News Albania: Albanian insurers GWP up 3% in Jan-July
The total gross written premiums (GWP) of Albanian insurers rose by 3% year-over-year to 15.9 billion leks ($200.6 million/172 million euro) in the first seven months of the year, the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA) said.
News Albania: Kushner Resort Pushes Ahead Despite Frozen Albania Land Funds
Kushner’s Albania resort faces disputed land claims, frozen sale funds, and a criminal probe involving the property seller.
News Albania: Italy and Albania Bust €15 Million Crypto Investment Scam
Authorities in Italy and Albania have hit a fraud scheme enticing victims with promises of low-risk investments in cryptocurrencies. During an operation coordinated by Eurojust, investigators from the ...
News Albania: Taxes Action to Formalize Online Sales, Services
Through this plan, the Tax Administration aims to support the development of a transparent and formalized online market, guaranteeing equal treatment for all economic operators and contributing to the ...
News Albania: S&P Global Ratings Upgrades BKT to 'BB', Reaching Albania’s Sovereign Ceiling, the highest possible Rating
High-Quality Investment Portfolio: S&P highlighted BKT’s conservative securities portfolio, noting that non-domestic holdings maintain an average rating of 'A-', significantly above Albania's 'BB' ...
News Albania: Jet Bank Secures Full Banking License from Bank of Albania, Paving Way for Albania’s First Digital Bank
Tiranë, Albania, July 19th, 2026, FinanceWireJet Bank today announced a historic regulatory achievement that sets a new ...
News Albania: Tumbling Prices Hit Albania’s Oil Industry Hard
Falling oil prices have dealt a heavy blow to the increasingly important oil extraction business in Albania, which will have knock-on effects for Albania's economy generally. Albania oilfield of Patos ...
News Albania: World Bank to Support Albania’s Financial Sector Modernization
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$100 million Financial Sector Modernization Development Policy Loan to the Republic of Albania. The loan aims to strengthen the financial sector regulatory and supervisory regime and mitigate.
News Albania: Tirana Bank Launches Digital Banking Platform Powered by Backbase
Tirana Bank has launched a new omnichannel retail banking platform built on Backbase’s AI-native Banking OS, marking one of the most significant digital ...
News Albania: Political Hiring in Albania Driving Public Firms Deeper into Debt
Most publicly-owned companies in Albania are losing money, yet still they hire more people, often in electoral years The recommendation letters were uncovered during a routine audit in 2019 at ...
News Albania: Albania to step up oversight of fuel prices amid Middle East war
Albania's tax and customs administrations have agreed to set up a joint task force to monitor wholesale and retail fuel trading to prevent pricing abuse amid global insecurity of oil supply stemming from the war in the Middle East, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
News Albania: Ethereum Improvement Proposals For 2026: What They Mean For Fees And Scalability
Ethereum 2026 upgrades are taking shape following the successful Fusaka activation on December 3, 2025. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) developers activated the Fusaka upgrade at 21:49 UTC, introducing PeerDAS ...
News Albania: 'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks
The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.
News Albania: OSCE Hosts Tax Crime Investigation Training in Albania
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized a two-day training entitled "Tax investigations for financial crimes" on 11 - 12 March 2026 in Tirana. The ...
News Albania: Interview with World Bank Group Country Manager Massimiliano Paolucci on Albania’s Reforms as Key Driver of Growth and EU Convergence
This interview was originally published in Albanian in the print edition of Monitor Magazine on January 5, 2026. Monitor: How do you assess the performance of the Albanian economy in 2025?
News Albania: Economist Slams Albanian PM’s ‘Liberation’ of City Pavements as Counter-Productive
In an interview with BIRN, economist Arben Malaj said the Albanian government’s high-profile crackdown on unregulated small businesses will backfire on the Albanian economy. On Sunday, Edi Rama posted ...
News Albania: Albania's trade gap slightly narrows y/y in Feb
Albania's trade deficit decreased by 0.8% year-on-year in February, to 37.1 billion leks ($444.5 million/386.2 million euro), the national statistical office said on Tuesday.
News Albania: EBRD and EU fund restoration of Albanian railway
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it will provide financial support, along with the European Union (EU), for the rehabilitation of the railway network in Albania.
