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Forsaken Albania

Tirana, 1937. In 1928, when Zog was proclaimed the Sovreign of the Albanians, his father, Xhemal Pacha had long since passed away and the young Monarch was still living together with his
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Forsaken Albania

Albania, at the turn of the 20th Century. Mankind had been traveling for thousands and thousands of years and bridges, even more than roads, have managed to become the symbol of travel.
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Serendipity Cafe, a fortunate discovery

By Dhimiter Gjodede According to Wikipedia, Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. The word has been voted as one of
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O’Irish out in Tirana

By Dhimiter Gjodede If it ain’t Irish, then it ain’t fun!!! Neither of my grandpas said that to me, but I believe there’s a good chance on earth they somehow suspect it
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Forsaken Albania

By Artan Lame Shkodra, 1937. The invasion of the south of Albania at the outset of World War One by Greek troops resulted in the majority of the Albanian patriots and intelectuals
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A Pain That Is Worth It

By Ardit Bejko news@tiranatimes.com DHERMI – “It will be worth it,” I kept repeating to my foreign friend, and to myself, on our way to the south. “It will be worth it,”
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One day trip

CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES OF DHERMI Dh쳭i is a quaint coastal village, home to 31 churches and monasteries and is a favorite summer retreat for many of Tirana’s international community. Park carefully on
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More Thrills Than Skills

By Paul Harris Albania. This is the Wild West, I am thinking. A few days ago, I was sitting in the air-conditioned cool of the office of the Minister of Tourism in
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The Iron Law of the Mountains

Frank Ledwidge reports on some uncanny similarities between the ancient Afghan code of Pashtunwalli and the Kanun of Lek. It is the fashion amongst journalists and others to talk of the “lawless
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