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  Albania - Gurupedia
Albania has been the site of several Greek colonies, and was later part of the Roman province of Illyricum.
Albania is one of Europe's poorest countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad.
Albania is aided financially from abroad, notably by Greece and Italy.
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 Albanian Islamic World
Illyrians are subordinated to the patriarchate of Constantinople by the Byzantine Emperor, Leo the Isaurian.
Demographics are ignored, however, and half of the territories inhabited by Albanian-Muslims (such as Kosova and Chameria) are divided among Christian neighbours of Montenegro, Serbia and Greece.
Albania is denied official representation at the Paris Peace Conference; British, French and Greek negotiators decide to divide Albania among Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia.
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 Ask Us A Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, with the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra, reaching up to 2,753 metres (9,032 ft).
Albania is one of the poorest European states, with a GDP per capita half that of Bulgaria and almost one tenth that of the United Kingdom.
Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, especially near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with tourists due to its relatively unspoiled nature and its beaches.
www.sanpablocaus.com /details/Albania   (3126 words)

  
 Albania Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
Albania, Albanian Shqipëria, republic (11,101 sq mi/28,752 sq km; 1989 population 3,182,417; 2004 estimated population 3,544,808), SE Europe, on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Serbia (Kosovo province) on the N, Macedonia on the E, and Greece on the S; (cap.) Tiranë.
Albania is rugged and mountainous, except for the fertile Adriatic coast.
After his death (1355), Albania was ruled by native chieftains until the Turks began their conquests in the 15th century In return for serving the Turks, a son of one of these chieftains received the title Skander Bey (Lord Alexander), which in Albanian became Skanderbeg.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Albania.html   (1661 words)

  
 Albania Resource Center - albania media
Under the Angiò, in the 13th century, the names "Albania" and "Albanenses" indicate the whole country and all the population, as it is demonstrated by the works of many ancient Albanian writers such as Budi, Blanco and Bogdano.
Albania is one of Europe's poorest countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and establishment albania a fifth said to be working abroad.
Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with foreign visitors due to its relatively unspoilt nature and good beaches.
www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_A_-_Ba-/Albania.html   (2227 words)

  
 Albania - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
It is bordered by Montenegro in the north, Serbia (Kosovo) in the north-east, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
Alternatively, Albania may derive from the same source as the name of the Alps, the etymology of which is uncertain.
Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra reaching up to 2,753 m.
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 Timeline Albania
Demographics were ignored, however, and half of the territories inhabited by Albanians (such as Kosova and Chameria) were divided among Montenegro, Serbia and Greece.
Albania, which borders on Greece and Yugoslavia, eventually broke with the Soviet Union and later China over ideological issues and by the time of the death of Hoxha in 1983 it had become one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world.
Albania condemned the Aug Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, subsequently Albania withdrew from the Warsaw Pact.
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 Albania
Under the Angevine rulers, in the 13th century, the names "Albania" and "Albanenses" indicated the whole country and all the population, as is demonstrated by the works of many ancient Albanian writers such as Budi, Blanco and Bogdano.
Albania became part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires before succumbing to a wave of invaders in the Middle Ages, losing most of its original population and finally becaming a part of the Ottoman Empire in 1478.
Albania after the communist regime was overthrown, as all the ex-communist countries, the country was left with an obsolete industrial base and a pattern of industrial capacity wholly unsuited to its needs.
creekin.net /n2-albania.html   (4146 words)

  
 Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Albania is the poorest country in Europe, with an estimated 1992 per capita GDP of under $400.
Albania's relations with her neighbors in the former Yugoslavia are therefore dominated by their treatment of 3 million or so ethnic Albanians, many of whom are denied full human rights.
Field research in both Albania and Kyrgyzstan shows that farmers are aware that access to both grazing land and farmland is essential for a successful transition towards sustainable, market-oriented agriculture, and that lack of progress on the former threatens their livelihood.
www.spatial.maine.edu /~onsrud/Landtenure/CountryReport/Albania.html   (6691 words)

  
 Durrës, Albania
The city was assigned to Albania in 1913 – somewhat controversially, as some Greeks argued for the annexation to Greece of what they called "Northern Epirus", including Durrës – and became the country's first national capital on March 7, 1913 under the brief rule of Prince William of Weid.
Following the collapse of communist rule in 1990, Durrës became the focus of mass emigrations from Albania with ships being hijacked in the harbour and sailed at gunpoint to Italy.
As in other parts of Albania, numerous concrete bunkers built under the old dictatorship are situated in and around Durrës.
www.creekin.net /c1088-n2-durr-s-albania.html   (1591 words)

  
 Agenda 21 - Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Soil erosion, deforestation, and pollution from fertilizers and pesticide runoff are notable throughout large portions of the countryside and are economically significant since approximately 75% of the country's land resources is devoted to two sectors, agriculture and forestry, which together account for 50% of GDP (1995).
Albania is the only European country with a positive population growth rate.
The opening of the country was associated with the free movement of people, and Albania began for the first time to experience the onset of AIDS in its population.
www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/albania/social.htm   (2634 words)

  
 Albanian Information - Albanian.com
Albania is located in the western part of the Balkan peninsula.
From the Strait of Otranto, Albania is less than 100 km (60 miles) from Italy.
Bridge at Mesi in the Mat region, northern Albania
www.albanian.com /main/countries/albania/index.html   (90 words)

  
 Top20Albania.com - Your Top20 Guide to Albania!
It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south, has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
We first learn of the ancestors of the modern Albanians in their native land as the Arbanites of Arbanon in Anna Comnena's account (Alexiad, IV) of the troubles in that region caused in the reign of her father Alexius I Comneus (1081-1118) by the Normans.
Albania is divided into 12 qark (county or prefecture), which are further divided into 36 rrethe (districts).
www.top20albania.com   (2153 words)

  
 Bin Laden, Iran, and the KLA
The general anarchy and upheaval in Albania over the past decade has made it an easy target for wealthy Islamic terrorists: weapons can be acquired with ease; high unemployment makes for high recruitment; and all assistance, whether economic, military or "humanitarian," is gladly accepted.
The consolidation of Iranian influence, in both legal and extralegal concerns, was expedited by Albania’s descent into anarchy in 1997 (during which, incidentally, mafia gangs and the nascent KLA robbed the Albanian military of much of its US-donated weaponry).
Albania "desperately needed aid, regardless of its origin," and crime, kidnapping and smuggling were rampant.
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Initially it was a purely geographical term, and referred to the mountainous regions of modern Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece.
The main ranges are the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia, the Šar massif which spreads from Albania to Republic of Macedonia and the Pindus range, spanning from southern Albania into central Greece.
Republic of Macedonia, Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia
koz.vianet.ca /jack1.htm   (2266 words)

  
 Untitled Document
n the last decade changes in Albania’s demographics have resulted in a full-scale development boom throughout the country, particularly in its cities, where shoddy communist-era housing in urban centers is being replaced with new apartment buildings.
The population in the capital city of Tirana has grown from 200,000 to over 600,000, as citizens who were formerly restricted as to where they could live have flocked there for economic opportunity.
In this period of great growth in Albania, it is significant that the government of Albania and private builders maintain open and clear lines of communication.
www.internationalspecialreports.com /europe/albania/acountryunder.html   (704 words)

  
 Albania 2002 LSMS (alb2002\alb02home.html)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The 2002 Albania Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) provides individual level and household level socio-economic data from 3,599 households drawn from urban and rural areas in Albania.
The sample was designed to be representative of Albania as a whole, Tirana, other urban/rural locations, and the three main agro-ecological areas (Coastal, Central, and Mountain).
Information collected at the individual level includes demographics, migration, education, health, fertility, labour, transfers and social assistance, and anthropometrics (for children under 6 years of age).
www.worldbank.org /lsms/country/alb2002/alb02home.html   (437 words)

  
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Albania, out of fear of assassination from bin Laden’s gang.
Albania is and has always been a very poor and backward country.
In 1967, Albania was declared the world’s first atheist state.
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 Albania - AOL Music
Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding...
Albania has played a largely helpful role in managing inter-ethnic tensions...
Download, listen and watch Albania music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
music.aol.com /artist/albania/15345/main   (150 words)

  
 Demographics of Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demographics of Albania, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
This articles is about the demographics of the People of Albania.
[edit] Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Albania   (241 words)

  
 Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Some historians believe Albanians to be the direct descendants of Illyrians.
Religious fanaticism has never been a problem, with people from different religious groups living in peace and even inter-marrying.
The summer season is usually slow, but there's a few things to see in the New York museums: Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557), March 23, 2004 - July 4, 2004, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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 Albania
For example, the official residence of the former dictator Enver Hoja (who in 1967 declared Atheism as Albania’s official religion) now serves as Grace Community Church of Tirana.
This would have been impossible if Christian lawyers had not provided input to Albania’s new Constitution and allowed to practice law.
Today the motto for Albania’s judiciary is, “Justice is truth in action,” penned by Benjamin Disraeli, Britain’s 19
www.advocatesinternational.org /pages/global/europe/albania.php   (360 words)

  
 InsideAlbania - country portal and web site directories for Albania
In 1990 Albania ended 44 years of xenophobic communist rule and established a multiparty democracy.
The transition has proven difficult as corrupt governments have tried to deal with severe unemployment, the collapse of a fraudulent nationwide investment scheme, widespread gangsterism, and massive refugee influxes from neighboring Kosovo.
Information covers topics like economy, government, demographics, geography and more.
www.insidealbania.com   (154 words)

  
 DHL: Corporate - Albania Service Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Addresses in Albania where you can leave a shipment for delivery.
The location of the office from where DHL activities in Albania are controlled.
Information that may be of interest to you when doing business with Albania
www.dhl.com /wrd/al.html   (46 words)

  
 CLINTON'S ROGUES GALLERY:
During the current rebellion against the Yugoslav army, the ethnic Albanians in the province, most of whom are Moslem, have been provided with financial and military support from Islamic countries.
They are being bolstered by hundreds of Iranian fighters, or Mujahedeen, who infiltrated from nearly Albania and call themselves the Kosovo Liberation Army." What we are seeing in Kosovo is an Islamic army that has been trained in Osama bin Laden's terrorists camps in Afghanistan.
When, in 1945, it became clear that this promise was not to be kept, the Yugoslav authorities were again faced with Albanian uprisings…..Until the 1960s the province was kept on a tight leash, but in 1974 it was granted full autonomy, which gave it almost the same rights as Yugoslavia's six republics.
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 AirNinja.com - Country Facts for Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Male Life Expectency for Albania 2000 - 2005
Female Life Expectency for Albania 2000 - 2005
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita of Albania 1999 - 2004
www.airninja.com /worldfacts/countries/Albania.htm   (50 words)

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