Migration to urban centres, remittances from the Albanian diaspora, and post-earthquake reconstruction have long made construction one of the largest sectors of...
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Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair have an increasingly tight grip on air travel to and from emerging Europe. After the unprecedented fall in demand for air travel...
Albania’s economy enjoyed solid growth in 2022 and the lowest inflation in all of CESEE. With booming construction and tourism sectors, 2023 is set to be another year of...
As both demolition and construction continue, Tirana’s denizens continue to live in the physical and aesthetic vestiges of its political history. Tirana is a city of...
The organisers of European Youth Capital 2025 want to motivate young people to stay in Ukraine, to motivate young people who left the country to return, and for young...
With its castle, shrine, and mountain scenery, Krujë is the perfect day trip from Tirana for those who want to see Albanian countryside but don’t have the time to visit...
Tirana’s National Arena is the venue for the final of the UEFA European Conference League, the first time that the country has hosted such a high profile sporting...
Albania on the cusp of change, chaos and civil war is the setting for the best memoir to emerge from the Balkans in decades. In March 1991, journalists from Italian TV...
Covid-19 hit tourism in the Western Balkans hard, but Gazmend Haxhia, boss of Landways International, one of the region’s leading tourism companies, is confident that...
The Albanian coast offers stunning views, crystal clear waters, and some of the best value for money property deals anywhere in the Mediterranean. No wonder buyers are...
Albania’s bunkers are the country’s most enduring reminders of the brutal, surreal and quixotic rule of Enver Hoxha. For much of the 20th century, Albania was dominated...
Next on Tirana’s ambitious to-do list of urban renewal is the renovation of the city’s iconic pyramid, originally built to house a museum dedicated to a communist...
