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TIRANA, February 20 The National Labour Council couldn’t reach a joint stance regarding the legal minimum wage, which currently is Lek 22,000. The Albanian government has proposed an increase by …
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TIRANA, February 15 The European Commission (EC) says that the economic situation in Albania is gradually improving. Therefore, it raised its projections for Albania’s GDP growth for 2018 to 3.6 …
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TIRANA, February 14 A new law on foreign investments in Albania will be drafted starting this year. This measure was considered necessary given that no potential investors chose Albania during the …
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TIRANA, February 13 The fast growing fish processing industry in Albania is hampered by the duty-free limit for exports. Over 4,000 people risk losing their jobs, while entrepreneurs are taking …
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TIRANA, February 10 Albania asked the intervention of the European Commission regarding the 400kV interconnection grid between Albania and Kosovo, which is being blocked by Serbia. The request was …
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TIRANA, February 9 The High State Audit (HSA) says that protected areas and national parks have been exploited and negatively affected by mining activities and hydro power plants constructed …
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TIRANA, February 9 Albania and Israel are taking into consideration the launch of direct flight route Tirana-Tel Aviv. This topic was discussed by Albanian Minister of Economic Development, …
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TIRANA, February 7 The concessionary firm that will maintain and manage the Nation’s Road or Milot-Morine highway will officially start work in April. This means that drivers that are going to use …
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TIRANA, February 6 The location of the long-awaited southern airport will be in Vlora. Finally, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama unveiled the official site of the new airport through a Facebook …
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TIRANA, February 3 Labour productivity in Albania accounts for one-third of the regional average and one-fifth of the most developed EU member countries. This was recently confirmed by a report …
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