Albania
- Population: 3.2 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Tirana
- Major language: Albanian
- Major religion: Islam
- Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 77 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 lek = 100 qindars
- Albanian Daily News - English-language news site
Albania is the nearest the world has to a tragic-comedy in the form of a country.
Road Junky has 4 Albania articles. Scroll down to view.
On the Rocks in Tirana, Albania
When I can’t sleep, I replay the scene again and again in my mind and the child’s pitiful wails cause me to heave. I can still see him there, sitting ...
Berat, Albania - Haecietas
The ache never goes away. There is always a thread of loneliness or despair when I am not in physical contact with my little family. I may be sitting in ...
A Beautiful Word for a Beautiful Place
Pogradec, Albania
I roll its three syllables around my mouth like a fine wine. You could travel all your life and never find another place like this. The colours here are ...
Volunteer in Albania - A Nightmare Story
At the Albanian border they made us dismount the bus to check our passports and give us our visas to enter. My traveling companion, a mousy English girl named Alex ...
Albania Travel News
- Sport: Armenia soccer youths in mature play against Estonia, Ireland - ArmeniaNow.com
- Albania Property to See Continued Demand as EU Application Proceeds Well - Property Abroad News
- Suspected Albanian Mob Boss Evades Dragnet - America's Most Wanted
- Visa rules set to change for three countries - European Voice
- Albania steps closer to EU membership - European Voice
