Central Bank Raises Interest Rates
6 July 2022 – Tirana News Digest. Albania Central Bank increased its main interest rate by 0.25% to 1.25, hoping to fight inflation and warned of further increases ahead. The bank’s expectation is that...
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6 July 2022 – Tirana News Digest. Albania Central Bank increased its main interest rate by 0.25% to 1.25, hoping to fight inflation and warned of further increases ahead. The bank’s expectation is that...
6 July 2022 – Tirana News Digest. Albania Parliament is expected tomorrow to vote for a resolution to condemn the 1995 genocide carried by Bosnian Serbs forces in the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia...
27 June 2022 – Tirana News Digest. Two police officers were placed under house arrest and six more were suspended by order of the court, more than one year after Pjerin Xhuvani, a local...
27 June 2022 – Tirana News Digest. Albania Government published a revised version of the controversial Fiscal and Penal Amnesty law, which foresees the possibility to legalize as much as 2 million euros in...
27 June – Tirana News Digest. Albania Minister of Defense Niko Peleshi acknowledged on Monday that the country fleet of Cougar Helicopters were grounded and that the contracts for their regular maintenance were “a...
27 June 2022 – Tirana News Digest. The Government of Albania proposed a new law regulating the award of honorary titles and medals in the country, following debates on the quantities and qualities of...
Tirana News Digest – 27 June 2022. Albania American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) said in its annual press conference that the opinion of its members is that Albania business climate has deteriorated for the...
Hi, we have seen how some foreigners face exorbitant costs while they visit Albania. Here are some advises on how to spare to yourself some money.
The Banja Hydro-Power plant is almost finished, but some villagers forced to abandon their homes in the project’s wake lament unfair treatment and meager compensation for their property.
About 16 Syrian refugees caught by Albania police on Wednesday near the border with Greece, had refused the offer to apply for political asylum in Albania, local media announced. The refugees, part of the...
Hopes for substantive growth rates for Albania were smashed again due to slow progress of the structural reforms, country Central Bank announced on Wednesday.
First published in BalkanInsight on 28 May 2008 With too few contributors, too many beneficiaries and rampant fraud, the system is close to collapse. But no government seems ready to oversee the painful reforms...
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