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TIRANA, June 17 The apparel and footwear manufacturing industry have brought €123 million to the economy, in the first trimester of 2019. According to data from the Bank of Albania, the income from …
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TIRANA, June 11 The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Albania rose to €285 mln in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 or 1.6 percent more compared to Q1 2018. The data were confirmed by the Bank of …
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TIRANA, January 8 The public perception of the economic conditions worsened for the third quarter in a row. The Bank of Albania (BoA) reported a 1.2 point decline in the economic performance index …
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TIRANA, December 26 It has happened to each of us at least once to get stuck with damaged, soiled, or torn banknotes that no one accepts. Instead of hoping that you can pass it to someone else …
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TIRANA, September 10 The progress of total investments in the Albanian economy reflected a positive trend during the first quarter Q1 of the year as the rate rose by 5.4 percent. This is closer to …
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TIRANA, June 12 Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) increased by 61.6 percent during the first quarter (Q1) of 2018 compared to the same period of the previous year. The Bank of Albania (BoA) reported …
TIRANA, June 7 The Supervisory Council of the Bank of Albania (BoA) decided in an unexpected meeting to cut the key rate to the record low of 1 percent. BoA’s governor Gent Sejko said in a press …
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TIRANA, May 3 The Bank of Albania (BoA) says that the recent strengthening of the Albanian Lek against the Euro is not a consequence of the institution’s strategy for a strong domestic currency. On …
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TIRANA, April 13 The Bank of Albania (BoA) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) renewed the bilateral local currency swap agreement. The agreement that was signed for the first time in September …
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TIRANA, April 5 Bank customers will have the right to convert loans in a currency in which they have their earnings. This decision was among the changes to the regulation on consumer and mortgage …
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