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  Albania - Search View - ninemsn Encarta
Albania responded to the wave of democratization that swept across Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s by cautiously easing restrictions on religion and foreign travel, legalizing opposition political parties, and broadening contacts with the West; diplomatic relations with the United States were resumed in March 1991 after a 51-year break.
Albania was approved as a member of the World Trade Organization in July 2000 after five years of negotiation, and in the local elections that autumn, the Socialist Party of Albania (PSS) won most seats, ending the domination of local councils by the opposition Democratic Party.
Albania’s political goal is to sign an association accord with the EU; however, in early 2004 the EU insisted that further progress with economic and political reform was required to move the process further forward.
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 Democratic Party of Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Party of Albania (Albanian: Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë) is a center-right political party in Albania.
It was instrumental in the ending of communist rule in Albania and was in power from 1992 until 1997, under the leadership of Sali Berisha and Aleksander Meksi.
In the July 2005 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party won 55 of the 140 seats and its allies won 18.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Albania   (207 words)

  
 Democratic Party of Armenia
Democratic Party of Armenia was created in 1991 to help and to support the Armenian people and to create a sovereign, democratic and economically developed state based on social justice and the rule of law.
Party Platform: The basic goal of the Democratic Party of Armenia is to create a sovereign, democratic and economically developed state based on social justice and the rule of law.
The economic policy of the Democratic party of Armenia is directed to ensure the stable development of the economy of the country and the well-being of its citizens.
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 A short history of Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Albania becomes a monarchy in 1914 and is renamed Albanian Principality.
Albania adheres to a strict Stalinist philosophy, eventually withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact in 1968, and even alienating its final remaining ally, China.
In 1990 the dictatorship collapses and the country is renamed Republic of Albania in 1991.
www.electionworld.org /history/albania.htm   (615 words)

  
 Albania (10/06)
Albania's territorial integrity was confirmed at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson dismissed a plan by the European powers to divide Albania among its neighbors.
Albania adhered to a strict Stalinist philosophy, eventually withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 and alienating its final remaining ally, China, in 1978.
Albania’s public debt reached 55% of GDP in 2005, and the growing trade deficit was estimated at 21.8% of GDP in 2005.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3235.htm   (3793 words)

  
 ALBANIA, BALKAN PENINSULA
In 1993 the country was governed by a coalition of the Democratic Party of Albania (DPA), the Social Democratic Party of Albania (SDP), the Albanian Republican Party (ARP), and independents.
Albania's relations with the Soviet bloc began to deteriorate in the mid- and late 1950s, when Hozha refused to go along with Moscow's policies of de-Stalinization, peaceful coexistence with capitalist countries, and rapprochement with Yugoslavia.
Albania in the 1980s and 1990s In December 1981 the government alleged that Premier Shehu had "committed suicide"; he was later denounced as a foreign agent, and his former supporters were purged.
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 Albania History | iExplore.com
Albania is one of Europe’s poorest countries and continues to face severe difficulties adjusting to the new Europe after decades of Stalinist isolation.
Albania is blessed with appreciable natural resources – it is one of the world’s largest producers of chromium and boasts reserves of copper, nickel, pyrites and coal.
Nonetheless, Albania has since received steady support from major foreign donors and it was admitted to the World Trade Organization in July 2000 – as much a valuable symbol of international recognition as a potential boost to the economy.
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 Albania (10/03)
Albania's territorial integrity was confirmed at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson dismissed a plan by the European powers to divide Albania amongst its neighbors.
Albania is one of the poorest countries in Europe, with an average per capita income of U.S. The official unemployment rate is 16%, and 30% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Albania was not invited to join NATO during the latest summit in November 2002, but continues to work with the international community to restructure its armed forces and strengthen democratic structures pursuant to its Membership Action Plan.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/a/33653.htm   (2685 words)

  
 Albania POLITICAL PARTIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Before the 1990s, the only political party was the Communist Party, which was founded in 1941 and has been known officially as the Workers Party (Partija e Punes) since 1948.
The Albanian Democratic Front was the party's major subsidiary organization; other subsidiary groups included the Union of Albanian Working Youth and the Women's Union of Albania.
The primary political parties include the Democrats (led by Sali Berisha), a Western-style conservative party; the Democratic Alliance, a breakaway group of Democrats still largely allied with them; the Socialists (led by Fatos Nano), composed largely of former Communist Party members; and the Social Democrats, a Western-style progressive party largely allied with the socialists.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Albania-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html   (222 words)

  
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In July, the Democratic Party of Albania cancelled private NEWS 24 TV's accreditation with the party and denied it access to the party's headquarters for allegedly providing biased reporting.
Albania had been invited to play in II World Cup 1934, but owing to organizing difficulties it didn’t take part.
Albania is one of founding members of UEFA in 1954: it took part for first time in European Championships in 1963, for edition 1964.
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 NAAC Commends the Democratic Party for Joining the Parliament; Urges All Politicians to Work Together in Country’s ...
This pattern has clearly been demonstrated during Albania’s not so past history, be that in 1996-1997 when the Socialist Party and its allies decided to boycott the parliament which was followed by the 1997 crisis, or more recent boycotts of the DPA which were followed by the deplorable Brussels incident.
Furthermore, considering the universal aspiration of the people of Albania for Euro-Atlantic integration and the recently faded prospects for the signing of the Association and Stabilization Agreement with the European Union, the Albanian parliament should prepare a joint strategy for Albania’s institutional and economic development to present before the EU institutions.
This incident and its implications belittled the image of Albania’s institutions, such as the Institution of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania, the Institution of the former President of Albania, the Institution of the former Prime Minister of Albania, as well as the institutions of the Albanian political majority and opposition.
www.naac.org /pr/2002/02-07-02.html   (1186 words)

  
 Democratic Party (Albania)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Democratic Party was founded in 1990 under the leadership of the economist Gramoz Pashko.
The elections of 1996 where once again won by the party, but the popular revolt due to the scandal on the financial pyramids that had ruined many Albanians forced the government to resign.
The elections that followed gave the victory to the Socialist Party and the DP became an opposition party.
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 Destruction in Albania
A leader of the Democrats, the economist Gramoz Pashko, said that the zero point theory must be carried through and that we must begin the work with a blank check that the West would write for us.
During the years in which the Democratic Party government has been in power, the former communists, the heroes of the people, the political opposition have been slandered, persecuted and imprisoned.
In these days through which Albania is suffering, there are emerging dangerous contradictions on the side of the state power, namely that the state power made decisions that conflict with Albanian reality, in which heroes are labelled as criminals and criminals as heroes.
www.mltranslations.org /Albania/destrtm.htm   (1306 words)

  
 Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) [2], 97-06-29
TIRANA, JUNE 29 (ATA) - The Albanian Democratic Party reports in its protest that today, at 14:00, Burhan Misiri, chairman of the polling station commission in the commune of Kurjan, district of Fier, was killed by fire weapons.
Mr Misiri was representative of DP and was killed by Pellumb Bako, brother of the deputy chairman of the election commission, representative of the Socialist Party.
In Shkoder, Northern Albania, a DP canididate is the former Parliament Speaker Arbnori, also in the north, in Kukes, SP candidates are the Organizational Secretary of this party, Dokle and the Defence Minister in the National Reconciliation Government Vukaj, who is a candidate in Malesi e Madhe.
www.hri.org /news/balkans/ata/1997/97-06-29_1.ata.html   (4392 words)

  
 Albania
While NATO expects Albania to act as a unified country, like it did during the Kosovo conflict, there is a new and potentially violent disagreement developing between ethnic-Albanian subgroups, which could easily spill into Kosovo.
Soon after, the party began rallying for the ruling Socialist Party to relinquish power in order to create a coalition government and plan for early elections.
Albania has become a major staging base for the 42,500 NATO troops deployed in Kosovo.
www.tpwmi.com /albania.html   (1004 words)

  
 Mario's Cyberspace Station: Albania and Kosova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bin Laden is believed to have established an Albanian operation in 1994 after telling the government he headed a wealthy Saudi humanitarian agency wanting to help Albania, the newspaper reported.
Albania and other countries of the region are the object of this program.
ALBANEWS is a mailing list dedicated to the distribution of news and information related to Albania, Kosova, the Albanian populated regions in FYR of Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as the Albanian diaspora world-wide.
mprofaca.cro.net /albania.html   (636 words)

  
 CNN.com - Albanian poll results 'manipulated' - October 3, 2000
But Democratic Party leader and former President Sali Berisha stopped short of saying it would not honour the result.
The former president said the Socialists were trying to forge the final tallyn to lower the proportion of the Democratic Party's victories.
Some 2.7 million people were entitled to vote in the polls, which the government and the opposition treated as a trial run for next year's general election.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/03/albania.polls   (333 words)

  
 Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 98-09-22
Declaring the reserves of DAP for the governing of the country, Pashko said that emergent for the situation Albania is passing is the establishment of law and order and not the changing of the government or the resignation of the Prime Minister, acts which, according to Pashko, would not help the process at all.
This decision was not approved by the chairman of the Christian Democratic Party Zef Bushati, whose party is member of this grouping.
According to the press and information department of the Democratic Party of Albania, the participants in the meeting decided to create the League against the dictatorship and demanded the CE Parliamentary Assembly to suspend the delegation of the Albanian government coalition led by the deputy parliament speaker, Namik Dokle.
www.hri.org /news/balkans/ata/1998/98-09-22.ata.html   (3467 words)

  
 ALBANIA: parliamentary elections Kuvendi Popullor, 1992
Besides the main opposition DPA, led by Dr. Sali Berisha, the previously ruling SPA was primarily challenged by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Republican Party (ARP), the last also having been a partner in the former governing coalition.
On a polling day monitored by foreign observers, DPA swept to victory in surprising fashion one year after the communist PLA had gained a similarly large triumph in the first multiparty elections.
Adding to its victory, DPA won all 11 seats at stake in the second round (29 March) and, together with the holdings of its allies, thus arrived at the all-important two-thirds majority in the Assembly.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2001_92.htm   (318 words)

  
 Albania - A Look at the Past   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Albanian resistance to the Turks was led by Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405-68), an Albanian who became an officer in the Turkish army.
Kosovo (known as Kosova in Albania), where many Albanians lived, was given to Serbia.
The People’s Republic of Albania was proclaimed in 1946.
www.cp-pc.ca /english/albania/alook.html   (433 words)

  
 AACL Publications
Letter of the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, Genc Pollo, sent to the Albanian American Civic League on the releasing of six top rank activists of the DP from the communist house arrest.
Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania
Your support for the Albanian National cause in generaly and for the independence of Kosova, which is undoubtedly, the best solution providing for democracy and stability in the region, has been a great help to the Albanians.
aacl.com /pollo2.html   (261 words)

  
 Albania Travel Tips - History of Albania
In the intervening five centuries, the country came under the influence of various Mediterranean powers, latterly the Serbs under Stefan Dusan, who took over in 1347.
However, yet more upheaval materialised when it was decided that the roles of Premier and Party Chairman should merge, and Nano was appointed this dual title.
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Opinion polls before the 2005 elections put two parties that have dominated Albanian politics since the collapse of Communism in 1991 neck and neck: the PSS, led by Prime Minister Fatos Nano, and the PDA of former President Sali Berisha.
The PSS is the legal successor of the Albanian Labor Party, which was the sole legal political party in Albania during the communist era between 1946 and 1991.
The Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) of former prime minister Ilir Meta, which split from the PSS in September 2004, offered voters an alternative, and was felt to be well placed to play a key role in the formation of a coalition government.
www.ipu.org /english/parline/reports/2001_E.htm   (704 words)

  
 Albania
(a) 1912-1914 "Prince" (imposed by the Great Powers) was only used only outside Albania, by other countries, or by Albania in diplomatic relations with the other countries.
Party abbreviations: PDS = Partia Demokratike të Shqipërisë (Democratic Party of Albania, conservative); PLL = Partia Lëvizjae Legalitetit (Movement of Legality Party, monarchist, est.
Jun 1916 French occupation of south eastern Albania.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Albania.htm   (2275 words)

  
 CSEEES - Albania
If you're looking for a comprehensive description of the history and current situation of Albania, then this government document is for you.
Created, it seems, by the Democratic Party of Albania, this page is also replete with basic facts about the country, as well as legal information and photos of Albanian refugee camps.
Basic facts on the languages of Albania, mostly of interest to linguists.
www.duke.edu /web/CSEEES/albania.html   (392 words)

  
 sites.html
The following is a link for brief info on the Balli Kombetar or National Front (nationalist party) in Albania (founded during WWII): http://users.belgacom.net/gc192975/albania.htm#bk On this link you can select different parties on the left hand side of the screen and their numbers in Parliament come up (with names).
The ENIC homepage in Albania gives a lot of useful information on higher education; including universities, admission requirements, etc. Information on specific universities is a bit harder to find since there are only 6 universities in Albania.
In this site the party claim that the country is at its lowest point ever and the government in power is doing little to provide hope that they will turn it around.
w3.ham.muohio.edu /~vascikgs/sites.html   (7653 words)

  
 New Democratic Party (Albania) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Democratic Party (in Albanian: Partia Demokrate e Re) is a political party in Albania.
In the parliamentary elections of 2005 PDR won four seats on the proportional list.
This page was last modified 14:03, 21 December 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Party_(Albania)   (99 words)

  
 KosovaLive
The chief of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Albania (PD), Bamir Topi said today that Albanian President, Alfred Moisiu must not postpone the election date, which he himself set on January 20, 2007.
Nexhat Daci says that he will not approve any wrong decision in the Parliament, even if it comes from his own political party
Disunity between Albania’s political parties over the local election date
www.kosovalive.com /?cid=2,2,42637   (246 words)

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