Over a month ago I worked on building a website for Prof. Dr. Dhori Kule, who then was one of the running candidates for the position of Rector at the University of Albania. Last week the media (daily Shekulli or here, Vision Plus TV, reported the winners for all the universities in the country and [...]

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The New Year is quite a major celebration time for all Albanians everywhere. Families and friends come together to be with each other and many preparations are made especially for the dinner on the New Year’s Eve, which lasts for several hours into the New Year day.
The dinner celebration is often marked by large [...]

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Snow has become somewhat of a rare thing in Tirana. But today, it snowed!
The forecast was correct and for a couple of hours the whole city was laid with a thin white blanket of snow. It was truly enjoyable to walk out in the snow and watch it land on the glass of the windshield [...]

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When I first wrote about the fact that most of Tirana would be without water, one of the implications in my mind was the fact that merchants might increase the price of bottled water, but it would have never crossed my mind that both main maternity homes in Tirana would be suffering this as well. [...]

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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 is [...]

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Last week it happened on two occasions that as I was walking in the Block-u area, I noticed two large limo cars together with some other luxury cars roaming the streets nearby. At first it came as a surprise to see these huge cars and wonder how do they get around our narrow streets, but [...]

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I would like to give a special thanks to OurManInTirana.blogspot.com for these wonderful pictures of painted apartment - buildings in Tirana. The post is simply titled Washing – and you will understand why when you see the pictures.

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