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13:40 - 15/08/2018

Taxes start inspections: Some employers declare wages below average market rates

Number of businesses opened during the tourism season in Albania: According to taxes, Saranda led.

BoA: Economic Growth is going from investment towards consumption

Klosi: Albania and Kosovo in co-operation to have joint tourist offer

FSA: Citizens who travel to Albania with foreign license plates must have attention to Border Policies

Bank of Albania says that the strengthening of ALL came from expectations created in the market

For six consecutive months inflation in Albania is above 2%

Tourist season in Albania: According to taxes Durrës and Vlora have the highest number of employees

Increasing number of tourists: China, one of the five countries with more visitors in Albania

From march to august 46 re-evaluated magistrate, 45% dismissed

Albanian banking system profits ALL 11 million for the first 6 months of 2018.

Assets of Credins Bank in Albania marked a 10% growth in one year

Albania: Tourism in museums and archaeological parks increases by 73% in the second quarter

Air transport marked a two-digit growth in June

Albania offers 100,000 euro to Grece following devastating fire

IAP expected to cost 120 million euros

Figure of foreign tourists entering Albania soars 11.7% in June

1437 businesses across Albania fined as tax authority intensifies controls

Tirana Municipality expected to approve ALL 10m fund for young entrepreneurs

Exports to Spain doubled – The primary destination for Albanian minerals

Insurance market has grown twofold since 2008: FSA

HICP rose to 2.1% in June

Albania faces a demanding stage in September in its EU process: Hahn

Lending to economy went down to 38.5% of GDP, the lowest level in a decade

EU’s Hahn receives PM Rama: No summer vacations in these 12 intensive months

Gov’t approves additional fund for Lin-Pogradec road

CoE: Albania met only 4 out of 10 anti-corruption recommendations

Albania falling short by 100m euro on NATO spending requirements

Albanian Gov’t expected to get 50m $ IBRD grant for road connectivity enhancement

BoA amending regulation to cope with restructuring of loans

Grant agreement for the construction of Tirana-Durres-Rinas railway approved

Inflation rises to 2.4% for June: INSTAT

Companies paying around 12k euro per year in bribes to Albanian institutions: Balkans barometer

Banking system profit went up to ALL 7.6b for five-month period 2018

Western Balkans arms exports exceed 500 million euros in 2016 – Reuters

Appreciation of ALL resulted in ALL 3.6 billion less revenue in state budget

Albanian gov’t eyes UK stock markets for next Eurobond issuance

American Bank of Investments successfully concludes the transaction for the acquisition of NBG Bank Albania

KESH achieves 60m euro in revenues for first semester 2018

Constraints for non-cooperating banks as BoA’s Tirana Approach aims to tackle NPLs

Half of Albanian employees set their working hours by themselves: ILO survey

“1b euro” project main driving force behind Albania’s 4% GDP growth in next two years: VIIES

BoA drafting EU-based self-assessment to prevent large banking groups from leaving

Tirana Approach: BoA aims to regulate banks’ dealings with large borrowers

Vienna Institute lowers Albania’s 2018 projections

568 public assets expected to be privatized to counter compensation fee

Transport of goods in decline for May

1.4m foreigners visited Albania in the first five months of 2018

Tirana, the most expensive city in the whole Balkans region: Mercer’s survey

Brussels launches Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans

FT opinion piece: The EU must protect, not discard, Albania’s reforms

Number of yachts entering Albania soars by 30% in 2018

TAP, Statkraft dominate FDI in Q1 2018

New BoA payment system expected to reduce transfer costs

Number of restaurants and bars declines by 4.8%

Hungary’s Orban states EU should open accession talks with Albania

Zagoria Park granted protected area status

Damage to exports from euro depreciation compensated by volume growth

“$ 1billion” project is expected to involve companies through PPPs

4, 5 star hotels will increase salaries, employment: PM Rama to tour operators

Retail sales report modest growth in Q1 2018