The Mediterranean Blog

NAU Professor Gretchen Gee and her family spent a daunting but rewarding semester in one of Europe's poorest countries Albania, as Gretchen Gee points out, wasn't her first choice.

UEFA President Michel Platini underlined UEFA's commitment to supporting smaller associations and praised the progress made by Albanian football in a speech to the general assembly of the Football Association ...

What happens when Western luxuries meet Balkan salaries? By Balkanblogs for Southeast European Times - " 14/11/08 "Albanians want to resemble a society that is worth imitating," one blogger says.

A local diver is living out his dream of discovering shipwrecks all over the world.

UEFA President Michel Platini travels to four European countries this week for discussions with national association and government officials.

Germany's defence minister visits Kosovo and BiH. Also in diplomatic news: Albania's Bamir Topi met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, and negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus continue.

TIRANA, Albania -- The United States granted 11.7m euros in aid to Albania on Friday to help it tackle corruption and strengthen its judiciary system.

The mountains of Cheimarra are so steep, so precipitous, so jagged and haphazard as they arise almost from the edge of the Adriatic sea, that it is by sheer charity of the gods that they are shrouded in the ...