Finally, Albanian Joins NATO
Finally, Albania and Croatia are now a full-status members of NATO. The much awaited day has come and people can feel good about it. The invitations were issued by the U.S.A. president Barack Obama and were signed by the Albanian President Bamir Topi and the Croatian one – Stipe Mesic. However, as I write about [...]
Adjusting to a different pace !
Ever since my college days, I had plans about pursuing the next step in my education, but the direction and timing for that were never as clear as this year. Now, four years since I last finished university, a great opportunity arose for me to start my graduate studies in a school and program that [...]
Best Websites About Albania
The internet is now a well accredited source of information for all those who enter its doors. Moreover, even for people who live in, and especially outside, of Albania the amount and quality of information available about the country continues to grow exponentially. However, when people first start out searching for websites about Albania they [...]
Traveling Back to Albania
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 [...]
My Frustration with the Croatian Embassy
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 [...]
Dritan Hoxha, A Vision To Be Recognized
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 [...]
Corruption Needs An Answer !
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, [...]
Socialize
Recent Comments