Features

World Bank lists Albania among top business reformers

11/09/2008

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Albania is among the ten countries in the world that reformed the most in 2007-2008, the World Bank said in its annual Doing Business report, released on Wednesday.
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Kosovo prime minister commits to fighting informal economy

11/09/2008

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The Kosovo government says the grey market represents a considerable part of the country's GDP and impedes its growth. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is vowing to stamp it out.
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Albania becoming a hot new real estate market

11/09/2008

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Investors from all over the world, mainly from Western Europe, are discovering cheap, desirable Albanian real estate.
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Albania at the Olympics: No medals, but plenty of spirit

05/09/2008

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Albanian athletes showed their potential in Beijing, but a lack of adequate sports programmes at home kept the country off the medals podium, bloggers write.
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Roundup

Culture and Sports: International ballet competition opens in Turkey

10/09/2008

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Ballerinas from around the world are competing in Turkey. Also in cultural news this week: the Aeschylia culture festival opened in Greece, and a swimmer from Cyprus took gold in the Paralympic Games.
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Reportage

Karadzic trial -- a new test for the UN tribunal

08/09/2008

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Hague judges and prosecutors want to avoid a repeat of the inconclusive trial against Slobodan Milosevic.
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