Albania:  a nation of poets

Albania: a nation of poets

At the European Capital Strasbourg, was held from Nov. 19-24 the annual World Meeting of Poetry organised by the Mots-Arts Association in collaboration with the European Council. The event held at the Municipality of the city and hosted by Strasbourg

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‘From Austria with love’’ – a postcard literature

‘From Austria with love’’ – a postcard literature

One of the most notable and successful activities during the Austrian cultural year in Albania, resulted to be the one of literary postcards undertitled ‘’From Austria with love.’’ This activity brought to the Albanian readers some of the most renowned

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A friend to Albania sends greetings

A friend to Albania sends greetings

A professor of German to Elmira College in New York, Carrie Hooper, sends her greetings to Albania through the Voice of America for Balkans by singing the Albanian national anthem. Hooper is a connoisseur of six foreign languages, among which

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AIIS regional conference: Rethinking Albania’s foreign policy amid growing populism

AIIS regional conference: Rethinking Albania’s foreign policy amid growing populism

TIRANA, Dec. 12 – Albania’s foreign policy has been crucial in the country’s opening up and economic development following the collapse of the communist regime in the early 1990s, but a quarter of century on, international relations experts say the

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Austria to conduct three archeological projects

Austria to conduct three archeological projects

As the Austro-Hungarian contribute to Albanian archeology has met its first century old anniversary, Austrian and Albanian archeologists gathered in a round table to commemorate the contribution and discuss three new projects that will be conducted by the Austrian archeologists.

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Where is the National exhibition ‘Onufri’?

Where is the National exhibition ‘Onufri’?

The 24th edition of the national arts exhibition ‘Onufri’ seems to have been cancelled. The exhibition was supposed to conduct an open competition on April, announce the winners on May, and then display the chosen works at the National Arts

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AIIS study unveils costs, benefits of Albania’s slowly progressing judiciary reform

AIIS study unveils costs, benefits of Albania’s slowly progressing judiciary reform

TIRANA, Oct. 30 – More than two years after Albanian MPs approved in last-minute consensus constitutional changes to a long-awaited justice reform, results have been mixed due to delays in the establishment of key new bodies although a vetting process

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Polish Secretary of State: “Albania, important stabilizing role in the region”

Polish Secretary of State: “Albania, important stabilizing role in the region”

Interview with Szymon Szynkowski vel SÄ™k, Polish politician, party activist and local government official. From 2018, he has been serving as the Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   Q: The number of Polish tourists coming

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Editorial: Justice and governance need to work independently for the good of both

Editorial: Justice and governance need to work independently for the good of both

TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The saga of the videos allegedly incriminating the brother of the Minister of Interior Affairs in narco-trafficking is going on. Despite the brother being actually sent to Italy in haste to carry out his sentence of jail,

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“The Balkans begin at the Rennweg”

“The Balkans begin at the Rennweg”

By Johann Sattler “The Balkans begin at the Rennweg (street in the center of Vienna)” – there is hardly any Austrian that doesn’t know this phrase, which is attributed to former Austrian Chancellor Metternich in the 19th century. Since then,

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