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 [...]
Tirana Jazz Radio online
Who said Albanians don’t have class and a taste for fine things!! For me, the Tirana Jazz Radio is a fine proof of just that fact. I was so enthused to find out about this little known online radio, which broadcasts such music all day long. It is great for listening to while working in [...]
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 [...]
Estimating the Costs of Living in Tirana, Albania
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. [...]
Albanian Journalists Protest Attack on Colleague, report by BalkanInsight
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. [...]
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 [...]
Earthquake shakes Tirana at 11:50 PM
The night of Sunday, September 06, 2009 at exactly 11:50 PM an earthquake shook the buildings in Tirana. It was not strong enough to destroy anything, but it could definitively be felt on the 4th floor of the apartment building where I live. To me this was my first experience aware during an earthquake. The [...]
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