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Albania
Albania , Albanian Shqipëria or Shqipnija, officially Republic of Albania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,563,000), 11,101 sq mi (28,752 sq km), SE Europe. Albania is on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Montenegro on the northwest, Kosovo on the northeast, Macedonia on... Read more |
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Korce
Korçë Korça , or Koritsa , city (1989 pop. 63,623), capital of Korçë dist., SE Albania, near the Greek border. Located in an agricultural region, it is a commercial and industrial center producing foodstuffs, rugs, and knitwear. Lignite deposits are mined... Read more |
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Durres
Durrës , Ital. Durazzo, city (1989 pop. 82,719), capital of Durrës dist., W Albania, on the Adriatic Sea. The chief seaport of Albania and the leading commercial and communications center, it has a dockyard, a shipyard, and industries that manufacture leather, plastic, and tobacco... Read more |
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Balkan Wars
Balkan Wars 1912-13, two short wars, fought for the possession of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire. The outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War for the possession of Tripoli (1911) encouraged the Balkan states to increase their territory at Turkish expense. Serbia and Bulgaria accordingly... Read more |
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Zog
Zog , 1895-1961, king of Albania. Originally Ahmad Zogu, he came from a Muslim family and served in the Austrian army in World War I. He became Albanian minister of the interior in 1920, minister of war in 1921, and premier in 1922. A revolution in 1924 led to his flight, but he returned with... Read more |
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Romanian language
Romanian language member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages ). It is spoken by about 22 million people in Romania, where it is the official language, by 3 million people in Moldova, and by perhaps another 1 million persons... Read more |
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Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha , 1908-85, Albanian Communist leader and general. A founder (1941) of the Albanian Communist party (Albanian Labor party from 1948), Hoxha headed the radical resistance group in Italian-occupied Albania during World War II. General secretary of the party from 1943, he was premier... Read more |
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Epirus
Epirus , ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus was known as the home of the oracle of Dodona. It was inhabited from very early times by Epirote tribes, barely known to the Greeks. The... Read more |
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Dinaric Alps
Dinaric Alps , Ital. Alpi Dinariche, Serbo-Croatian Dinara Planina, mountain system, extending c.400 mi (640 km) along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea from the Isonzo River, NE Italy, through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia, to the Drin River, N Albania. The... Read more |
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Ramiz Alia
Ramiz Alia Following the death of Enver Hoxha, Albania's long-time (1945-1985) dictator in April 1985, Ramiz Alia (born 1925) became the dominant political personality in the country. Ramiz Alia was born on October 18, 1925, into a poor working-class family from the northern Albanian city of... Read more |
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News Analysis: Albania Crisis Worries Greece
...has worried Greece and Athens is...Greeks living in Albania is considered...heightened by reports that some ethnic...Greeks", a report by the correspondent...interests concerning Greece "is to protect this community we have ... |
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Albania Experiences Exodus of Educated Youth
...nearly every European country, the...However, in Albania, the average...Whitehouse reports, Albania's virtual...a waiter in Greece and with the...Getting out of Albania is a dream...of European ... |
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ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY 2010-2011 : ALBANIA AND MONTENEGRO TAKE A STEP CLOSER TO...
The European Commission has...membership of Albania and Montenegro...country progress reports. "The accession...Macedonia and Greece, and the "open...it clear that Albania and Montenegro...In the case of Albania, the EU ... |
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EU/WESTERN BALKANS: MEPS UNHAPPY WITH ACTION PLAN FOR ALBANIA.(Brief Article)
...migration to European Union countries...against refugees in Albania itself, and...immigration from Albania and the rest...authorities of Albania, in co-operation...of Europe and Greece, "the only...as an interim report in ... |
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PHARE: COURT OF AUDITORS PUBLISHES REPORT ON CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION.
...States. The report also notes that...exception of Albania, Bulgaria and...the INTERREG Community Initiative for...Macedonia and Albania with Greece, and Albania with Italy...report says.The ... |
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The sick man of Europe. (Greece)
...Rome allows the European Community to expel a memeber. With Greece's relations...that absence. Greece was lucky to...Fearing that Greece could drag the...a merciless report to the EC...in Bulgaria, Albania ... |
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A Balkan leader. (Greece's new relationship with the Balkan countries)
...elections in Greece may have exacerbated...the European Community, the Balkans...Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, and other former...second, and Albania, with the smallest...According to the reports of various ... |
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Men of straw make history at eastern European festival.(Features)
...ANNE PALMER reports on a cultural...Aughakillymaude Community Mummers from...Macedonia, Albania, Greece and Serbia...about the wider European context of...the eastern European phenomenon...Aughakillymaude ... |
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E.U. offers to grow its visa-free zone ; Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania...
...throughout most of the European Union on Thursday...western Europe, Albania and Bosnia and...international community that has struggled...Herzegovina and Albania; both, she...that Italy and Greece had backed the...migrants from ... |
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Southeast European FMs Meet on Regional Security
...southeastern European countries ended...Kosovo issue, reports reaching here...ministers from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Bosnia, Turkey...international community so far. They...southeastern European countries would... |
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