The Republic of Albania, (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, IPA ) is a Balkan country in southeastern Europe. It borders Montenegro in the northwest, Serbia in the north, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south; it has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest. Despite having a troubled history, since the 1990s the country has been classified as an emerging democracy.

History

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The earlier inhabitants were part of the population that occupied the coastline of most parts of the Mediterranean. Their physical remains are scarce though, and concentrated on the coastal region. Shortly after, the first inhabitants were overrun by the Proto-Hellenic tribes that gradually occupied modern-day Greece. The southern parts of this region are now the Republic of Macedonia and the south of present-day Albania. This process was completed over the second millennium BCE and did not really affect northern or central Albania, an area that at the time presented the image of a political vacuum (in essence a historical paradox).

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Albania has the best economic growth in Europe in 2009
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:42:38 -0000
Albania's economic growth over the last four years has been higher than at any time in the last 100 years - with projected growth for 2009 the highest in the Europe due to a series of government initiatives in recent years that have helped Albania to cope with the impact of the world recession.
After April 17, 1948: Yugoslavia Removes Its Advisers from Albania
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:31:56 -0000
Yugoslav envoy to Albania Savo Zlatic demands a meeting with representatives of the Albanian government, and Albanian communist Prime Minister Enver Hoxha sends Interior Minister Koci Xoxe and Political Bureau member Hysni Kapo.
Britain extradites Albanian murder suspect
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:10:30 -0000
TIRANA, Albania -- A convicted murderer sought for years was extradited from Great Britain on Sunday .
Independence Day of Albania
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:09:17 -0000
Kamen Vodenicharov,right, entertainer and executive director of Bulgarian Balkanika music channel Photo: Petar Kostadinov On November 30, Bujar Skendo, ambassador of Albania, and his wife, welcomed guests and friends to a well attended reception at the Grand Hotel Sofia marking the 97th anniversary of Albania's Independence Day.
Pope's Address to Orthodox Albanian Archbishop
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:58:49 -0000
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 4, 2009 .- Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today upon receiving in audience Archbishop Anastas of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, who is the head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania.
Albania Court Reviews Greek Territorial Deal
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:38:06 -0000
Tirana Ionian Sea map Albania's constitutional court began on Tuesday a review of the legality of a territorial agreement with Greece, which delineates the continental shelf between the two countries in the Ionian Sea.

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