Living in a dirty city!
Generally I try not to park my car outside on the street. Thankfully we have an underground garage, which is quite handy considering the maxed out number of cars driving and parking everywhere on the streets of Tirana. However, this past week, I decided to leave the car parked outside for a quick movement in [...]
Tirana, the unbearable city in the summer!
Tirana in the heat of summer is unbearable. Anyone living here can testify to the fact that when it gets hot it is made worst due to the humidity in the air. For me, it gets even more frustrating when you have to walk or travel around the city. Cars are everywhere, zooming by on [...]
Sorry, I can’t hear you, I’m deaf and I stink – of smoke!
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 [...]
Anarchist Group Issues Declaration
Lately, the news came out about an anarchist Albanian group called the Social Resistance Front, whose aim, as I understand it, is to warn top politicians and administration officials that if they continue doing “evil”, they might themselves be targeted with violence or even death.
Well known surgeon arrested in Tirana
Recently one of the most experienced and well known oncology surgeons in Tirana’s main hospital “Mother Teresa” was arrested on bribery charges. The surgeon’s arrest was treated as a high profile case by the media, and rightly so. The police cuffed him in public as he was coming out of a restaurant near his job. [...]
Tirana – Two Days Without Water
Most of the city of Tirana will be without water for two entire days in the coming week. The water utility company of Tirana will be repairing the main water supply pipe (the Bovilla pipe) so that all those sections of the city that are furnished by it will be left without water. My guess [...]
Looks Like the Anti-smoking Law is About to Fail in Albania!
I’m not a smoker and honestly I hate it. That is why when the government through the Ministry of Health announced that it would enforce the anti-smoking law, I was very enthused as it would finally allow me and my friends to spend more time in closed bars where otherwise it would get unbearable after [...]
What will happen economically with Albania in 2013?
This past weekend I meet with a close friend of mine to talk about stuff. It started out as a casual chat over a cool beer, but it got serious once we started considering how the country would fare economically this upcoming elections year. He was reasonably concerned over the economic stability of the country [...]