Albania News News Albania » Economy: UNDP Executive Board Approves the New Country Programme for Albania, 2027–2031
UNDP’s Executive Board has approved the new Country Programme for Albania 2027–2031 - a five-year framework to support the country’s development priorities. The overall goal of the new programme is to ...
News Albania » Economy: Can Albania really become a cashless economy?
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama won a fourth mandate in May, promising Albanian citizens that he would lead the country into the European Union by 2030. In mid-July, he announced another major plan ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania's economic confidence indicator improves in Aug
Albania's economic confidence indicator rose by 1.8 points in August, to 7.4 percentage points above the historic average, after recording a drop by 1 point in July, the central bank said on Tuesday.
News Albania » Economy: As Albania's economy grows, so do its struggles with waste
Albania has set its sights on joining the EU. One of its biggest challenges in this respect is environmental reform, especially in the field of waste management, which is lagging behind the country's ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania’s developing tourism industry could help stop its young people from leaving – and boost its economy
It has been more than 30 years since Albania opened its doors to tourists, but telling a friend that you’re off to Tirana or Dhërmi for a long weekend might still raise some eyebrows. Despite its ...
News Albania » Economy: Money Troubles: Albania’s Strange Currency Crisis Defies Easy Solutions
As the sustained rise in the value of the lek causes a crisis in exports, action is needed – but will a country that seemingly turns a blind eye to manifest criminality in whole sectors of the economy ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania’s Travel & Tourism Sector Bursts onto the World Stage, reveals WTTC
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has revealed today that the Albanian Travel & Tourism sector contributed more to the economy and supported more jobs in ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania to Launch Housing Program for Young Families This Autumn
Albania will launch a new housing program for couples and young families this autumn as part of the government’s new “Social Albania” initiative, Deputy Prime Minister Albana Ko&c ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania Economists Slate PM’s ‘New Salaries’ Pledge as ‘Unrealistic’
PM Rama’s promise to hike wages, starting in the public sector, has been deemed totally unrealistic by a range of economic experts. A few days before the official start of the local election campaign ...
News Albania » Economy: Serbian, Albanian businessmen meet to boost economic ties
Business representatives from Balkan rivals Serbia and Albania have met in an effort to boost economic ties and stabilize the troubled region where tensions still simmer following the 1990s' war ...
News Albania » Economy: Albania Passes Bill To Legalize Medical Cannabis And Industrial Hemp
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Albania has become the latest European country to legalize ...
News Albania » Economy: Albanian economy to shrink by 5% due to virus, quake -World Bank
TIRANA, April 29 (Reuters) - Albania's economy, hit by an earthquake that left 17,000 homeless last year and coronavirus-containment measures, could shrink by as much as 5% in 2020, even if most ...