Tag: Albania

MFA: Strategic opportunities for foreign exporters The devastating earthquake of November 2020 and the covid-19 pandemic caused a significant drop in GDP by 6.5% in 2020, an increase in the state budget deficit from the planned 1.9% to 6.8%, an increase in the negative current account balance of the balance of payments and an increase…

History of Albania For many centuries, Albania was under the rule of foreign enslavers: first – Ancient Rome, then – Venice and the last five centuries – the Ottoman Empire. A bright page in the struggle of the Albanian people for their independence in the history of the country is inscribed in the 25-year armed…

The Sino-Albanian alliance, fundamental axis of the international politics of the Albania, cracked following the opening of China to the USA (1972). Relations between the two countries further deteriorated with the death of Mao Zedong (1976), even formally interrupted when the Albania sided with Vietnam in the dispute between the latter country and China (1978,…

According to topschoolsintheusa, the clothing of the Albanians, although it is very degenerate compared to what is still described to us by travelers of the middle of the last century, nevertheless retains not a few characteristic elements. The national badge is – it can be said – the white fez (qylaf or qeleshe), worn by…

Under the impression of the political upheaval in Central and Eastern Europe, riots and protests have also occurred in Albania since December 1989 (anti-government demonstrations in Shkodër); these prompted the communist party and state leadership under Alia 1990 to initiate cautious internal reforms and to continue opening up foreign policy. The first steps towards a…