These last couple of weeks my close friend and business partner has been traveling around the Balkans for a project he is working on. Yesterday, while chatting he conveyed to me some of the difficulties of traveling back to Albania, which he writes more about in his personal blog over at Dairy of Tirana.
May be [...]

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In the last couple of weeks I’ve had to travel to two different countries for work related activities. I love traveling, but at the same time it does take some preparation each time I do, which is fine but what continues to be a major issue is the visa process.
More recently I traveled to Croatia [...]

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The Albanian public and the mass media were recently shaken by the sudden and quite sad death of the president of the largest media in the country, Dritan Hoxha (Top Media). Most of you probably know already about this event and may have been able to follow it through the different media sources. However, with [...]

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Corruption continues to be a major issue facing all levels of the Albanian society. A recent corruption survey report by the Institute for Development Research & Alternatives (IDRA) reported a 13% increase in the corruption index perception for 2008, compared to last year figures by the same institute.
According to the U.S.A. Ambassador in Albania, John [...]

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I went and checked it out myself. The news was true. The website for the Albanian Council of Ministers had another copy on the internet. The main difference was the domain name ending: from .al to .org
The original website: www.keshilliministrave.al and the supposed copy at: www.keshilliministrave.org
The official website even had a Press Release denouncing the [...]

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Albanian media report on international market developments, especially those affecting the price of oil. The fact is that Albanians have and regularly are affected but the ups and sometimes downs of the oil prices, especially as gas gets ever more expensive to buy.
Meanwhile, experts report another difficult year for Albania where the price of food, [...]

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In a recent article (before the NATO invitation, which was extended yesterday) the Financial Times had the following to say about Albania and its improving prospects for the future: “These are momentous days for Albania. Two separate events – Kosovo’s declaration of independence and … the invitation to join the NATO alliance – offer one [...]

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