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 approximately 3.6 million people, according to a 2003 estimate....

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. ANTHEM: Hymni i Flamúrit (Anthem of the Flag) begins...

Albania POPULATION 3,544,841 MUSLIM between 60 and 80 percent ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN between 15 and 20 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC between 10 and 15 percent OTHER less than 5 percent Country Overview Introduction Albania is a small mountainous country on the...

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Capital: Tirana Head of State: President Alfred Moisiu (since July 2002) President elected by the People's Assembly for a five-year term Head of Government: Prime Minister Fatos Nano (since July 2002) Appointed by President Parliament: The People's Assembly has 140...

Highlights and Key Issues * Growth is forecast to pick up to about 6% this year, led by solid domestic demand, while inflows from remittances, FD1 and borrowing should cover the current account deficit. A eurobond issue of up to EUR300m will introduce...

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 for neighboring Kosovo."Sooner rather than later you've got to say 'Enough's enough _ Kosovo is independent,'" Bush...

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 ceramic vessels, the 26-inch storage jar, or amphora, was the top...