The Albanian economy is currently in a phase that at first glance can be interpreted as growth, development, and modernization. Macroeconomic indicators report an expansion of Gross Domestic Product, an increase in investments, a boom in the construction sector, and...
The question of how to achieve export with the “Made in Albania” brand is not simply a marketing issue, but a national economic development strategy. It is about moving from an unidentified, valueless and reputationless export, towards a model where...
At the beginning of 2026, the euro has fallen to historically low levels against the lek (96.5–96.7 lek), producing a contradictory situation for the Albanian economy, where on the one hand macroeconomic stability and low inflation are presented at the...
The current situation of Albanian exporters is not simply a financial or technical issue, but a structural problem of the economic model itself. In a context where the euro has significantly depreciated against the lek, the Albanian exporter finds itself...
Deposits in banks (in Lek) at the end of 2025 reached 710.6 billion Lek. In fact, given the part where most citizens in the country have low incomes, this increasing level seems like a contradiction. But the reason is...
In every functional economy, the state is not measured by how many people it employs, but by how much real value it creates for society with the resources it consumes. In Albania, the public administration has become one of the largest...
The data on real growth and sectoral contribution for the period 2022–2028, according to the Economic Reform Program (ERP) 2026–2028 (in Albanian), show that the Albanian economy, after maintaining a relatively stable growth rate of around 4% per year,...
In Tirana and the country’s major cities, the real estate market is entering a new phase, where apartment prices continue to rise while the real return from rent is gradually declining. This change is a strong economic signal, as it...
The economic model “Albania 2.0” is not a set of technical reforms nor one development strategy among many alternatives. It represents a paradigm shift in how development itself is understood: from growth as an end in itself to sustainability as...
At the beginning of 2026, Albania enters a critical phase of economic development, where the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to reach around 3.6% according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a growth driven mainly by tourism,...
