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18:30
Property
Social housing 2027: 4,000 home loans, half at 0% interest, and 3,000 subsidized rentals
Next year's program, according to the Agency for Media and Information, extends to young people, students, young couples, professionals and returning emigrants; Tirana Municipality names 1,500 new winners of soft loans.
14:20
Markets
Malaj: September inflation at 2.9%, below the European Union average
Finance Minister Petrit Malaj called the figure proof of the economy's stability and pointed to the Transparency Board, the excise cut and the “Price Chart” as tools to curb pressure on prices.
11:40
Markets
Yzeiraj: Fuel excise drops automatically when diesel tops 220 lek and gasoline 200 lek a liter
Deputy Finance Minister Endrit Yzeiraj presented Parliament's law committee with an emergency decree on excise duties, a temporary mechanism that he said cuts the consumer price by 9.45 lek a liter.
11:15
Business
Musabelliu: New consumer law brings rules for online trade and a right to repair
Deputy Minister of Economy and Innovation Enkelejd Musabelliu presented the European affairs committee with a bill that aligns 15 EU acts, alongside amendments to the law on traders and commercial companies.
10:50
Business
Environment Ministry drafts curbs on single-use plastic: obligations for bars, restaurants and hotels
The draft decision requires reusable alternatives from food service businesses from Feb. 12, 2028, acceptance of customers' own cups from 2029 and most restrictions from Jan. 1, 2030.