Latest news about Albania
Book reviews: "The General of the Dead Army" and "Like Eating a Stone" (International Herald Tribune)
A new translation of Ismail Kadare's haunting novel, and a nonfiction look at the aftermath of the Bosnian wars.
6 Oct 2008, 8:39 am | click here for more
Foreign News Briefs (The Plain Dealer)
Shkodra, Albania -- Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a difficult-labor camp, punished for her fiancé's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore never again.
6 Oct 2008, 4:45 am | click here for more
RONALDO REUNITED WITH QUEIROZ (Sporting Life)
Carlos Queiroz will take charge of Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time as Portugal boss after confirming him in his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and Albania.
6 Oct 2008, 3:47 am | click here for more
In Beijing Competition, Lots of Clubs and Big Swing (New York Times)
After two of the six days of qualifying play in the first World Mind Sports Games, the American senior team is leading its group.
6 Oct 2008, 12:58 am | click here for more
Albanian tribal culture is vanishing (Philly.com)
THETH, Albania - The Accursed Mountains tower high over the Shala Valley, snow clinging to their summits even in the summer. Their jagged peaks hide one of Europe's most remote areas, where tribal culture lives on even as the modern world encroaches.
5 Oct 2008, 3:35 am | click here for more
Fewer 'sworn virgins' in Albania (MSNBC)
In this strongly patriarchal society where for centuries women had virtually no standing, sworn virgins enjoyed the same rights and respect as men.
5 Oct 2008, 11:37 pm | click here for more
Tradition of `sworn virgins’ dying out in Albania (Las Vegas Sun)
Sun, Oct 5, 2008 (8:15 a.m.) Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a difficult-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
5 Oct 2008, 11:22 am | click here for more
Tradition of `sworn virgins' dying out in Albania (The Charlotte Observer)
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a difficult-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again. She pledged to forgo sex and marriage for the relax of her life, and declared herself a man. That was six decades ago. Now 85, with close-cropped white hair, ...
5 Oct 2008, 11:15 am | click here for more
Tradition of `sworn virgins' dying out in Albania (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a difficult-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist.
5 Oct 2008, 11:00 am | click here for more
Tradition of `sworn virgins' dying out in Albania (AP via Yahoo! News)
Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a difficult-labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again.
5 Oct 2008, 11:00 am | click here for more