TIRANA, December 13 An income tax exempt for software development companies aims to increase Albania’s attraction rate as an outsourcing destination for IT outsourcing. Albanian authorities decided to adopt tax exemption benefits for software development and IT-enabled services. The incentive will help to attract investment...
TIRANA, December 6 Albania is to chair the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2020. From January 1st, 2019, Albania will become part of the OSCE Chairmanship Troika together with Slovakia as the incoming chair and Italy, the outgoing chair country. “The...
Tirana, December 5 Starting January 1st, all the Albanian citizens living in Italy that will need to authenticate legal documents will do it at a reduced time and cost. The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEFA) announced on Wednesday that in cooperation with the...
TIRANA, December 5 Students of the University of Tirana, the Polytechnic University, and from the University of Elbasan joined the protest started by the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urbanism against the decision on ceiling tuition fees adopted by the Albanian Council of Ministers...
Tirana, December 5 Albania and Croatia signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to give new impetus to the friendly relationship between the two countries and to further strengthen corporation and promote trade. The agreement was signed on Tuesday in Zagreb between Albanian PM Edi Rama and...
TIRANA, December 4 In spring 2018 the Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) unveiled an innovative project on renewable energy production. The novelty of the project consisted of the exploitation of one single power plant facility for generating power from two renewable sources, hydropower and solar power....
TIRANA, November 27 Starting June 1, 2019, Albania and Kosovo will abolish roaming charges. The agreement was signed during the fifth joint governmental meeting held in Peja on Monday. Hence, everyone that has an Albanian or Kosovan number won’t be charged extra for calls, SMS,...
TIRANA, November 23 The negotiations between Albania and Germany on policies for development were concluded on Thursday with a record grant of Euro 168.4 million for 2019-2020. Thus, turning Germany into the major bilateral donor. The financial support consists of joint projects in the sectors...
TIRANA, November 21 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a GDP growth at 4 percent. Despite this, the head of IMF’s mission to Tirana, Jan Kees Martijn said that there’s much to be done in order to produce a steady and inclusive economy that...
TIRANA, November 20 Albania and Greece will improve cross-border transport through rail connection (passenger and freight) of total length 130 km between the city of Pogradec in southeastern Albania and Krystallopigi, located eight kilometers away from Kapshtica cross-border point. Details about the project that is...