Albania

20 May 2006

One evening in 1964 Vergil Berger, a Reuters correspondent in Beijing, was asked by his cook to point out Albania on a globe sitting on his desk. With difficulty, Berger found a speck of red in...

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Life and tomes of a man for all seasons

24 Jul 2005

Ismail Kadare is born on January 28, 1936, in museum city of Gjirokastra, Albania.

Studies languages and literature at the University of Tirana. Graduates in 1956 with a teacher's...

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The odd couple: Mao and Hoxha's unusual alliance

10 Apr 2004

1958: Albania sides with China in opposing Moscow's policies of de-Stalinisation and support for Yugoslavia's 'separate road to socialism'.

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2 killed in raid on hijacked bus

30 May 1999

ELBASAN, Albania: Special forces stormed a hijacked Greek bus, shooting dead the Albanian hijacker and a Greek hostage, witnesses said.

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DHL takes off in Albania

29 Apr 1998

The air-express industry in Albania is picking up, and DHL Albania says this is a good indication of a business revival as Western companies seek to re-invest following civil unrest.

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Bitter dividend

4 Mar 1997

Balkan-watchers who have monitored the deteriorating situation in Albania over the past two years insist that the present turmoil was always destined to happen.

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Albania to issue drilling tenders

ALBANIA is set to issue tenders shortly for drilling operations in the Ionian Sea to explore for oil and natural gas.

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Greece protests

ATHENS: The Greek Government announced it was recalling its ambassador in Albania and would protest against the convictions to the United Nations and European Union of five ethnic Greeks convicted...

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