Youth and drugs in Tirana’s high-schools
High school is either a time period in our lives that we have forgotten because there was not much of value to remember about it or just a vague collection of memories for which there is now diminishing reasons to cherish as just childhood stuff. But then, we tend not to give up all of [...]
Corruption: 1 in 3 pays a bribe for public services
Albania is currently considered as the most corrupt country in Europe. Though this does not make the news much – a recent study produced by INSTAT (The National Institute of Statistics) with the support of the EU, based on individual interviews of some 5.700 citizens from all over the country, reported that 1 in 3 [...]
Reflections of a young entrepreneur
Recognizing that you are an entrepreneur at the core can be both relieving and scary at the same time. I know this because it is exactly how I have been feeling for the past one year. The desire to start doing my own thing has been with me for several years, but until you take [...]
Albania’s local elections, people glued at their TV!
If you’ve been wondering what Albanians have been doing since the May 8 local elections, this picture tells it all. People have been glued to their TV sets and continue to follow the prolonged counting procedures. It seems as though all else has been forgotten!
A response to the current political tsunami affecting us all
In the past several weeks I’ve been intentionally staying away from TV, and have done less reading of newspapers. Though this has been partly imposed due to work load and school work, the intention has been fueled also by the inundation of news coverage about the impending local elections in Albania.
Personal Notes on an Almost Typical Saturday in Tirana
It’s only 10:50 AM and I’ve been up since 9. Most people do get up earlier on Saturdays but when I can I prefer to sleep in a little later, especially if I’ve been up almost till 3:00 AM that same day (which is the case on many a day). Nevertheless, despite the few hours [...]
Albania: CEZ Distribution receives 3,000 complaints, plus one
“CEZ Distribution, which operates Albania’s power distribution network, receives about 3,000 complaints every month from its customers for overcharged bills or bad energy supply, company head Jozef Hejsek told a news source recently. Well, for this month at least, that number should be something like 3,000 plus 1 complaint which I filed, after three months [...]
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