Albania
Republic of Albania
Republika é Shqipërisë
CAPITAL: Tiranë
FLAG: The flag consists of a red background at the center of which is a black double-headed eagle.
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Albania
Albania is located on the Balkan Peninsula of Europe, and shares its borders with Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, and Greece. Situated on the Adriatic Sea, the country is home to approximate...
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Albania
POPULATION 3,544,841MUSLIM between 60 and 80 percentORTHODOX CHRISTIAN between 15 and 20 percentROMAN CATHOLIC between 10 and 15 percentOTHER less than 5 percent
Country Overview
Introduc...
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Area: 28,703 sq km (11,082 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 3,161,000Capital:
Tirana
Chief of state:
President
Alfred
Moisiu
Head of government:
Prime Minister
Sali
Berisha
After three and a hal...
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Tirana (dpa) - Albania decorated US President George W. Bush
during his quick visit Sunday with the order of the flag, recognizing
him as a "great ally."
The ...
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President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the first U.S. president in this former communist nation, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with Russia's objections to independence fo...
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Pristina, Kosovo (dpa) - Kosovo is ready for independence, the
caretaker premier of Serbia's breakaway province said Wednesday,
warning that an attempt to divide Kosovo woul...
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PRISTINA, Serbia, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Albania on Friday urged
swift recognition of Kosovo, saying further delay to the
Albanian majority's bid for independence from Serbia risked
destabilising the ...
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Encrusted with tiny shells and smelling strongly of the sea, a 2,400-year-old Greek jar lies in a saltwater bath in Durres Museum, on Albania's Adriatic coast.Part of a sunken shipment of up to 60 ...
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