Towards Montenegro

What a load of rubbish

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October 13th 2010
Albania's a place ive always fancied visiting, it was one of those difficult political countries lying like a black mark on Europe's white wall, heading backwards while everyone else went forwards, but that was then.Now we're here, stood on top of one of the thousands of left over bunkers built in Enver Hoxha's time looking out over Lake Ohrid below and wondering what Europe's second poorest cou ... read more

Europe » Albania

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Between 1990 and 1992 Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven difficult as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapi... ... read more