Albania's air transport

Impressive and sustained growth of Tirana's airport during the past 6 years is reported by this airline network news site with good graphics.

Flooding in Albania

Another disaster at hand. This one is in Northern Albania where the Adriatic sea, the Buna river, and the quick snow melting have created havoc. Fund raising is ongoing to help the needy.

http://bw.balkanweb.com/fotoAlbum/dritare.php?id=402&IDFoto=402

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Comparison

An intriguing parallelism is made by Prof. Michael Galaty between Afghanistan and Albania in his article published yesterday by the Christian Science Monitor.