 08:58

Planned before Albania’s protest movement began, the concert was intended to strengthen the country’s international profile. But public financing, free tickets and a radically changed political context turned it into a debate over image, accountability and…

K’cimi dancing of Tropojë – Gazmend Freitag

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Published: July 11, 2026 15:21

by Monika Grill Tirana Times, July 11, 2026 – “K’cimi i Tropoja” – the dance that endured over centuries and kept the Albanian identity alive, has been officially declared part of the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by…

Concrete, Cocaine and Corruption: Albania’s Fragile Growth Model

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Published: July 10, 2026 20:34

Albania’s Concrete Economy: How Construction Became the Country’s Dominant Growth Model Tirana Times, July 10, 2026 – A booming construction sector has made Albania an outlier in Europe, but behind the cranes and luxury towers lies a deeper story of weak…

Diana Gellçi’s Question to Reinier de Graaf: What Would You Say Today?

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Published: July 10, 2026 09:24

Tirana Times , July 09, 2026 – Tirana Times is publishing below an open public question addressed by Albanian scholar Diana Gellçi, PhD, an Albanian professor based in the United States, to Dutch architect and writer Reinier de Graaf, following the debate…

NATO’s Ankara Summit: Albania Confirmed, but No Date Set

https://www.tiranatimes.com/natos-ankara-summit-albania-confirmed-but-no-date-set/

Published: July 8, 2026 18:42

Tirana Times, July 8, 2026 – NATO’s Ankara Summit, held on July 7 and 8, marked less a moment of new strategic doctrine than a shift from political pledges to implementation. The central message was clear: the Alliance is moving into a phase where defence…

NATO’s Ankara Summit and Albania’s Uncertain Moment

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Published: July 7, 2026 16:57

Tirana Times, July 07, 2026 – The next NATO Summit, where the leaders of Allied member states gather annually, will take place on July 7–8, 2026, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. It will be NATO’s 36th summit and the second hosted by Türkiye, after…

A salute to America

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Published: July 7, 2026 16:49

By Marco Rubio Two hundred and fifty years ago today, in a brick hall in Philadelphia, our forefathers declared their independence from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not fools. They knew exactly what the words on that parchment would mean.…