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Albania – The Country Of Four Harmonious Religions.
North of Albania holds one of the most beautiful tourist villages called Valbona. According to the legend, the village got its name from the Italian language. Centuries ago, when a priest climbed up over the valley and saw it from above, he called it ‘vale buona’ which stands for ‘good…
Breaking News From The Balkans, Albanian Official Language And More.
Image by David Liuzzo With the arrival of fall in 2017, a new era of change has arrived between Kosovo and Serbia, at least in some important high-ranking statements from both countries. The Serbian government has called for a review of relations with the state of Kosovo, while the same…
Albania Starts Vetting Process For Judicial System.
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article The business of medicinal plants in Albania has doubled in the last ten years, though it is not yet consolidated. Currently, medicinal plants exported to Western countries are not only found in the wild, but cultivated as well. Plants, like sage and lavender, are…
Image by onest1155 The new Albanian government is being formed. Prime minister Rama has set as a main objective for Rama 2.0, administrative reforms, and minimizing the number of portfolios. Rama 1.0 had 19 ministries altogether. The new government is expected to hold only 10-12 portfolios. The expert group, set…
Image by European People’s Party On July 22, the Democratic Party of Albania elected for the second time Lulzim Basha as DP leader with 53.931 votes. The other candidate, Eduard Selami, got only 5136 votes. 767 votes were worthless and 61 damaged. To be noted is huge participation of Democrats…