Albania
Albania, one of Europe's smallest countries, is situated in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. It has a 360-km (225-mi.) coastline on the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea and is bounded on the north by Yugoslavia, on the east by Macedonia, and on the southeast by Greece. The Albanians' name for their country, Shqip‘ri, which means "eagles' land," aptly suggests Albania's isolated, rugged terrain and its strongly independent people. The nation had a Communist government from 1944 to 1992. Albania is a predominantly mountainous country.
Kosova, Albania, Macedonia – or the Scenario of a Generalized Balkan War
The only reason for a generalized war to explode now in the Balkans is evolving around Macedonia.
Albania, Kosova, Macedonia: the Triple Alliance for Balkan Stability
Prishtina’s Balkan policy must evolve around the Triple Alliance: Macedonia, Albania and Kosova.
160 Feared Dead in Albania Explosion
Series of large explosions at army base on the outskirts of Tirana
Kosovars and other Albanians - Why Great Albania is a Myth
The Myth of Great (or Greater) Albania is the belief that people of Albanian extract, wherever they may be, regard their domicile as part of a Great Albania and undertake all efforts necessary to secure such an outcome.
Albanian Celebrations Leave Serbs Defiant
Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
Albania in Nuclear Export Scheme
In a proposal that has alarmed neighboring Greece but elicited interest from Italy, Albania is proposing to host nuclear plants that would supply electricity across the Adriatic by way of an underwater cable.
Hope and Fear As Europe's Poorest Region Awaits Birth of a New Country
Albanian majority hopes UN-backed blueprint will bring prosperity, but a Serb exodus is under way.
Five Jailed Over Sex Trafficking
Five Albanian men who made a £2m fortune from trafficking young women into a prostitution ring were today jailed for a total of 63 years.
Albanian Hell for Family the Uk Rejected
Asylum-seekers deported after five years return to find their home in ruins and their girls prey for sex traffickers.
Albanian Beats Literary Titans to First International Booker Prize
It read like a rollcall of modern literature's titans and anyone scanning the shortlist for the inaugural Man Booker International prize could have been forgiven for missing the giant of Albanian letters nestling among them.
Partisan War at Albania's Paradise Bay
Club Med plan to build resort angers villagers.
Alarm at Outpouring of Ethnic Hatred
Nato shores up presence after ethnic Albanian attacks on Serb minority bring worst crisis since end of 1999 war.
Hunt After Albanian Boat Disaster
Albania has called a day of national mourning today for more than 20 people who died at the weekend trying to cross the Adriatic to Italy. The tragedy indicated the revival of the trade in illegal migrants, which the government in Tirana had claimed to have smashed, and suggested that the...
Regeneration Man
Tirana's 'pop-star mayor' has cheered up Albanians by giving their capital a facelift, writes Sophie Arie.
'I Gave Away Son So He Could Escape Squalor'
Albanian mother denies selling her child to couple. At the end of a potholed dirt track in an impoverished Albanian port town stands a concrete hut with a small TV antenna fixed to the roof.
Pensioners 'bought' Child Traded for Tv Set
Trafficked boy found after 3 years. A pensioner and his wife were being questioned by detectives last night for allegedly buying an Albanian boy whose father had traded him for a colour TV set.
Blood Feuds Trap Albania in the Past
Thousands forced to take refuge as medieval code targets fathers and sons.
Albania Bids to Boost Tourism
The Albanian government has launched a radical drive to attract a thriving international tourist trade by bulldozing hundreds of kiosks, shops and hotels along the best sandy beaches in the country. All the buildings were illegally erected and are without proper water and sewage...
The Albanian Asylum
Albania, often accused in the past of harboring unemployed mujaheedin and al-Qaida cells, has offered to contribute 70-75 fighters to Bush's anti-Iraqi "coalition of the willing". Earlier this month, it co-signed the US-Adriatic Charter, enshrining closer cooperation with America, Croatia and Macedonia.
Macedonia's Augean Stables
Macedonia's post-electoral euphoria faded into arduous coalition-building negotiations replete with arm-twisting by the worried representatives of the "international community". Albanian and Macedonian youth clashed in a chilling reminder of the country's inter-ethnic fragility.
Macedonian rebel leader tipped to win cabinet job
A year on from the conflict that brought Macedonia to the verge of civil war, the ethnic Albanian guerrilla leader behind the fighting is expecting to join the country's next government.
Milosevic's Army 'shot Baby in Village Massacre'
Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial heard a Yugoslav soldier describe yesterday how he took part in the massacre of a group of Kosovan Albanian civilians which included a baby who "screamed unbelievably loudly" after being shot. In one of the most harrowing accounts given to the Hague...
Series of large explosions at army base on the outskirts of Tirana
Kosovars and other Albanians - Why Great Albania is a Myth
The Myth of Great (or Greater) Albania is the belief that people of Albanian extract, wherever they may be, regard their domicile as part of a Great Albania and undertake all efforts necessary to secure such an outcome.
Albanian Celebrations Leave Serbs Defiant
Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
Albania in Nuclear Export Scheme
In a proposal that has alarmed neighboring Greece but elicited interest from Italy, Albania is proposing to host nuclear plants that would supply electricity across the Adriatic by way of an underwater cable.
Hope and Fear As Europe's Poorest Region Awaits Birth of a New Country
Albanian majority hopes UN-backed blueprint will bring prosperity, but a Serb exodus is under way.
Five Jailed Over Sex Trafficking
Five Albanian men who made a £2m fortune from trafficking young women into a prostitution ring were today jailed for a total of 63 years.
Albanian Hell for Family the Uk Rejected
Asylum-seekers deported after five years return to find their home in ruins and their girls prey for sex traffickers.
Albanian Beats Literary Titans to First International Booker Prize
It read like a rollcall of modern literature's titans and anyone scanning the shortlist for the inaugural Man Booker International prize could have been forgiven for missing the giant of Albanian letters nestling among them.
Partisan War at Albania's Paradise Bay
Club Med plan to build resort angers villagers.
Alarm at Outpouring of Ethnic Hatred
Nato shores up presence after ethnic Albanian attacks on Serb minority bring worst crisis since end of 1999 war.
Hunt After Albanian Boat Disaster
Albania has called a day of national mourning today for more than 20 people who died at the weekend trying to cross the Adriatic to Italy. The tragedy indicated the revival of the trade in illegal migrants, which the government in Tirana had claimed to have smashed, and suggested that the...
Regeneration Man
Tirana's 'pop-star mayor' has cheered up Albanians by giving their capital a facelift, writes Sophie Arie.
'I Gave Away Son So He Could Escape Squalor'
Albanian mother denies selling her child to couple. At the end of a potholed dirt track in an impoverished Albanian port town stands a concrete hut with a small TV antenna fixed to the roof.
Pensioners 'bought' Child Traded for Tv Set
Trafficked boy found after 3 years. A pensioner and his wife were being questioned by detectives last night for allegedly buying an Albanian boy whose father had traded him for a colour TV set.
Blood Feuds Trap Albania in the Past
Thousands forced to take refuge as medieval code targets fathers and sons.
Albania Bids to Boost Tourism
The Albanian government has launched a radical drive to attract a thriving international tourist trade by bulldozing hundreds of kiosks, shops and hotels along the best sandy beaches in the country. All the buildings were illegally erected and are without proper water and sewage...
The Albanian Asylum
Albania, often accused in the past of harboring unemployed mujaheedin and al-Qaida cells, has offered to contribute 70-75 fighters to Bush's anti-Iraqi "coalition of the willing". Earlier this month, it co-signed the US-Adriatic Charter, enshrining closer cooperation with America, Croatia and Macedonia.
Macedonia's Augean Stables
Macedonia's post-electoral euphoria faded into arduous coalition-building negotiations replete with arm-twisting by the worried representatives of the "international community". Albanian and Macedonian youth clashed in a chilling reminder of the country's inter-ethnic fragility.
Macedonian rebel leader tipped to win cabinet job
A year on from the conflict that brought Macedonia to the verge of civil war, the ethnic Albanian guerrilla leader behind the fighting is expecting to join the country's next government.
Milosevic's Army 'shot Baby in Village Massacre'
Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial heard a Yugoslav soldier describe yesterday how he took part in the massacre of a group of Kosovan Albanian civilians which included a baby who "screamed unbelievably loudly" after being shot. In one of the most harrowing accounts given to the Hague...