11 Feb
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Personal, Social Issues
Today I got a SMS on my cell saying:
Congratulations, your cell phone has won 500,000 paunds in the onging Nokia UK prom. For claims Email: coordinatior.nokiaprom@live.com or call +447024038551
Well, being acquainted with different scam schemes I went directly online and searched for “Nokia UK Promotion Scam” to immediately find out that this was another old [...]
If you have not heard about this story yet, then I’d encourage you to read more about it and follow it up. Original story appeared first on Balkan Insight: Investigation: Son’s Search For Father Uncovers Albanian Mass Grave – by Gjergj Erebara
Excerpt:
“Years after the collapse of the Stalinist regime, many families of Albanians executed by [...]
17 Dec
Posted by Elvis as Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Social Issues, Traveling & Leisure
In the past few weeks I’ve had a couple of people write to me to ask about the costs of living in Albania. While, I am not the expert in this case I did a little bit of research to put together some information on the living costs for a single person living in Tirana. [...]
05 Nov
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Albanian Blogger, Citizenship, Entertainment & Media, Politics, Social Issues
I was appalled when I learned about the beating of a well known journalist in Tirana by a well known businessman with ties to the current government. The incident was condemned by all major public and international institutions in the country. For more info I’ll just post the text of the article published by BalkanInsight.
A [...]
16 Oct
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Politics, Social Issues
As I do every morning, even today I was roaming around the net to some of my preferred sites when I stumbled upon this post by Seth Godin, who is well known marketer. Anyway, the topic of his blog post was “the problem with cable news thinking”. In his post he goes on to give [...]
14 Oct
Posted by Elvis as Citizenship, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Public Health, Social Issues, Young People
Well, though that is not true for me, it can be so if you hang around Tirana’s pubs and bars, especially around the Block area at night time.
Elevated levels of music noise and smoke-filled rooms are an all-year-round problem which gets worse in the colder seasons of the year.
Meanwhile, music noise levels are a [...]
20 Jun
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Enviroment & Nature, Internet Related, Pictures & Video, Social Issues, Traveling & Leisure
I found this great presentational video for Albania. It is only 7:49 seconds long and it does a pretty good summary of the most important facts about anyone being introduced for the first time to Albania. However, it is also very good to have just for reference purposes.
Great Presentational Video for Albania
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