Albania

According to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Albanian citizens believe corruption is the second most pressing issue in the country after endemic unemployment.... 2012-01-30

Albania's relatively low level of trade and financial integration with Western Europe will not protect its economy from the marked deterioration that has occurred in eurozone macroeconomic... 2011-12-22

Leka Zogu, the son of King Zog I (who ruled Albania from 1928 to 1939), died at the age of 72 on November 30, further diminishing the already remote prospect of a return to monarchy... 2011-12-22

The Bank of Albania's November 30 interest rate cut, which takes the monetary authority's policy rate to 4.75%, came sooner than we had anticipated - we had forecast rates to remain... 2011-12-22

In an encouraging development for Albania's political landscape the government and the opposition agreed to cooperate on electoral reform on November 17. The socialist opposition, led... 2011-11-21

Albania's relatively low level of trade and financial integration with Western Europe will not protect its economy from the marked deterioration that has occurred in eurozone macroeconomic... 2011-11-21

Consumer price inflation in Albania continues to drift lower, coming in at 3.6% y-o-y in July from 3.9% in the month prior. We view the 4.5% print observed in February as a cyclical... 2011-10-25