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07 Jun 13

Investment Funds Show Marked Growth in Albania

Although only two investment funds operate in Albania, they have seen exponential growth in the first months of 2013, data from the Financial Supervisory Authority, AMF, say.

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30 May 13

Albania Spending Rises in Run-up to Election

Ahead of general elections due on June 23, government spending in the first four months of 2013 has risen sharply.

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09 Apr 13

Albania Seeks Azeri Blessing for Gas Pipeline

Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Sunday asked Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, to support construction of the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline, TAP.

29 Mar 13

Albania-Kosovo Trade Dispute Escalates

After Pristina blocked imports of milk from two Albanian dairies, Tirana has responded by banning imports of flour from Kosovo, as the commercial row over toxins in food deepens.

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20 Mar 13

Serbia Tops Balkans For Illicit Financial Flows

The organisation Global Financial Integrity has ranked Serbia worst of all Balkan countries when it comes to illegal financial flows.

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20 Mar 13

Cost of Mismanagement Rises in Albania

The annual report of the High State Audit office says poor management of state-owned companies cost Albania twice as much in 2012 as it did the previous year.

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06 Mar 13

Albania Accuses Kosovo of Dairy Trade War

Albanian minsters say Kosovo is making use of consumer worries about levels of aflatoxin in milk to damage the commercial interest of Albanian dairies.

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01 Mar 13

Albania Minister Faces Grilling on Food Safety Concerns

The Socialist opposition said it seeks a hearing with the minister of agriculture on the presence of dangerous toxins and hormones in Albanian milk and meat products.

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28 Feb 13

Suspect Milk Still on Sale in Albania

After Albanian authorities told dairies to withdraw milk suspected of contamination with the M1 aflatoxin from the market, it is still on sale in stores, Balkan Insight can confirm.

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20 Feb 13

Bulgaria Moves to Scrap Czech Power Giant's License

Bulgaria could become the second country in the region to oust the Czech electricity company CEZ, after violent protests against hefty electricity bills led to the PM's resignation.

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31 Jan 13

Albania Slashes Interest Rate to Historic Low

The central bank cut the key benchmark interest rate on Wednesday by 0.25 per cent to a historic low of 3.75 per cent in an effort to kick start the stagnating economy.

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22 Jan 13

Albania Nationalizes Troubled Power Firm

The Albanian energy regularity agency, ERE, on Monday stripped the local subsidiary of the Czech power giant CEZ of its operating license, effectively taking it back into state control.

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11 Jan 13

Macedonia Tops Region's Economic Freedom Index

Macedonia tops the region in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, annually compiled by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.

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09 Jan 13

Albania Oil Company Registers Growth

Bankers Petroleum announced that its production of crude oil from Albania rose by 3.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2012.

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20 Dec 12

Albania Accuses Power Company of Losing $1bn

Albania has accused the power giant, CEZ, of causing a loss of $1 billion (€760 million) as a result of its poor management of a local electricity distribution branch.

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03 Oct 12

Neighbourhood Crises Hobble Albania’s Recovery

Albania faces another year of sluggish growth as foreign investors shy away, domestic consumers keep savings in the bank and recession deepens in neighbouring Greece and Italy.

11 Apr 12