81. Raiffeisen BANK Dd Bosna I Hercegovina back. 16.04.2004. RZB and albanian government sign Closing of Purchase of Savings Bank of Albania. RZB takes over 100 per cent of http://www.raiffeisenbank.ba/english/vijesti/2004/16.04.2004.htm

Home About RBBH Exchange rates News ... INTERNET BANKING News News 2004 News 2003 News 2002 back 16.04.2004. RZB and Albanian Government sign Closing of Purchase of Savings Bank of Albania RZB takes over 100 per cent of the largest Albanian bank and implements operative leadership. Price of USD 126 million means largest privatization project in the Albanian history. Savings Bank completes the strong presence of RZB's network in Central and Eastern Europe . Successful privatization is strong signal to international investment community, RZB will act as a gateway for foreign investors and introduce new products and services. Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) and the Albanian Government signed the closing regarding the purchase of Banka e Kursimeve e Shqipërisë (BK) , the Savings Bank of Albania , yesterday evening in Tirana. RZB won a tender in last December and now received all necessary approvals from the Austrian and Albanian authorities. The purchase price is USD 126 million for a 100 per cent share in BK, representing a 2.5 multiple of the book value. "We are proud that Raiffeisen invests in the leading Albanian bank and we believe that this is a very positive signal to other international investors. I expect that Raiffeisen's commitment will increase the competitiveness of the Albanian banking sector and result in an enlargement of the range of banking products", said Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano on the occasion of the Signing Ceremony.

82. Angry Crowds Take To Streets In Albania It is understood that most of the failed schemes frozen deposits are held in the form of albanian government treasury bills at the stateowned National http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/page1/97/01/27/albania.2-0.html

10:00 PM 1/26/1997 Angry crowds take to streets in Albania Many lose their life savings after financial schemes default TIRANA, Albania Government buildings across southern Albania were set afire Sunday as protests mounted over the collapse of high-risk investment schemes that have cost many people their life savings. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tirana, the capital, hurling stones at riot police and shouting, "The government are thieves. We want our money back." Police momentarily retreated from the crowd of about 35,000 people at Skanderbeg Square, scene of the downfall of the country's former Stalinist regime at the beginning of the 1990s. But they returned with water cannons and turned dogs loose on the protesters. Also on Sunday, the Albanian parliament handed President Sali Berisha special powers to restore order. Parliament, sitting for the first time on a Sunday since the ruling right-wing Democratic Party swept to power in a 1992 general election, gave Berisha the power to deploy troops to unblock roads and guard government buildings. "This decision has nothing to do with a state of emergency but the traffic, water depots, oil reserves, town halls ... and strategic sites should not be attacked," Foreign Minister Tritan Shehu said.

83. Albania Fears A Serb Incursion The albanian government is still trying to clean up after the collapse of fraudulent investment schemes last year and the widespread looting and rioting that http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/albserb.htm

CHRIS HEDGES, "Albania Fears a Serb Incursion," New York Times, June 4, 1998 TIRANA, Albania Albania, reeling under an influx of thousands of refugees from Kosovo, in Serbia, warned Wednesday that the Serbian army may be preparing to enter Albania to hunt down rebels. Any such incursion would immediately draw Albania into the conflict in Kosovo. There is widespread sympathy here for the ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo who are challenging Serbian rule in the province. As the fighting in Kosovo intensifies, it also threatens to draw in Macedonia, where an ethnic Albanian minority also supports the separatists. Diplomats fear a new Balkan war as destructive as the one in Bosnia. "The Serbs have been manufacturing so-called evidence to say that Albanian territory is being used to launch terrorist attacks," Prime Minister Fatos Nano said Wednesday in an interview in his office. "We have had several reports of incursions into our territory by Serb commando teams that appear to be scouting the area," he said. "When you look at what the Serbs are attempting to do, to create a security belt along the border, you soon realize it is impossible in such a mountainous area. The next step is to try and enlarge the area under fire, an enlargement that would push the conflict into Albania." The prime minister, who sent an urgent appeal to NATO commanders Wednesday asking for troops to secure the border area, conceded that it was impossible to monitor the rugged terrain.

84. Serbianna.com | Columns | M. Bozinovich (5) Kosovo albanian government is committed to a multiethnic state but Serbian In fact, the Kosovo albanian government is pivotal in causing religious hate. http://www.serbianna.com/columns/mb/023.shtml

M. Bozinovich Write your comment to the author Launch printer friendly version of the article Columnists Carl Savich Sam Vaknin Christopher Deliso M. Bozinovich Marko Lopusina TV Weber Kosovo Independence: A Costly Supposition By M. Bozinovich In 1927 London Times remarked that "Everyone knows that Albania happens to be an independent state today, simply because the Powers did not quite know what to do about it when the Turkish Empire broke up." The Turkish ambassador to Vienna himself has warned the proponents of independence, Austria and Italy, that annual cost would be 15 million gold franks (about $1.5 billion). In 1923 French diplomat M. Hunger corroborated this figure with a remark that the amount corresponds to the country's economy. In other words, cost of the government in Albania equals the value of all the goods produced. To recoup the tribute paid to Albania, both Italy and Austria had bouts with deep diplomatic and military involvement in Albania, all without any profit and with dangerous and deadly geopolitical outcomes for the region. Kosovo might be of similar fate simply because the proponents of Albanian nationalism want to grant it independence yet it is unclear whether they are also willing to pay an exorbitant tribute to the Kosovo Alabanian government whose taxable base of less then 2 million people earning average of $30 per month cannot yield not 1% of required costs to run that country.

85. Second Consecutive Provocation By The Albanian State Despite the expected victory of the ethnic Greek candidate mayor Vassilios Bolanos, the Hoxhanostalgic albanian government dragged the villagers of Drimades http://www.e-grammes.gr/2003/11/heimarra_en.htm

Second consecutive provocation by the Albanian state 17 November 2003 Hellenic Front condemns once again the provocative attitude of the Albanian state in the 16th November by-election in Himarra. Despite the expected victory of the ethnic Greek candidate mayor Vassilios Bolanos , the Hoxha-nostalgic Albanian government dragged the villagers of Drimades, Kiparo, Ano Himarra and Piliouri to the polling stations for the second time, after an undisguised falsification of the first round results. These people, showing admirable patience and strength, went, as many as in the first round, though many of them immigrants to Greece, to elect their candidate. Against their will to express in a democratic way their beliefs, they had to face the following obstacles: All members of the returning boards were forced to were jackets with the Albanian coat of arms. The presidency of the returning boards was violently taken over by the thugs of the Albanian Socialist Party, among them the branded criminal and wanted by the Interpol Tanas Duni . This "bully-boy" had been photographed by the Hellenic Front delegation in the 2000 local elections to guard (!!!) armed to the teeth (3 revolvers and many hand-grenades) the polling station in Drimades, while he had then thrashed the voting delegate of the Greek minority organization Omonoia

86. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) In Albania able to implement the Small Arms and Light Weapons Control Project which supported the weapons collections activities in assistance to the albanian government. http://www.undp.org.al/?partners

87. New Page 1 government agency with responsibility for development of a favorable business climate for foreign and local investment. Includes profile of the country and information on foreign investment, banking and insurance. http://aeda.gov.al/

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88. Albania, The Land Of Eagles - Albanian Pilot Online Includes information on albanian history, culture, and government. http://www.geocities.com/albanianpilot/Albania.html

Albania, the Land of Eagles. Introduction In 1990 Albania ended 44 years of xenophobic communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven difficult as corrupt governments have tried to deal with severe unemployment, the collapse of a fraudulent nationwide investment scheme, widespread gangsterism, and massive refugee influxes from neighboring Kosovo. Geography Location Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro. The Balcan penisula. Geographic coordinates 41 00 N, 20 00 E Map references Europe, East Europe, South East Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Balcans. Area Total - 28,748 sq km Land - 27,398 sq km Water - 1,350 sq km Area (comparative) Slightly smaller than Maryland, USA. Land boundaries Total - 720 km Border countries Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km (114 km with Serbia, 173 km with Montenegro) Coastline 362 km Maritime claims Continental shelf - 200m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea - 12 nm Climate Mild temperate. Cool, cloudy, wet winters. Hot, clear, dry summers. Interior is cooler and wetter.

89. Albania Profile: Government The government is formed by the PSS, PADS, PMDN and PSDS. Democratic Party or PSD Skender GJINUSHI; Socialist Party or PS (formerly the albanian Party of http://www.nationmaster.com/country/al/Government

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90. Library Of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handboo THE government APPARATUS People s Assembly; Council of Ministers and People s Councils; Courts. MASS ORGANIZATIONS Democratic Front; Union of albanian Working http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/altoc.html

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91. Governments On The WWW: Albania Official language albanian. Prokuroria Shqiptare albanian Prosecution Office; Komisioni Qëndror i Zgjedhjeve Central Election Commission; http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/al.html

Governments on the WWW: Albania Home Table of Contents List of Countries Signs and Symbols ... Feedback Official language: Albanian National Institutions: [Presidency of Albania] [Assembly of Albania] Keshilli i Ministrave [Council of Ministers] Departamenti i Informacionit [Department of Information] Instituti Shqiptar i Statistikes (INSTAT) [Albanian Institute of Statistics] Agjencia Kombetare e Privatizimit [National Agency of Privatization] Agjencia Kombetare e Mjedisit [National Agency of Environment] Ministria e Bujqesise dhe Ushqimit [Ministry of Agriculture and Food] Drejtoria e Peshkimit [Directorate of Fisheries] [Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports] Ministria e Mbrojtjes [Ministry of Defence] Ministria e Bashkepunimit Ekonomik dhe Tregtise [Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade] Ministria e Financave [Ministry of Finance] [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] [Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs] [Ministry of Public Economy and Privatization] Agjencia Shqiptare per Zhvillim Ekonomik [Albanian Agency for Economic Development] Ministria e Rendit Publik [Ministry of Public Order] Ministria e Puneve Publike [Ministry of Public Works] Komiteti Gruaja dhe Familja [Committee Women and Family] Komisioni i Letrave me Vlere [Securities Commission] Prokuroria Shqiptare [Albanian Prosecution Office] [Central Election Commission] [National Council of Radio and Television] [Bank of Albania] Kontrolli i Larte i Shtetit [State Supreme Audit Control] Political Parties: [Democratic Party of Albania] [Democratic Alliance of Albania]

92. Mininf.gov.al/ CIA The World Factbook Albania government, Albania, Top of Page. Country name Definition Field Listing conventional long form Republic of Albania conventional short http://mininf.gov.al/

93. Political Resources On The Net - Albania I Country Report on Albania European Forum Country Updates. Politics by albanian.com. Partia Te Gjelberit E Shqiperise albanian Green Party. albanian Home Page. http://www.politicalresources.net/albania.htm

Albania (1:3 Parties) Last updated: Constitution ICL Elections in Albania by Wilfried Derksen Country Report on Albania European Forum Country Updates Politics by Albanian.com Partia Demokratike Shqiptare The Democratic Party of Albania National Front Aleanca Demokratike Democratic Alliance Movement of Legality Party (monarchist) Partia Te Gjelberit E Shqiperise Albanian Green Party Albanian Home Page Shqiperia UNDP in Albania Notizie Est - Balcani Balcans - Albania (Italian) Republic of Kosovo Balkans by ICG (International Crisis Group) Open Society Foundation Albania Stop Milosevic Appeal for the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic by TRP Back to Europe

94. Departamenti I Informacionit Kryeministri Fatos Nano takon Presidentin e ExIm Bank te SHBA, Philip Merril. 24/5/2004 Kryeministri Fatos Nano zhvilloi sot nje http://www.keshilliministrave.al/

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