Albania

Basic facts about Albania  testing  Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.) Area study centers     (teaching and research) Associations     (professional, non-governmental, international, local) Communications (includes Computer and Internet issues) Culture, fine arts, entertainment Current events and media Economics    (incl. business and finances) Education Geography and travel    (incl. cities, maps, transportation, etc.) Government  Grants Health and fitness    (incl. medicine, sports, etc.) History    (incl. genealogy, etc.) Language     (incl. dictionaries) Law Libraries and archives Literature    (incl. books online and book vendors) People     (biography) Politics     (incl. international relations, military affairs and US policies) Religions Science and technology   (incl. environmental issues) Social science   (incl. human rights, women issues, etc.) Statistics

Basic country information

• U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Albania (excellent starting point for learning about the country; includes facts-at-a-glance and sections on ethnicity, religion, and culture; early to modern history; geography, government, and the economy)
• The World Factbook - Albania, by CIA
• Wikipedia - Albania
• Infoplease - Albania

Internet searching tools (search engines, directories, etc.)

• The Frosina Information Network (news and information about Albania and Albanian diaspora in the US; history, politics, biography, arts, literature, cousine, etc. are among topics covered by the site)
• InfoAlbania (search engine for Albania businesses, travel, medical pages, science, and more)
• Albanian.com (a server covering all Albanian anscestral lands in the Balkans)
• Republic of Albania (by the Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA)

Area study centers (academic and research)

• Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies - The University of Texas at Austin
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, at the University of Texas at Austin
• Russia Central/Eastern Europe Study Programs, by Friends and Partners
• Russian Studies on the Web, on "Ruthenia" : a comprehensive directory of academic centers world-wide; only in Russian

Associations (professional, non-governmental, international, local)

• Open Society Foundation - Albania 

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Communications (includes Computers and Internet)

• Albania Internet Access Provider Lists

Culture, fine arts and entertainment

• Albanian Folktakes (links to full-text tales)

Current events and media

• News (from Albanian.com)
• Albanian Daily News

Economics (incl. business and finances)

• Albanian American trade & Development Association
• USAID: Albania

Education

Geography and travel (incl. cities, maps, transportation, etc.)

• Albania Maps (includes: political, shaded relief, tactical pilotage maps, etc.; from the Perry-Castaneda Library online Map Collection)
• Albania: Consular Information Sheet (Travel warning from the State Department)
• Lonely Planet World Guide: Destination Albania (an excellent source of information for travellers)

Government

• Albanian Government Structure (from Albanian.com)
• Albanian Parliament
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - site includes press releases, addresses of foreign missions, and profiles of MFA leaders.
• Office of the President - official site of the Office of the President of the Republic of Albania.

Grants

• Fulbright Scholarship Program

Health and fitness (incl. medicine, sports, etc.)

• World Health Organization - Albania
• Albania (Agenda 21 Chapter 6: Protecting and Promoting Human Health; by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

 

History (incl. genealogy, etc.)

• Albanian Historical Resource (an essay; from The Rule of Law Through Technology Initiative-an Interprofessional Project (IPRO) of Chicago-Kent College of Law,  Illinois Institute of Technology)
• Albanian History (from Albanian.com)

Language (incl. dictionaries)

• Languages of Albania (from Ethnologue: Languages of the World)
• Albanian Language (an essay on history, dialects, grammar, vocabulary, etc.; from Albanian.com)

Law

• Criminal Justice System of Albania (an essay from the "Lectric Law Library")

Libraries and archives

• Albanian Collections at the British Library Slavonic and East European Collections

Literature

• Albanian Literature (Britannica)
• Book (and music) reviews (at Frosina Information Network)

People (biography)

• Famous Albanians  (from Albanian.com)

Politics (incl. international relations, military affairs and US policies)

• Kosova Crisis Center
• Erasing History: Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo (a report released by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, May 1999)

Religions

• Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
• Albislam (a page devoted to Islam in Albania; in Albanian)

Science and technology (incl. environmental issues)

• Mineral Industry of Albania by U.S. Geological Survey

Social science (incl. human rights, women issues, etc.)

• Human Rights Watch World report 2001: Albania
• Amnesty International: Albania (a collection of documents)
• Derechos Human Rights Links: Albania (a collection of legal and political documents)
• Albania (at the Balkan Human Rights Web Pages)
• Kosovo crocifisso (an Italian site about Serbsê situation in Kosovo; in Italian only)

Statistics

• World Health Organization: Basic Indicators (statistical table by the World Health Organization; includes population and social and economic indicators)

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