It looks as if the little as if the little known Balkan nation of Albania is set to be one of the top travel destinations of the 2012. Last year the country was named “Best in Travel for 2011? by the well-respected Lonely Planet guides, while London’s Financial Times named it as one of the most intriguing prospects for emerging travel. Albania has already been named by MSN Travel as being one... 

Originally published in the Guardian on 11 January 1967: Harold Jackson on the BBC World Service Once again the strains of the Albanian national anthem rang across the deep reaches of Studio S.10 last night. It was just on 5.30 p.m. It has to be that time because the Albanian power supply tends to go on the blink just after 6 p.m. and broadcasters who want to get their message across only have the... 

Widespread investment is transforming the resource-rich Balkan country into an energy hub Having achieved strong economic growth in recent years on the back of a services and construction boom, Albania celebrates its 100th anniversary as an independent country with immense motivation to fulfill its extraordinary potential. With foreign direct investment (FDI) having tripled between 2006 and 2010,... 

The largest port in Albania, Durrs Port plays a key role in the development of Albania and the region. Around 90 percent of the Albanian’s maritime transport passes through the 80-hectare port every year, and it is growing at a yearly average of 5-6 percent. Within the last five years, Durrs Port has gained in stability and undergone many important legal and structural transformations. Having... 

Tucked under a child’s blanket on the sofa, little Luljeta* is fast asleep. She is wearing a pair of pyjamas and a little hat. She looks like any child who is tired after a day of running around. But the drips and medicines around her tell a different story, and Luljeta is wearing a hat because she has no hair. Luljeta has terminal Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells. The chemotherapy... 

ABOVE: Ardian Hoxha, Remzi Hoxha's eldest son (of 5 children) "He is the person that physically took my father from his workplace and later tortured him and made my father die from his torture and finally made his body disappear" THE family of a man feared killed by an Albanian spy chief last night pleaded with him: “Tell us where our dad’s body is.” We told last week how suspected... 

Emergency workers said at least six HGVs were involved in the crash. Seven people have been killed and 51 injured in a 34-vehicle pile-up on the M5 in Somerset, police have confirmed. Officers said Friday night’s crash, which happened close to junction 25 northbound at about 20:30 GMT, led to a “massive fireball” at the scene. The cause of the crash is not clear but the road was... 

Standoff between police and locals threaten the uneasy peace in north of the volatile Balkan state By: Maryrose Fison Acrowd stands on tiptoes trying to peer over a 6ft wall of rubble. On the other side, a green tent balances on uneven tarmac. The Serbian tricolour of red, blue and white flutters in the air.   Inside the tent, middle-aged men watch news images of a violent confrontation between soldiers... 

“Albania is in Europe and our nation is just becoming again a European nation,” renowned writer Ismail Kadare, a leading figure in Albanian literature and cultural life for more than four decades, said at a meeting as part of the “Two Languages-One Book” project held in the venues of “Luigj Gurakuqi” University in Shkoder on Friday. According to Kadare, “Europe is a big orchestra... 

Alliance’s Move Against Serbian Border Actions Comes as U.S., Europe Press Belgrade to Improve Ties NATO soldiers moved to dismantle Serb roadblocks in northern Kosovo on Thursday as the alliance flexed its muscles to back efforts by the central government of this fledgling Balkan state to exert control over a renegade region. Serbs—who reject Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence... 

Eliza Dushku the Albanian Actor in Hollywood   By: Eliza Dushku Having the opportunity to travel the world through out my life, I’ve been to a number of wonderfully exciting places. After visiting 15 unique cities on my most recent trip to Albania (and acquiring dual-citizenship), I wanted to share my experience with Lonely Planet’s #1 Travel Destination of 2011.   I’m an... 

A little-known motorway project in the Western Balkans interior is about to have a significant impact on the development of Albania’s coastline. Representing the region’s largest infrastructure project in recent years, South Eastern Europe is set to see huge economic benefits now the first section of the 120km Morine to Merdare motorway connecting central Kosovo with Albania and the Adriatic... 

Find the Original article on here: click here  Last Wednesday October 05, 2011, we lost an icon, one of the biggest geniuses of our times, Steve Jobs. Jobs was not only an icon, he was an idol, an eternal source of inspiration, a master. From Apple fan boys and girls to those who insisted in going against his ideas, Jobs was really admired from most of us. People who would wait anxiously to see his... 

RIM acknowledges ongoing email and messaging problem for customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Tens of millions of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been unable to receive or send emails and messages through their phones, following an outage at the server systems of parent company Research In Motion (RIM) in Slough, Berkshire. The outage, which occurred at about... 

Ramiz Alia, an Enforcer for a Dictator and Later Ruler of Albania, Dies at 85   Ramiz Alia, a cult-of-personality enforcer who succeeded Albania’s Communist dictator Enver Hoxha after his death in 1985 and presided over halting and often chaotic moves toward democracy before his own downfall in 1992, died Friday. He was 85. His death was announced by a spokeswoman for Albania’s president,... 

By: Bejtullah Destani May 21st, 1914 Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha A.Kolonia section 1.            The Moslem village of Qinam with 55 houses was burned May first. Only 8 houses remained out of the whole village. The following old people were massacred and mutilated in their homes, Mr. Zulfo Murat, 60 years old. The niece of Zulfo Murat, 21 years old, outraged, her... 

When Robert Ernest Hall and Alvin Rabushka published the book The Flat Taxin 1985, they didn’t have much historical evidence to go on. Only Jersey, Hong Kong and Guernsey had identifiable flat tax systems, plus a few other places like Singapore with similar tax regimes. They were riding on the political wave of Reagan’s tax cuts. It was “Morning in America,” to borrow a phrase from the 1984... 

The Albanian 5 star resort, Lalzit Bay Resort & Spa, was named ‘Project of the Year 2011 at this year’s awards ceremony for the RealEX International Real Estate and Construction Conference in Tirana. The award was accepted by Ravin Maharajah, a partner in the development who said: “We are thrilled to be honoured in this way. We’ve spent a long time developing the final master plan with... 

  By SETH KUGEL Just past the tiny village of Ilias, on the two-lane highway that weaves through the Ceraunian Mountains, a sign pointing down a narrow road indicated a monastery about two kilometers on.                “Why not?” I thought, putting on the turn signal of my rental car. I had no agenda other than to seek out adventure along the very affordable 80-mile stretch of beaches... 

  By ANN ELSDON Expect the unexpected in this mountainous Adriatic country whose citizens weren’t allowed to own cars until 1991 A wriggling snake tossed into our path by a scary-looking guy sipping Turkish coffee with his cronies at a sidewalk caf stopped me in my tracks. Everyone stared to see what would happen next. But when he suddenly picked the snake up, stroked it and grinned, I realized... 

  by: Noel Malcolm   When Aubrey Herbert visited the southern Albanian city of Vlora in September 1913, a crowd gathered in front of his lodgings and cried, ‘Oh Paladin of Liberty, blest of our grandchildren!’ He was clearly very touched by this; later, after his return to England, he wrote in a letter to his brother that ‘the Albanians say their grandchildren shall bless my name’. ... 

International cruising giant P&O has added the Albanian resort area of Durres to its ports of call in 2011, in a move which is sure to see agents and developers receive a shot in the arm for property sales. Albania, named as the top new tourist pick by travel bible Lonely Planet, has already been receiving a considerable pick-up in interest from property buyers. The latest news that Durres is...