Seven questions This column attempts to answer seven key questions about the oil price decline: What are the respective roles of demand and supply factors? How persistent is the supply shift likely to be? What are the effects likely to be on the glob...
The recent expansion of US shale oil production has captured the imagination of policymakers and industry analysts. It has fuelled visions of the US becoming independent of oil imports, of cheap US gasoline, of a rebirth of US manufacturing, and of n...
The failure of markets to price carbon emissions appropriately leads to excessive fuel use and induces global warming. This column suggests a new, back-of-the-envelope rule for calculating the global carbon price. The authors find that fighting globa...
IRN is pleased to introduce the inaugural Albania Oil, Gas & Energy 2015 Summit, 17-18 March 2015 Sheraton Tirana Hotel Taking place in Tirana, Albania, organised in collaboration with and under the Official Auspices of the Ministry of Energy...
A hydropower plant, which the Austrian company ENSO is building in the Lengarica River in southern Albania with financing by the IFC, threatens to ruin a famous canyon, BIRN can reveal. The heavy-duty trucks and earth-moving machinery working to cons...
These proceedings cover all the presentations from the two day event which was guided by a team of industry gurus, bringing you a broad range of highly topical papers that addressed all of the different aspects to do with the latest developments and...
Infrastructure & Utilities Its location at the center of a natural crossroad of the main transport corridors across Europe, places Albania in a strategic geographic position. With the completion of Corridor VIII, the expected implementation of t...
Property Market Overview In the last few years, Albania has made clear progress in a number of areas needed to allow the smooth running of real estate finance and real estate transactions. The promising potential of this market is primarily based on...
Albania offers not only a highly skilled labour force but also one of the lowest labour costs in the region. Labor relations between employee and employer are regulated by individual employment contracts pursuant to the Labor Code of the Republic of...
Trade and Free Trade Agreements Foreign Trade Regulations Albania applies a liberal trade regime while its foreign trade has been liberalized since 1990 and follows the guidelines set by the European Union and World Trade Organization. Albania has be...
THE ALBANIAN CUSTOMS SYSTEM Customs legislation and administration The General Directorate of Customs (GDC) is the institution responsible for the management of customs in the Republic of Albania. The GD Customs is under the Ministry of Finance and...
Taxes in Albania Favorable Tax and Customs System With the adoption of the new 2014 fiscal package Law no. 179/2013 on the 28th December 2013 the government has taken a number of initiatives such as: • NO VAT on machinery worth over 500,000 dollars t...
COMPANY REGISTRATION AND BUSINESS LICENSING Two major initiatives taken by the Government of Albania which aim to improve the business climate are the establishment of the National Business Registration Center (NRC) and of National Licensing Center (...
This is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. Maps the emerging field of global energy policy both for scholars and practitioners; the focu...
Programme Highlights Following the success of our 2013 event which attracted over 200 attendees from over 25 countries, our 7th Annual Balkan Energy Finance Forum (BEFF 2014, Tirana) will again unite key players from across the energy industry, both...
