Stories from and

Albania: Enver Hoxha

  9 September 2009

Albanian Blogger links to an article about the former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, which appeared in the Guardian: “Also the picture of the statue of the dictator in the main square, which was pulled down by protesters about 19 years ago brings back memories for me. I was very young...

Albania: Honey

  29 August 2009

Stepping Stones describes an accidental stopover at a honey-processing place located on a beautiful lake in southern Albania.

Balkans-EU: Schengen's leftouts and letins

  17 July 2009

Eberhard Rhein of BlogactivEU writes about the EU's plans for visa deregulation to Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. Gray Falcon presents some critical views from the perspective of Serbia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, and Albanian Blogger gives his version on why also Albania is left out.

Albania: Snow

  28 March 2009

A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court writes about Albania's high mountain villages isolated by snow.

Albania: Ponzi Scheme Experience

  6 March 2009

A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court links to Steve Sailer's post about Albania's experience with Ponzi schemes: “[…] an interesting look back at what happened here and how the Western Capitalist World “tut-tutted” at the naivete of Albanians. Who's laughing now?”

Albania: Mountains and Bunkers

  11 February 2009

Via Stepping Stones and A Nevada Yankee in King Zogs Court, a link to a travel blog – Vagabond Journey.com Travelogue: 9 years of travel through more than 40 countries on 5 continents – whose focus has been on Albania lately (here and here).

Albania; Croatia, Slovenia: New IDs; Bay of Piran

  11 February 2009

Blogging Balkanistan links to a round-up of reactions from the Albanian blogosphere on new ID cards and to a post about the dispute between Slovenia and Croatia over the Bay of Piran (at The Croatian Crescent, here and here).

Albania: New Highway

  17 January 2009

A Nevada Yankee in King Zog's Court writes about Albania's new 4-lane highway that “is causing so much uproar in political circles” but is “close to completion.”