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Albania’s manufacturing sector faces fresh job cuts
Gazeta Tema
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July 1, 2025
Albania’s garment and footwear industry faces new factory closures and layoffs after summer, driven by falling orders, euro depreciation, and rising costs, industry leaders warned. Edvin Prençe, head of ProEksport Albania, said the sector employs...
Albanian prosecutors link ex-president’s family to $240k luxury spending
Gazeta Tema
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July 1, 2025
Albania’s anti-corruption prosecutors say Monika Kryemadhi, the ex-wife of former president Ilir Meta, spent nearly $240,000 using a U.S.-linked credit card in what may be a new episode of political corruption. According to the Special...
"Albanian watermelons gain popularity in Dutch and German markets"
Fresh Plaza
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June 30, 2025
Furkan Karaca, Enjoy Trade Holland: At Enjoy Trade Holland in Venlo, the Albanian watermelon season has begun. "We've been in contact with these growers in Albania for some time, visited them a few times, and that led to this cooperation," says...
Rama’s Directives to Tirana MPs Revealed – Tasks They Must Fulfill
Euronews Albania
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July 4, 2025
Euronews Albania has learned the key instructions Prime Minister Edi Rama gave to the MPs of Tirana during a closed-door meeting held at the Socialist Party headquarters this Friday. According to sources, the Socialist Party leader asked Tirana...
EU to support construction of new generation unit at Potpec hydropower plant and solar-thermal plant in Novi Sad with over EUR 40 million
eKapija
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The European Commission has proposed the first support package, of EUR 87.7 million, under the European Union’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, to help implement EUR 487.3 million worth of hydropower, solar district heating, and grid...
Tourism lifts Albania’s fuel and beer sales
Gazeta Tema
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July 4, 2025
A surge in tourist arrivals is boosting consumption of excise goods in Albania, including fuel, beer, cigarettes, and coffee, according to customs data for the first half of 2025. Fuel use hit a record 357,000 tonnes, up 14% year-on-year, driven...
Albanian ex-PM Berisha to face court in corruption trial
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha will appear in court Monday as the trial begins in a high-profile corruption case linked to the privatization of a former military sports complex known as “Partizani.” Berisha, his son-in-law Jamarbër...
Govt Targets Changes to Law on Energy Sector
Albanian Daily News
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The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has published for public consultation the amendments to the law “On the energy sector”. The main purpose of these amendments is to harmonize Albanian legislation with the European Union’s Clean Energy...
Albania’s tourism boom and the industry of naysayers
Gazeta Tema
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June 28, 2025
Albania has silenced all skeptics of tourism, emerging as the country with the highest tourism growth in the region—particularly from Western Europe. While just a few years ago most visitors came from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine, today...
Albania pitches transport progress at Istanbul forum
Gazeta Tema
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June 28, 2025
Albania showcased major infrastructure projects at the Global Transport and Connectivity Forum, hosted under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with over 70 countries represented. Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku presented Albania’s gains...
“€250 Million Credit Line for Agriculture,” Rama: We Will Develop Rural Entrepreneurship
Euronews Albania
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July 2, 2025
Prime Minister Edi Rama held a meeting today in the city of Cërrik, focusing on agricultural development, the challenges the sector faces, and the need for a comprehensive approach. In his speech, Rama emphasized that agriculture should not be...
Berisha at the OSCE Assembly: Albania Is Experiencing a Demographic Drama in Europe
Euronews Albania
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July 2, 2025
The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, raised alarm over Albania’s depopulation during his speech at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, currently taking place in Porto. In his address, Berisha cited statistics, stating that in just one...
PM says Albania’s agriculture holds vast untapped potential
Gazeta Tema
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July 2, 2025
Prime Minister Edi Rama told farmers and agribusiness leaders that Albania’s agricultural sector holds “extraordinary, still-untapped potential” and should be central to the country’s path toward EU membership by 2030. Speaking at a roundtable in...
Albania’s economy grows 3.4% in Q1
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Albania’s economy grew 3.39% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, driven by a surge in public spending, official data show. Public services led the way, with health, education, and administration up 18.9%, contributing more than half of...
Albania sees record tourist numbers in May
Gazeta Tema
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June 26, 2025
Albania welcomed more than 1.6 million visitors in May, marking a 4.3% rise compared to the same month last year, official statistics show. Foreign arrivals reached nearly one million, with tourism from southern and western Europe driving growth....
Albanian parliament meets to debate energy bill
Gazeta Tema
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June 16, 2025
Albania’s parliament resumes work Monday with a session focused on legislation to boost energy efficiency in buildings. TIRANA, June 16 (TemA) – Albania’s parliament will hold a plenary session at 1 p.m to discuss a draft law on the energy...
Fortis Energy can build a major solar plant in Albania
CEENERGYNEWS
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July 2, 2025
Turkish renewable energy company Fortis Energy has been granted a construction permit to build a 62-megawatt (MW) solar plant near the town of Ersekë in southeastern Albania. The facility will play a key role in transforming the country’s...
Clean energy, grid upgrade projects in Western Balkans to be backed under EU’s Growth Plan
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 2, 2025
The package, funded from the EUR 6 billion Reform and Growth Facility (RGF), set up under the Growth Plan, will be rolled out through the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF). The proposal was made to the WBIF Operational Board, according...
1 Green Coast Hotel - MGallery Collection: A New Chapter for Elite Tourism in Albania
Albanian Daily News
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One of the most ambitious projects in Albanian elite tourism comes to life this summer with the official opening of Green Coast Hotel – MGallery Collection, located on the Green Coast beach, one of the pearls of the Albanian Riviera. This hotel is...
Kosovo Begins Construction of Two New Bridges over the Ibar to Connect Mitrovica
Euronews Albania
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July 1, 2025
The construction of two new bridges on either side of the main bridge over the Ibar River — an initiative through which the acting Government of Kosovo aims to connect the Serb-majority North Mitrovica with the Albanian-majority South Mitrovica —...