Tax Policy Cannot Be Replaced by Political Communication The public interest requires more than announcements of tax measures. Businesses and civil society experts call for transparency regarding the reasons behind decisions, the calculation of costs, consultation with affected groups, and accountability...
A comparative analysis by ALTAX on personal income tax, social security contributions, and the fiscal burden on self-employed professionals in the Western Balkans, 2026. ALTAX presents a summary from its publication on the taxation of freelancers, offering a comparative analysis...
On 12 October 2026, Albania launched the Price Observatory, a platform designed to provide consumers with comparable information on the prices of essential products. According to the methodology published on the platform, monitoring covers five retail chains, 155 sales...
Albania confronts the Productivity test: From economic growth to quality development The World Bank report Europe and Central Asia Economic Update: Making AI Work: Jobs, Firms, and Productivity, published on 6 October 2026, places Albania’s economic development in a broader...
Pensions should be measured by the standard of living they make possible, not only by the amount they promise The target of a full urban pension of ALL 40,000 in 2030 is presented as a step towards improving pensioners’ incomes. However,...
The debate on pension reform in Albania has focused on the announced targets for 2030: ALL 40,000 per month for a full urban pension, ALL 22,000 for a partial urban pension, and ALL 18,000 for the average rural pension. According...
From nominal growth to real purchasing power, the cost for the working generation, and the problem the new figure does not solve. In Albania, the pension debate has increasingly focused on a government-set target for the average full urban pension to...
Recent developments in China–Central and Eastern Europe logistical cooperation, clearly reflected in the China–CEE Logistics Cooperation Conference held in Beijing in September 2026, make it even more important to understand where Albania will position itself on the new map of...
The publication by INSTAT of the Household Budget Survey for 2025 provides a new reference point for understanding not only how much Albanian households spend, but also how that spending is structured, how exposed households remain to essential living...
Albania’s construction sector has entered a phase in which the scale of economic activity and the structure of its financing are becoming equally important as the volume of construction itself. Data from the Bank of Albania show a clear increase in...
