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TIRANA, March 15 Vjosa River was designated National Park by the Albanian Council of Ministers during its last meeting. This decision gives Vjosa the status of the first and only protected wild …
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TIRANA, November 15 The Council of Ministers approved a decision on a Technology and Economic Development Area (TEDA), Tirana area. Also known as Kashari TEDA, the economic zone aims at attracting …
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TIRANA, October 5 The Bank of Albania (BoA) raised its key interest rate to 2.25% on Wednesday. The decision aims to cool off inflation that came in at 7.5 percent and 8.0 percent respectively in …
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TIRANA, July 19 Today, Tuesday 19 will go down in the history of Albania’s path towards its membership in the European Union. The EU held the long-awaited first intergovernmental conferences with …
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TIRANA, July 1 A minimum of Lek 1 billion (approx. Euro 840 million) and a surface area of cultivation of cannabis no less than five hectares, will be among the main requirements to obtain a …
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TIRANA, June 29 Cheaper than Nairobi and more expensive than Budapest, Albanian capital Tirana ranked 161st in the HR company Mercer’s 2022 Cost of Living survey. The publication reveals the most …
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TIRANA, June 24 Albania is considering a move to tax gains on cryptocurrency transactions and mining starting January 2023. The latest tax bill on income, which is now available for public …
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TIRANA, May 17 The European Commission has slashed Albania’s GDP forecast for 2022 to 2.7 percent from 3.7 percent predicted earlier, citing the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The …
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TIRANA, March 31 The Council of Ministers green-lighted the plans for the construction of a wind farm in the Fieri region. The Wednesday approval paves the way for the development of wind energy …
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TIRANA, March 17 A total of ten billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from Azerbaijan has now entered Europe through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP-AG announced on Thursday, March 17th from …
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