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8 September 2000
Albania
joins the WTO Albania
became 138th member of the World Trade Organization today
(8th September). WTO Director-General Mike Moore greeted
the event by saying: “I welcome Albania into the
multilateral trading system. Membership promises a more
prosperous future and raised living standards for all
Albanian citizens. I also believe that, by encouraging
the trade links between countries, the WTO can help
foster greater peace, stability and development in
south-eastern Europe. Albania's membership brings this
Organization ever closer to being a truly ‘World
Trade Organization’.”
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Within
the region, Slovenia is already a member of the WTO and
Croatia will become a member upon completion of the
ratification procedures. Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are in the process
of negotiating their accession to the WTO. Albania
applied for GATT 1947 membership in 1992. Negotiations on
Albania's terms of accession to WTO started in earnest in
1998. The WTO General Council adopted the final results
of these negotiations on 17 July 2000. During
that General Council meeting, Albania's Minister for
Economic Cooperation and Trade, Ermelinda Meksi, said
that WTO membership “presents us with a new role in
the international community” and would help bring
“improvement of the wellbeing and prosperity of my
people.” Overall,
30 governments are currently negotiating to join the WTO:
Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, People's
Republic of China, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Kazakstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon,
Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Oman, Russian Federation,
Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Chinese Taipei,
Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Yemen. Merchandise
trade by product and region, 1998 — Albania Back
to top
(major
product groups)
(Million dollars) North
America Western
Europe C./E:
Europe/ Baltic States/CIS World exp imp exp imp exp imp exp imp 0.90
4.51
36.44
208.04
0.51
20.55
38.58
238.81
0.49
4.48
19.17
196.07
0.15
20.28
20.39
226.51
0.04
4.21
139.55
509.72
0.78
31.74
140.50
558.67
0.02
0.62
11.16
118.83
0.22
4.92
11.52
125.81
0.00
0.01
67.48
50.10
0.32
0.51
67.81
51.05
0.01
0.49
50.99
88.29
0.17
1.91
51.17
92.25
3.47
9.07
201.38
759.89
1.97
52.92
207.67
840.76
(1)
Includes unspecified products
Source: Comstudy/Comtrade, august 10, 2000
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Tourism in Albania is characterized by the archaeological heritage from .... of several promotional videos on major global news channels and the writing of ...more
Tourism in Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tourism in Albania is characterized by the archaeological heritage from Greek, Roman and Ottoman times, unspoiled beaches, mountainous topography, delicious traditional Albanian cuisine, Cold War era artifacts, unique traditions and hospitality, and the wild and peculiar atmosphere of the countryside. Although still underdeveloped, tourism has seen an impressive increase in recent years. Lonely Planet ranked Albania as the no. 1 destination to be visited in 2011.[1] Albania was ranked fourth in MSN Travel's 2012 Hottest Destinations.[2] In addition, Albania was chosen as one of the top destinations for British tourists travelling during the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee.[3] In August 2011, American actress with Albanian origin Eliza Dushku visited Albania to film a promotional documentary on her father's country of origin with a crew from the Travel Channel and Lonely Planet.[4][5][6] In fact, a watershed moment in tourism promotion was the publication of promotional videos on major global news channels. The bulk of tourists coming to Albania is made up of Albanians coming from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and expats from Greece, and Italy.[7][8] These prefer mostly beach tourism, while rural tourism is slowly gaining popularity. Foreign tourists mostly come from Eastern Europe, particularly from Poland, and the Czech Republic, and also from Western Europe such as Germany, Italy, France, and Scandinavian countries.[9] They tend to visit alpine settings though beach tourism is also practiced. Backpackers are common and prefer resting at the many hostels in Tirana, or camping in the countryside or along the coast. Organized groups mainly visit the numerous archaeological sites and historic towns. A growing trend has become rafting in the many canions, cycling, hiking in the mountains, or cross-country off-road touring in the countryside. The latter can also be explored through the adventurous Albanian railway system. Recently, car rental agencies and information centers have opened branches in Tirana International Airport, in the capital and other towns. Dental tourism has become popular as local dentists offer Western standards with much lower prices. Local delicious cuisine can be tasted at traditional Albanian restaurants located near tourist attractions and scenic spots throughout the country. However, tourism is hampered by local management issues such as poor road and public utilities infrastructure, unregulated waste disposal, illegal construction and hunting, uncertain land ownership, and an unqualified hospitality sector. Recently, some coastal, and mountainous roads have been reconstructed, while the local private sector and foreign donors are heavily investing in accommodation and renovations at historical sites. Albania has been dubbed the "New Mediterranean Love".[10] Citizens of the following countries do not require visas to enter: All 27 EU members, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chili, Croatia, Vatican, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malaysia, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States of America, and Ukraine.[11] Albania has been visited by a number of important chroniclers, including Evliya ??elebi, Lord Byron, Edith Durham, Rose Wilder Lane, and Edward Lear.[12][13][14][15] Tourism in Albania was officially established with the creation of the Royal Motor Tourist Club serving business travelers in King Zogs era. At the same time, the period saw the publication of promotional pamphlets and the construction of beach cabins in Durres by Italian engineers. Following the establishment of communism in 1945, foreign tourists came only from the Eastern block and were accommodated at the foreigners-only Adriatik Hotel in Durres. Following the break with the USSR, the regime encouraged Chinese tourists to visit Albania. Afterwards, foreign tourism was outlawed and all foreign tourists were banned from entering Albania. However in the 1980s, Western tourists were allowed to visit Albania as part of Marxist-Leninist organizations and were allowed to only visit historic sites. Upon arrival, some of them underwent shaving by local authorities. In fact, beards and long hair in men were banned in Albania as signs of degenerated bourgeoisie manners.[16] With a growing and stable working class, the state allowed the construction of additional hotels and beach cabinbs in tourist areas. By communist law, all Albanians were allowed to rest for 15 days per annum at the state owned Rest Houses (Shtepi Pushimi) usually located along the seaside. Every year, Albanians had to choose between going to the seaside or the mountain areas interchangeably. Holidays were very cheap as expenses only equalled 1/5 of the monthly salary. The latter rested at heavily guarded secluded areas mainly in Golem Beach south of Durres, Drilon Swans Park east of Pogradec, in village areas, and along the Albanian Riviera. Youth camps were also established and a tourist boat called Punetori (the Worker) was constructed. The population used heavily rail transport as private car ownership was forbidden by law. Since the fall of communism, visiting restrictions greatly eased while the tourism sector experienced a spontaneous and uncontrolled construction spree. The 1997 unrest was a major blow as it contributed to the negative image of Albania as a lawless and unsafe country. In the 2000s, important roadways were reconstructed while illegal/spontaneous construction continued in some popular areas. Lately, domestic tourists and businessmen have started to rediscover forgotten parts of Albania. A significant watershed moment for the redevelopment of tourism was the publication of several promotional videos on major global news channels[17] and the writing of promotional articles in important international newspapers.[18] In 2010, tourism in Albania had the greatest increase in the world with a 42% growth.[19] Significant progress is being made particularly in ecotourism. Coastal-bound roads have been reconstructed, while private businesses have heavily invested in acceptable accommodation and in keeping clean the surrounding environment. A successful example of a private sector initiative is the 40 Guesthouses Initiative in the Albanian Alps. Locals with aid from foreign donors have organized in turning their inns into accommodation enmities for ecotourism.[20] Once a deprived area, it became a leading part of a self sustainable project providing much needed income to locals. As part of UNESCO membership, Albanian sites are being awarded funds for the reconstruction of important landmarks. The World Bank and other donors finance regional master plans and public utilities infrastructure projects. In the professionalism aspect, the European University for Tourism (EUFT)[21] opened in Tirana to better train hospitality sector personnel. International hotel chains are established in Tirana, while trans-border travel agencies organize day trips from Corfu to Sarandë and nearby Butrint. Other tour operators are including Albania as part of their Balkan region packages. Club Med has proposed a development between Vlorë and Sarandë at Kakome Bay though withdrew from land ownership issues.[8] Stemming from a rich history of conquests, Albania holds a mix of interesting artifacts. The most visited towns are: The most visited archaeological sites are Albania is known for its breathtaking landscape. Some increasingly popular features include: Albania is a rural and agricultural oriented country. The main emerging agritourism destinations are: Due to the varying geographic elevation, Albania features endless panoramic routes with the main being: The Albanian culture is known for its rich folklore and unique traditions showcased in various forms: Albania is home to three World Heritage Sites: The main problem to a viable tourism industry is the lack of a clear strategy. By far, tourism is not seen as the main economic industry of the country. Some problematic issues include spatial planning such as illegal construction, unregulated waste disposal, poor road and utilities infrastructure, illegal logging and hunting, and unclear land ownership. On the education aspect, there lacks a clear accommodation classification system and qualified hospitality personnel. The private sector has taken some tasks from the local government as the latter has proven ineffective in tackling most of the above problems, while foreign institutions are financing public infrastructure and town planning projects. Illegal construction is ruining some popular areas[24] while poor road and public utilities' infrastructure greatly hamper tourism. Electrical power outages are still common, while water supply in some areas is intermittent. New water supply systems are being constructed at tourist areas through money financed by foreign banks. The consumption of bottled water instead of tap water is recommended. In recent years, most main roads have been undergoing reconstruction thus further adding to delays but greatly improving the road system. Independent bus and minibus (furgon) operators provide inexpensive transport between most large communities, but schedules and prices are not fixed. Train service is also limited and sporadic. Uncontrolled waste disposal is a problem mostly visible along major roadways and some coastal stretches in the countryside, as waste is burned into the atmosphere or dumped along major rivers to return back to the coast.[25] Volunteers' groups have taken the initiative to clean the affected areas as local authorities are ineffective and powerless.[26] A number of landfills have been constructed recently while some towns have started to implement recycling programs.[27] The production of cement and lime takes place near the touristic town of Kruja, while air pollution from car exhaust mostly affects Tirana. Furthermore, illegal hunting in the country's many lagoons has dramatically reduced rare bird species. Mosquito disinfection campaigns along former swamps have long been halted. Even though 70% of the country is mountainous, Albania is the only country in Europe where ski lifts and mountain rescue structures do not exist. However, a local ski resort opened recently the first ski tow in Albania. International beach resort chains are not present in the country as of yet, though some have expressed interest while others, like Lalzit Bay Resort and Spa have begun construction work along the Adriatic coast north of Durres. Since 2006, the Albanian government has imposed a moratorium on all domestically owned, motor-powered boats on all Albanian lakes, rivers, and seas to curb organized crime.[28] This has acted as a halting factor to the domestic sailing and tourism industry.[29] However, foreign and government owned boats, fishing boats, and jet boats are exempted from the moratorium. For sailing information, visit.[30]
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The New York Times, May 11, 1913:
MAY BE KING OF ALBANIAPrince William of Sweden a Keen SportsmanWife Very Beautiful
LONDON, April 26.—It is rumored that Prince William, second son of the King of Sweden, and his wife, Princess Marie, have been selected by the powers of the Triple Entente as the rulers of the new Kingdom of Albania, which is to be formed on the conclusion of peace between Turkey and the Allies.
Princess Marie, who is a daughter of a Russian Grand Duke, is one of the wealthiest princesses in Europe. She is dark and very beautiful, while her high spirits and democratic tendencies have made her the idol of Sweden...
The New York Times, May 12, 1913:
KING OF ALBANIA
The world trifles with the forces of destiny when it names Theodore Roosevelt King of Albania and quotes the Albanian delegates as saying they would be glad to have him for King, but they find a serious obstacle to his acceptance in his lack of great wealth. From time immemorial the Albanians have been looking for folks with lots of money, and they have generally found them when they have set foot on Albanian soil...
The New York Times, August 26, 1913:
TO BE KING OF ALBANIAPowers Said to Have Chosen Prince of WiedTurks to Get Adrianople
BUCHAREST, August 25.--It is reported here that the powers have selected for the Albanian throne Prince William Frederick Hermann Otto Charles of Wied, the head of the mediatized German Wied family.
The Prince is a nephew of "Carmen Sylvia," the Queen of Rumania. He is 41 years old and was married to Princess Pauline of W?rtemberg in 1898. They have two sons.
The New York Times, December 14, 1913:
CALLS ALBANIANS AFGHANS OF EUROPELucien Wolf Fears Prince William of WiedWill Have a Hard Time Ruling ThemHIS SELECTION A MYSTERYPerhaps Due to the Success of His Wife's Musical Parties,a French Writer Suggests
LONDON, December 1.--In an illuminating article in The Graphic, Lucien Wolf gives some information about Albania and its new King...
An "impenetrable mystery" is Mr. Wolf's description of the powers' selection. He repeats the remark of a witty correspondent of the Temps who suggested that the success of the Princess's musical "At homes" inspired the powers with the idea that she and her husband might well be qualified to introduce a little harmony into the "dissonances Albanaises..."
"The truth, of course, is that the Prince of Wied has not been selected because he is in any special way adapted to the task of ruling the Albanians, but simply because he is the only personage of princely rank in Europe who is willing to make the effort, and who at the same time does not incur the suspicions of Rome or Vienna, or excite the widely varying antipathies of the other great powers. This may be a proof of discretion and courage, and it is hoped that it is. After all, not much more was known of the Kings of Rumania and Bulgaria when they were chosen for a like career, and so far they have managed to keep their crowns...
"The Albanians are really not a European people in the ethnic or social sense. They are the Afghans of the Adriatic. They are Afghans, too, in the political sense, for what is required of them is not so much that they shall be a strong and independent people as that they shall serve as a sort of buffer State, barring the Slavs and the Hellenes from the Adriatic, and holding in suspense the rival ambitions of Austria and Italy..."
The New York Times, March 8, 1914:
ALBANIA AS LITTLE KNOWN AS DARKEST AFRICAA Primitive Land That Has So Far ProducedLittle More Than Hardships, Dangers, and Troubles.By Alexander Konta
Prince William of Wied, the recently chosen King of Albania, has been studying the language and customs of his people under a native tutor at Potsdam. The tutor was sent to him by the now-famous Essad Pasha, the most powerful man in Albania. He began life as a gendarme; he has been commander in chief of his people; he has even dreamed of an Albanian throne for himself. He may go much further...
Less is known of this little strip of coastland on the Adriatic, with its mountainous hinterland, than of almost all the remote parts of Asia, Africa, or the interior of South America. It is virgin soil Large tracts of it have never yet been explored, because travel there is about just as safe and comfortable as it is in the vastness of New Guinea. Roads there are none; the rivers are not navigable for any length from the coast because they are mountain streams; and as for safety--well, the chief imports of Albania are rifles and ammunition.
...in a haphazard, unorganized way it is the granary of the Dalmation coast. It might export corn in infinitely greater quantities if it possessed even the most elementary means of transportation, but in the natural conditions the produce goes to waste in good harvest years, while in poor ones the population is very often on the verge of starvation.
They raise sheep and goats in the rugged, inaccessible mountains, and some cattle in the malarial plain of the sea border; some tobacco, also a little wine, and mutton tallow, of course, from which a cheap soap is manufactured. But that is all. There is only one flour mill driven by steam. The country's chief product--which its new-made King, in common with the rest of the world, undoubtedly already knows--is desperate fighting men bent on having their own primitive, semi-savage way.
But Albania has possiblities...
The country is rich in coal, in silver, in copper, and even in gold... all these sources of wealth have lain fallow ever since the Turk established his uncertain rule over Albania, and... another asset of the country, its forests, has been devastated in a shocking manner.
...The [Austrian] plan, so far as known, includes, first of all, a survey for a railroad between Valona, the capital of the new kingdom, and Scutari, and for highways to connect its harbors at the capital and at Durazzo with the interior, for the facilitation of the export of agricultural products. It is seemingly a plan for exploitation rather than development; for the acquistion, that is, by outright purchase, of whatever promises to pay rich returns...
Valona, the seat of the Provisional Government of Albania, is not a city in any Western sense of the word. It is a large, straggling, unkempt, Near Eastern village. Situated on the Adriatic, it has one of the best and largest and safest harbors in the world. Battle fleets can manoeuvre in its waters. The population lives in hovels built of wood and straw; there are only a few passably comfortable houses, the "palaces" of the Albanian patricians. The "palace" awaiting the King is the old quarantine station built by the Turks years ago...
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Republic of Albania: Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. Communist partisans took over the country in 1944. Albania allied itself first with the USSR (until 1960), and then with China (to 1978).
In the early 1990s, Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven challenging as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks, and combative political opponents. Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding multiparty elections in 1991, but deficiencies remain. International observers judged elections to be largely free and fair since the restoration of political stability following the collapse of pyramid schemes in 1997, however, there have been claims of electoral fraud in every one of Albania's post-communist elections.
In the 2005 general elections, the Democratic Party and its allies won a decisive victory on pledges of reducing crime and corruption, promoting economic growth, and decreasing the size of government. The election, and particularly the orderly transition of power, was considered an important step forward. Albania was invited to join NATO in April 2008 and is a potential candidate for EU accession.
Although Albania's economy continues to grow, the country is still one of the poorest in Europe, hampered by a large informal economy and an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure.
The CIA World Factbook: Albania
Area of Albania:
28,748 sq kmslightly smaller than Maryland
Population of Albania:
3,619,778July 2008 estimate
Languages of Albania:
Albanian official, official dialect: Tosk
Greek
Albania Capital:
Tirana
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