TIRANA, June 24 Climate change is considered to be one of the main factors impacting olive production in the Mediterranean region. Other issues faced by olive growers in the region are related to phytosanitary problems. While olive oil production in Italy and Greece fell to record-low in 2018, Albanian olive farmers saw higher yields during...
TIRANA, June 17 The debate for the domestic products, a good part of which are not bio, on the contrary, pesticides are being used, has obliged the Agricultural Technology Transfer Center in Lushnje, to start a test. Hundreds of seeds which are sown in fields as well as in greenhouses are being tested as hybrid...
TIRANA, June 14 Fier, Tirana, and Berat were the top vegetables producing regions in 2018. The annual report on agriculture trends for 2018 published by INSTAT on Thursday shows growth on the main agricultural food classes. List of the top crops in 2018 Vegetables: 1,166,283 tons Cereals: 678,196 tons Potatoes: 254,500 tons Legumes: 24,500 tons...
TIRANA, June 10 Soon China will be a new market for Albanian animal products. Albania and China have signed a memorandum regarding their collaboration about the import and export of food products and their safety. The deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ermira Gjeci signed the memo. This memorandum paves the way to the...
TIRANA, June 6 On a latest report released on June 3rd for the press, the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) shows that the foreign investments in Albania during 2018, whether owned only by a foreigner or in joint enterprise with Albanian partners, 45.6 % of them are with Italian investors, followed by Greek investors (7.2%). Together...
TIRANA, June 5, 2019 All of the businesses with an annual turnover of 2 million Leke (Albanian currency) might have to open a banking account in the future, otherwise, they will be fined. The new bill proposed by the government was approved from the parliamentary committee of the economy and now it is expected to...
TIRANA, May 28 Home prices grew 15.2 percent between 2013 and 2018, the Bank of Albania (BoA) confirmed. The house price index was measured based on the data provided by real estate agents as well as property and construction companies. According to the participants in BoA’s survey, over 54 percent of the residential and commercial...
TIRANA, May 27 7700 farmers have passed the first phase in order to become one of the winners of the fund of €5 million, made available from the Ministry of Agriculture for the project of National Schemes 2019. The Agency of Agricultural and Rural Development (AZHBR) has made public the results, where the majority of...
TIRANA, May 24 The American Chamber of Commerce in Albania (AmCham), the German-Albanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHA) and the International Chamber of Commerce had a joint message for political parties on Friday: Find a solution to the political stalemate. “Many of our members have expressed frustration with the political uncertainty that is negatively...
TIRANA, May 23 ndividuals and organizations in Albania can make online payments for 13 taxes. The General Directorate of Taxation informs that the payments can be made through e-Albania platform without additional costs. The list of services provided by the Taxation Directorate through this platform was recently updated with the Tax Residency Certificate. Read more:...
