Skanderbeg and Albanian flag

The main square in central Tirana is named after Skanderbeg and this statue is in the middle of the square

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Albania part I - Tirana and north thereof

September 18th 2010
Mother Teresa, Enver Hoxha and George W Bush all in one blog entry The last leg of our trip in the Balkans was Albania. To be honest we actually began this journey in Albania because that is where our initial flight went to. But we then only spent one day in Tirana before we continued to Sarajevo and Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. So for us it is easier to write about this day in th ... read more

Europe » Albania » West » Tirana

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

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