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  Albania. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albania is on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Serbia and Montenegro on the north, Macedonia on the east, and Greece on the south.
Albania is rugged and mountainous, except for the fertile Adriatic coast.
Albania was liberated from the Axis invaders without the aid of the Red Army or of direct Soviet military assistance, and received most of its war matériel from the Anglo-American command in Italy.
www.bartleby.com /65/al/Albania.html   (2018 words)

  
 JURIST - Albania: Albanian Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
Albania's unicameral assembly (Kuvendi) consists of 140 seats, 100 of which are determined by direct popular vote.
The President is the head of state and elected by a three-fifths majority vote of all Assembly members.
The HCJ is comprised of 15 members--the President of the Republic, the Chairman of the High Court, the Minister of Justice, three members elected by the Assembly, and nine judges of all levels elected by the National Judicial Conference.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/albania.htm   (561 words)

  
 Albania
Albania is of the opinion that the future of Kosova, hence its final status, is an issue calling for decision to be made at a later stage, which should not be postponed indefinitely.
Albania supports the reform aimed at making of the United Nations an ever stronger organisation capable of coping with the challenges of the present times, thus providing timely solutions to issues that are of concern to all of its members.
President, to voice once again the commitment of Albania in living up to its obligations arising from the decisions to be taken also by the present Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
www.un.org /webcast/ga/58/statements/albaeng030925.htm   (1570 words)

  
 Presidenti i Republikes se Shqiperise
On September 1, 1928, Albania was proclaimed Monarchy and Ahmet Zogu the Monarch of Albanians.
After the occupation of Albania by Italy in April 1939, and the unification of the two countries, Victor Emanuel III became the King of Albania.
The end of the World War II and the liberation of Albania in 1944 were associated with the first parliamentary elections of December 1945 and with the transference of the function of the Head of State to a collegial body, like the Presidium of the Popular Assembly.
www.president.al /english/pub/presidentet.asp   (502 words)

  
 Political developments in Albania since 1989   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The recovery of Albania from the 1997 uprising and its consequences was disrupted by the growing atrocities happening in neighbouring Kosovo.
The relations between Albania and Greece continued to improve during 1998, and although another peak in the number of Albanians expelled from Greece was reached in July 1999, the relations between Albania and Greece were not damaged.
Albania was admitted as a member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995.
www.europeanforum.bot-consult.se /cup/albania/develop.htm   (2021 words)

  
 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   (2677 words)

  
 Albania (09/05)
Albania adhered to a strict Stalinist philosophy, eventually withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 and alienating its final remaining ally, China in 1978.
President Berisha resigned, and the Socialists elected Rexhep Meidani as President of the Republic.
Albania’s public debt reached 67% of GDP in 2002, and the growing trade deficit was estimated at 22% of GDP in 2002.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3235.htm   (3752 words)

  
 Albanian Information - Albanian.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
April 9, 1961, Suresnes, France), president of Albania from 1925 to 1928 and king from 1928 to 1939.
Though able to manipulate Albania's internal affairs to his own advantage, he came to depend heavily on Benito Mussolini's Italy and was eventually ousted by the Italian dictator on the eve of World War II.
He began a fateful association with Italy in 1925; a loan in that year was followed in 1926 by a treaty of friendship and security and in 1927 by a 20-year defensive military alliance between the two countries.
www.albanian.com /main/history/zog.html   (233 words)

  
 Director-General welcomes Mr Alfred Moisiu, President of Albania, at UNESCO for the inauguration of exhibition on ...
The Director-General expressed his satisfaction about UNESCO’s cooperation with Albania and the personal interest of President Moisiu in the Organization’s activities, referring in particular to his participation in the Ohrid Forum for Dialogue among Civilizations in August 2003 and the inauguration ceremony of the Old Bridge of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2004.
President Moisiu felt Albania to be a particularly appropriate venue for furthering the dialogue since it is the country in which three different religions coexist peacefully.
After the meeting, the President and the Director-General inaugurated an exhibition of Albanian cultural treasures from the Middle Ages to the present entitled “Colours and impressions of Albania: from icons to contemporary painting”.
portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=23197&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html   (377 words)

  
 Albania
The president and dictator Amet Zogu proclaimed himself king Zog I. Now the eagle in the flag is surmounted by Skanderbeg's helmet in gold, which served as the royal crown.
Albania was occupied by the Italians, officially it continued to be an independent kingdom under the Italian king Vittorio Emanuele III.
The flag of the President of Albania is a square version of the national flag.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/al.html   (1181 words)

  
 Albanian Information - Albanian.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 /information/countries/albania   (90 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Albania - Alias Pragmatism in Albania | Albanian Information Resource
AllRefer.com - Albania - Alias Pragmatism in Albania
During the 1960s and 1970s, Albania had refused all regional attempts to engage in multilateral cooperation, but Alia was determined to end Albania's isolation and return his country to the mainstream of world politics.
For Albania it was an opportunity to increase its prestige and boost its international image in the hopes of becoming a fullfledged member of the CSCE.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/albania/albania142.html   (1045 words)

  
 KFOR Online Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DCOM Major General Millotat and the President of Albania during the opening ceremony of KFOR's important supply road.
Albania is a beautiful but with tough mountainous terrain, known as the land of the eagles.
The very fact that the President turned out to the opening ceremony emphasizes the importance of this route as indication of the goodwill and cooperation, which is developing between the Albanian Government and KFOR.
www.nato.int /kfor/chronicle/2001/nr_011205.htm   (470 words)

  
 The Trans Balkan AMBO Pipeline, the President of Albania, and Kosovo [Free Republic]
The Trans Balkan AMBO Pipeline, the President of Albania, and Kosovo [Free Republic]
President Stoyanov visited the Georgian port of Potti where a railway terminal of the ferry link with Ilichovsk and Varna is under construction.
At the end of the meeting, President Meidani thanked for the message of President Clinton and begged the chairman of the delegation to convey to President Clinton the gratitude for the role of the United States in support of the democratic development of our country and the stability of the whole region.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3793a582649e.htm   (7760 words)

  
 [02 Feb 1998] : PRESIDENT OF ALBANIA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 3 FEBRUARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The President of Albania, Rexhep Mejdani, will visit Headquarters on Tuesday, 3 February, to meet with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
President Mejdani and his party will arrive at the Secretariat Entrance at 11 a.m., where he will be received by the Secretary-General.
The President, accompanied by the Secretary-General and escorted by the Chief of Protocol, Nadia Younes, will proceed by special elevator to the thirty-eighth floor and to the office of the Secretary-General.
www.un.org /news/press/docs/1998/19980202.NOTE5492.html   (152 words)

  
 Albania
Slightly larger than Maryland, Albania is composed of two major regions: a mountainous highland region (north, east, and south) constituting 70% of the land area, and a western coastal lowland region that contains nearly all of the country's agricultural land and is the most densely populated part of Albania.
Albania - Albania, Albanian Shqipëria or Shqipnija, officially Republic of Albania, republic (1995 est.
Albania: History - History Historic Albania The Albanians are reputedly descendants of Illyrian and Thracian tribes...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107268.html   (986 words)

  
 Albania president confronted by mob   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LUSHNJA, Albania (AP) - An attempt by Albania's president to rally support for his government, blamed for the nation's pyramid scheme crisis, ended in embarrassment Tuesday night when he mistook an angry crowd for well-wishers.
President Sali Berisha had just addressed Democratic Party supporters at a small theater in this western city when he walked out to find more than 1,000 people waiting for him.
The president rushed into his car, which had to drive through the crowd to get on the road to Tirana, the capital, 60 miles to the north.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/021997/albania.htm   (328 words)

  
 The Myth of Great Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kosovars crossing into Albania during the Hoxha regime were often jailed and tortured by its fearsome secret police.
Albania was created in 1912 (its borders finally settled in 1913) in response to Austro-Hungarian demands.
Albania, mired in the twin crises of economy and identity - had little mind or heart for Kosovo.
www.geocities.com /vaksam/pp30.html   (1055 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Understanding Albania -- April 13, 1999
The Serb incursion into Albania and the taking of the village, however briefly, is an escalation of their fight with the KLA.
Albania has been a predominantly Muslim nation since the Ottoman Turks conquered the Albanian lands in the 15th century.
After World War II, Albania's new communist dictator, Enver Hoja, turned it into one of the most isolated countries in the world, practicing a virulent form of communism and breaking with the Soviet Union for abandoning true Marxism.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june99/albania_4-13a.html   (717 words)

  
 Albania: Amnesty International appeals for the release of two prisoners of conscience
In the run up to the appeals of prisoners Fatos Nano, leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, and Ilir Hoxha, son of Enver Hoxha, the former communist ruler of Albania, Amnesty International is calling on the President of Albania to immediately release them.
Amnesty International is urging the government to ensure that all citizens, whatever their views, enjoy the right to the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression and political association.
Albania: Fatal injuries suffered by a minor in detention remain unexplained
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/albania/document.do?id=8B03D019A39817E4802569A5007154BD   (576 words)

  
 albania king and other albania related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Suresnes, France), president of Albania from 1925 to 1928 and king from 1928 to 1939.
Albania was also the name of an unrelated ancient state...
Friedrich, The Prince of Wied (1872-1945), Wilhelm, Prince of Wied, King of Albania (1876-1945), Viktor, Prince of Wied (1877-), and Luise, Princess of Wied (1880-) Friedrich, The Prince of...
www.nethorde.com /albania/albania-king.html   (366 words)

  
 Interview with the President of Albania, Rexhep Meidani - JURIST: The Law Professors' Network
President Rexhep Meidani: I would like first to dwell on the nature of the conflict in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that has provoked a very active role of the whole international community, its organizations and public opinion.
President Rexhep Meidani: I should admit that the existing Albanian Law on Refugees could not work in the situation where in one month the population of the country increased by 13-14%.
President Rexhep Meidani: My perspective for the development of democracy, protection of human rights but also in much broader sense the development of sustainable peace and stability in Kosova can be achieved only based in a very realistic point of view.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /meidani.htm   (2282 words)

  
 Presidenti i Republikes se Shqiperise
The President of the Republic, Alfred Moisiu, said today at the Central and South East Europe Heads of States Summit that the replenishment of the new European map with the countries of Western Balkans is an unavoidable process and serves to the benefit of both sides.
From the outset, I would like to thank my friend, the Croatian President Mesić for the well organizing of this Summit and to warmly praise Croatia for having received the invitation to begin the talks of accession in the European Union.
The President of the Republic, Alfred Moisiu will take part in the sessions of the Central and South East Europe Heads of States Summit that will be held in Zagreb on October 13-15.
www.president.al /english/pub   (222 words)

  
 CNN - Albania's president agrees to call off military - Mar. 6, 1997
TIRANA, Albania (CNN) -- President Sali Berisha, backed by Albania's opposition parties, agreed Thursday to suspend military activity against armed protesters in the south and to offer an amnesty to insurgents who surrendered weapons within two days.
Insurgents were to start handing in their arms at the same time and would be granted an amnesty if they had committed no crimes, the statement said.
More than 25 people have died in southern Albania in the latest wave of more than a month of violence.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9703/06/albania.update   (376 words)

  
 CNN - Albania re-elects president amid state of emergency - Mar. 3, 1997
TIRANA, Albania (CNN) -- Government troops -- free to fire without warning at armed resisters -- began enforcing curfews and censorship as parliament re-elected the president Monday.
Despite weeks of protests demanding that the government be ousted, parliament easily re-elected President Sali Berisha to a five-year term.
The United States condemned Albania's imposition of emergency restrictions.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9703/03/albania   (570 words)

  
 World Bank President visits Albania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Wolfensohn came to Albania to observe firsthand the country’s situation after the Kosovo crisis, and to discuss ways of strengthening the World Bank’s support to Albania, as well as to promote regional integration.
President Mejdani thanked the World Bank Group for their support not only in recent times, but since Albania first became a member of the institution in 1992.
Wolfensohn and the Prime Minister agreed that Albania should continue forcefully with its domestic reform agenda, to benefit as much as possible from the support and cooperation to be developed under the Stability Pact.
www.seerecon.org /press/pr990719.htm   (688 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Understanding Albania -- April 13, 1999
However, they've become increasingly drawn into the conflict as a result of the activities of the KLA in northern part of Albania, and now as a result of this refugee outflow.
There's an outcry in Albania that simply the international community isn't doing enough, what they see as the genocide of the Albanian nation perpetrated by Milosevic.
I think the real issue here is that of radicalization; that if you have continued refugee flows, continued ethnic cleansing inside Kosovo, that you shift politics inside Albania, which is relatively moderate right now, especially under the new government that took office last year.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june99/albania_4-13.html   (2108 words)

  
 Balkans YouthLink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These were the words with which President Rexhep Mejdani of Albania (1997-2002) greeted the YouthLink Leadership Institute participants, gathered from across the Balkans to celebrate diversity and exercise in contemporary politics.
The President continued, that one such diverse group of like-minded individuals had come together in the Balkans behind an ideology so strong that was blind to race, ethnicity, and language.
Joining voices with representatives of the Government, members of the diplomatic community and civil society, President Mejdani praised Balkans YouthLink on the successful, although hard task and encouraged the staff to never cease to aspire and strive that a better Balkans is possible through work of this caliber.
www.balkansyouth.org /news5.htm   (276 words)

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