...------------------------------------------------- Albanian cuisine The cuisine of Albania is influenced by Turkish, Greek, and Italian cuisines, as well as ancient Greek, ancient Roman and Byzantine cooking. Every region in Albania and Kosovo has its own unique dishes. Albanian cuisine is characterized by the use of various mediterranean herbs such as Oregano, Black Pepper, Mint, Basil, Rosemary and more in cooking meat and fish. Olive oiland butter is also a main ingredient in different dishes. In Albania, meat (lamb, cow, rabbit and chicken) is used heavily in various dishes in most of the country. Seafood specialties are also common in the coastal areas such as Durrës, Vlorë,Shkoder, Lezhe and Sarandë. Vegetables are used in almost every dish. Usually, Albanian farmers grow every vegetable present in the Mediterranean region and sell them at the local Farmers Market. Vegetables are brought fresh at the Farmers Market early in the morning and this market is opened everyday. The main meal of the Albanians is lunch, which usually consists of gjellë, the main dish of slowly cooked meat, and a salad of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, greenpeppers, and olives. The salad is dressed with olive oil, vinegar, and salt. ------------------------------------------------- Appetizers * Bread (Bukë) or Corn Bread (Bukë misri) are ever present on the Albanian table. Hence the expression for "Going to eat a meal" (Albanian:për të ngrënë bukë) can be literally translated...
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...Albanian independence and Diplomacy of Great Power 1912-1914 Qendresa Krasniqi ENG 105 PIR 01 November 2012 Albania Yesterday Essay Honor Statement (Besa): I have neither given nor received, nor have I tolerated others’ use of unauthorized aid. "It wasn't me who brought you freedom; I found it here, among you."* -George Kastrioti, Skanderbeg (1443) As one of the most ancient countries in Europe, Albanian history had many different periods among centuries .Known as strong and mature people they were always fighting for freedom and seeking the peace that they waited for so long. Was that dream coming true? Would Albanians ever know the feel of living in a free and independent country? Well yes! Even though, Albanians had two glorious Novembers. First one is in 1443, when all Kruja was gathered cheering for the great happiness of freedom, enjoying the rise of flag among Krujas castle walls, by the greatest Albanian nation hero, George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, which unfortunately ended right after Skanderbeg death. Ottoman Empire re-dominance Albania territory for decades until Second November in 1912 came and which was so unfair with Albanians besides it become...
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...Why do people choose to leave from your family’s home country and emigrate to other countries? Albania is a small country, located in the southeast of Europe, which has high emigration rates. During the years, Albanians have emigrated for several different reasons. Still nowadays, Albanians choose to leave their home country and emigrate to other countries for almost the same reasons. The main reason that causes their emigration is economic reason. Job opportunities in Albania are very limited, and wages are very low compared to those in adjacent countries like Greece and Italy, where the most of the Albanians emigrate to. For example, if the minimal wages in Italy are 50$ per day per person, in Albania, the minimal wages are 5$ per day per person. Furthermore, the Government doesn’t do that much to open new working positions to decrease the high unemployment rate. To continue, Albanians choose to emigrate to provide their family better living conditions. The life in Albania is very hard, especially in the rural areas. In these regions of Albania, the communities have problems because of the lack of electricity, water, transportation and sometimes there is no access to medical care. The citizens that live in these areas have to walk 1-2 hours to the nearest bus station and then travel for 2-3 hours to get to the nearest medical care clinic. Another important reason that results in the emigration of Albanians to other countries is to provide a better access to good education...
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...The Republic of Albania is deeply concerned by the ever-present dangers of the belligerent armament and seeks a united effort of the international community to assist nations in implementing policies of regional disarmament. Regrettably there have been incidents in the past several years in the Balkans that would undermine this noble policy. This violence in the Balkans not only threatens the economic prosperity of many Balkan states but also reinforces a negative perception on the world scene that has accrued from a past history of conflict. While there has been aid magnanimously provided to assist in regional security, additional funding from international actors is required in order to further disarmament and security. Albania finds its experiences highly relevant to the experiences of surrounding nations of the Balkans region, believing that financial and security assistance from fellow nations is crucial. Sustained incidents of regional insecurity, such as the Kosovo war, have led Albania to realize that regional disarmament and security is of the utmost importance. Albania has responded strongly to the United Nation’s Millennium Goals. Through the training of teachers and student organizations and by providing new technology and infrastructure for the secondary schools in the districts of Gramsh and Shkodra, the innovative partnership project “Developing Peace and Disarmament Education Initiatives to Disarm Children and Youth” is working towards such goals. As one...
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...Vullnet Limanoski politics Assignment 2 Pro. Sappie 3) I have decided to choose the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and its Balkan neighbor Albania for this assignment for many reasons. First both countries were under communist rule for almost 50 plus years in the 20th century, and seceded from communism about the same time in the early 90s, both countries recognize each other’s nationality as an ethnic minority with in their borders, and also recognize each other’s languages as minority language, however there are some differences between Albania and F.Y.R.O.M to keep in mind for example, Macedonia was under a south Slavic federation for most of the 20th century called Yugoslavia, ruled by Josip Broz Tito and Albania was at one point almost completely isolated by itself under Enver hoxha’s oppressive communist regime. In Albania to qualify for presidency you must be an Albanian citizen by birth who has resided in Albania for no less than 10 years and who has reached the age of 40, in addition to this the president of the Republic of Albania is in every case elected for 5 years, with the right of reelection only once. To run for presidency in Macedonia you don’t have to be born in Macedonia to run for presidency, but he President of Macedonia is elected in general and direct elections, by secret ballot, for a term of five years. A person may be elected President of the Republic two times at most. The President of the Republic shall...
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...Jon Gjebrea WRIT 1010 / 50 April 25, 2012 Dr. Lydia Wazir Comperative essay Compare two countries In this essay I am going to concentrate on clear contrasts between Albania and Italy- one of the countries from central Europe. These countries have different population, food, area. However, one may find their natural environment similar- in both countries there are politics, seas, and other components. When you think about the two countries- Albania and Italy, you may find them completely different at the first glance. During World War II beside Nazis, Albania was also under Italian regime and I might say that there everything started. Every single citizen of Albania as a second language has Italian, they are also into Italian fashion, and they mostly prefer Italian food rather than Albanian one. Due to the strategic geographical position Albania was always seen as a country that everyone could benefit from. Albania is quite a small country with a population of 4.1 million, basically equal to one main city of Italy. Albania officially is known as the Republic of Albania, it is situated in Southern Europe. It borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west, and from the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km (45 mi) from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea. Meanwhile Italy...
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...GAZI: What’s next? Prof.Dr. Vasilika Kume1 “You never know what lies over the next hill, but I am confident that whatever happens I will think on my feet.” Gazmend Haxhia Introduction On a Saturday afternoon in the summer of 2010, Gazmend Haxhia (Gazi), President of Albanian Center of Management Services and Avis Rent a Car Albania, together with Anila his business partner and wife of nine years were sitting in their office in Rogner Hotel in Tirana and contemplating the future of their multiple businesses. As Licensee Proprietor and President of Avis Rent A Car Albania, Managing Director of the OPEL General Motors Albanian Representation, Co-Chairman of Albanian Center for Management Services (ACMS), Owner of Albanian Experience travel agency, Cofounder of the architecture and urban planning academic institution Polis University, Gazi has worked hard to effect change and produce businesses reflecting the intersection of entrepreneurship, creativity, fairness and sound management. Everyone would have envied this career – and all in only 15 years. But Gazi was not satisfied, and with the enthusiasm of an eternal optimist that is a landmark trait of Gazi‟s, he was posing the next challenge: What lies next as the growing of existing businesses was not what he was looking for? Gazi was thinking about „The Next Big Thing.‟ He felt himself at a crossroads: What‟s next? Embarking on something new? Is identifying growth areas the new challenge for the future? Other questions which...
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...The transition process in Albania, as in other ex-communist countries, stopped the enterprise development. The increasing number of small and medium enterprises is the most promising consequence of the transition process. Several researches in western countries have demonstrated that entrepreneurship involves objective and subjective factors and is interrelated with environmental objective factors and individual subjective ones. Our research examines clear characteristics of the businesses’ analysis, the performance of the entrepreneurs themselves (their background and personal characteristics), their motivation to start a business and the perceptions of the different characteristics and the aspects of the businesses they run. 1. Definition of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs Storey (1994) argues that there is no uniformly acceptable definition of small firms due to a variety of factors, including: industry and sector influence on size; yardstick used; and subjective and conflicting statistical data on small and new firms. Bolton Committee (1971) tried to correlate the economic and statistical features and linked those with the industry factor while regarded small firms as: • with relatively small share of market; • managed by owners or part-owners in a personalised way; • independent. * Prof. dr, Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Albania. ** MBA, Ministry of Finance, Albania. *** MA, Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Albania. 91 WS P Ó Ł C Z E...
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...Admirim Ymeri Jordan Misja, Tirana, Albania Telephone: +355 69 3919969 (mobile) e-mail: adiymeri@hotmail.com Summary • Very good knowledge on IT systems, global system analysis, developing, testing and managing of software in several programming languages. Software Engineering, Software Analyst, Database designer and Administrator in ORACLE, SQL Server DBMS, PostgreSQL, etc., Software Designer, Software Developer, Network and System Administrator. • Experience managing national level large scale IT projects. • Experience in software development, through the full cycle, for requirements analysis, detailed specifications, project planning, resource management, implementation, testing and beyond. • Fluency in English, Italian, Albanian with intermediate knowledge of French and German Experience Database Designing Consultancy 03/2010-present Immovable Property System (IPS) Land Administration and Management Project (LAMP) Immovable Property Registration Office (IPRO) • Develop and maintain the database, database applications, database interface functions (data entry forms and reports) and products. • Create, maintain, install, modify and test modules for the database and user interface of the IPS. • Prepare comprehensive written user manual/guideline to use, maintain and update the database produced. A first draft of the user manuals should be ready at the end of the...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract Introduction 1. Albanian Business Environment Data 2. Albanian Business Law and its Consequences on Domestic /Foreign Business Environment 3. Key Risks Threatening Business in Albania 1. Domestic Political Situation 2. Inflation /Taxes & Price Effects 3. Population and Business Distribution Geography 4. The Immigration and its Impact on the Economy and Business Demand 5. Global crisis – Greek & Italian Crisis 4. Conclusions 5. Literature Abstract This paper provides an overall picture of the business environment difficulties of East European Countries, through the concrete case of Albania, towards new political & economic changes in parallel with global changes. It will consider the type of businesses operating within the country, the market environment fragility & volatility, several types of risks present, the impact of Euro versus domestic businesses and joint ventures within Albanian market and the most evident barriers that domestic business has in order to act internationally. Introduction Change in Eastern Europe, in early 1990’s, came in with a new set of political and economical problems. In Albania, the collapse of communism and its agricultural closed economy left the place to the free market economy. The passage faced the institutional gaps as well as it found an unprepared society towards the mixed market economy....
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...Hiking in Kosovo is a fairly new outdoor activity, which gained popularity after the Kosovo War. The success of hiking in Kosovo is mostly attributed to the support from hiking societies such as: HikingNjeri[1] which have worked hard to not only organize activities, but also to expose hiking to the general public via social media. Hiking as an activity started in its true sense circa 1930, the year in which a group of friends climbed the Gjeravica mountain in Peć. This was the first time that a peak in Kosovo was climbed. Even though people started to show interest shortly after, many mountains were near border areas and people needed special permission to visit them due to the political issue at the time. That is the reason why people were able to actually become active hikers only after the war, especially in 2003-2005. The vast majority of the terrain of Kosovo is mountainous.[2] Central mountains are not sufficiently hard to climb, yet they make a good hiking trail, their height goes from 800–1200 meters. The Mirusha river splits these mountains in two groups. The first one is located in the south-west of central mountains and includes the following: Millanoviq mountains, Gajrak, Zatriq, Bajrak and Gremnik.[3] The second group consists of Crnoljeva, Goleshi, Berisha, Kosmaqi, Drenica, Qyqavica mountains. Surrounding mountains are located near border areas. They are harder for hiking because of their steep trails and require a lot of experience and agility. Mountains that are...
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...DOKUMENT I BANKËS EVROPIANE PËR RINDËRTIM DHE ZHVILLIM STRATEGJIA PËR SHQIPËRINË 11 Dhjetor 2012 Përkthimet e tekstit origjinal janë siguruar nga BERZH vetëm për lehtësi leximi. Ndërsa BERZH është kujdesur në mënyre të veçantë për të siguaruar vërtetësinë e përkthimit , BERZH nuk garanton ose vërteton saktesinë e përkthimit. Risku për përdorimin e tekstit të përkthyer qëndron mbi vetë lexuesin. Në asnjë rrethanë, BERZH, punonjësit e Bankës dhe agjentët nuk janë përgjegjës ndaj lexuesit ose ndaj çdo personi tjetër për çdo pasaktësi, gabim, përjashtim, heqje, defekt dhe/ose çdo ndryshim të permbajtjes së përkthimit, pavaresisht shkakut ose per çdo dëm që rezulton prej tij. Ne rast te çdo mosperputhjeje ose kundershtimi ndërmjet versionit anglisht dhe atij te përkthyer, version anglisht merret për bazë. TRYEZA E LËNDËS PËRMBLEDHJE EKZEKUTIVE ................................................................................ 2 1. PORTOFOLI I BANKËS ..................................................................................... 5 1.1. Shikim i përgjithshëm mbi veprimtaritë e deritanishme të Bankës .................. 5 1.2. Zbatimi i strategjisë së mëparshme për Shqipërinë ......................................... 6 1.3. Efekti në tranzicion i portofolit të Bankës ........................................................ 9 MJEDISI OPERATIV ......................................................................................... 10 2.1 Konteksti politik................
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...Initial CFLCC CDR’s Planning Guidance Problem Framing: Ahurastan was formed as a result of Azeri nationalism and Iranian weakness. We know they have significant military capabilities, but lack access to natural resources in order to generate wealth that would help to secure their boundaries. They are surrounded by enemies, and largely lack international legitimacy. They perceive Azerbaijani weakness and desire their oil resources, as well as access to the southern tribes that would enable a “greater” Azeri nation to develop and grow over time. They are natural allies of SAPP/SAPA, and would use them much as the NVA used the Viet Cong in order to facilitate their political goals in the region. Their strengths are their strategic missile capabilities, ethnic ties, their ability to coordinate insurgency in Azerbaijan; and most important, their offensive military proximity to their objectives in the KURA basin. Their weaknesses include their sustainment ability and extended LOCs, and they don’t have significant bridging capabilities. They also know that time is limited to achieve their regional goals, and recognize that US/coalition reinforcement of Azerbaijan may limit their strategic aims. This is why the JTF commander thinks they will likely seize the oilfields and sue for peace on their terms rather than an all out attack to seize Baku. Our strengths include coalition support and a better strategic communications posture, our power projection capabilities, and...
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...UNIVERSITETI I TIRANËS DEPARTAMENTI I FINANCËS FAKULTETI I EKONOMISË ANALIZA E PUNËS (BANKA CREDINS) Mnaxhim Strategjik Burimeve Njerzore Punoi: Udhëheqës shkencor: Bledi HOXHALLARI Prof. Dr. Perlat LAME Tiranë, 20/02/2013 Përmbajtja e punimit Hyrje………………………………………………………………………………..6 1 MENAXHIMI I RISKUT TE KREDISë………………………………………7 1. 1 Komponentët e menaxhimit të riskut të kredisë …… 8 1. 2 KRIZA E RISKUT TE KREDISË 2007-2012 12 2 DREJTIMI I RISKUT KREDISË… …………………………………….…..…14 Përfundime………………………………………………………………..…….28 REFERENCa 30 HYRJA Duke patur parasysh rendesine e marrjes se vendimit per te kryer Analizen e Punes e kame zgjedhur qe ta trajtoj si detyre kursi per lenden MSBNJ kete proces. Perpara se ne te fokusohemi pikerish te ky proces i rendesishem do te doja ti hidhnim nje sy nga Prespektiva Manaxheriale e te gjithe situates te meanxhimit te punes e cila ne vetvete eshte nje proces me dinamike te larte. Manaxheret dizenjojne struktura me qellim organizimin e punes neper departamente, skuadra, dhe menyra te tilla pune nga te cilat vete puna do te performohej ne menyre sa me eficente dhe qe do te jepte nje sherbim apo produkt te vlefshem ne duart e klienteve. Specialistet e Burimeve njerzore asistojne keta menxhere duke mbajtur nen kontrol te vazhdueshel dhe dokumentuar njekohesisht ndryshimet per cdo lloj pune...
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...not develop uniformly in all literary types. Scholars generally agree that poetry in Albania suffered a greater influence from socialist realism rather than prose, unlike Kosovo, where prose was more exposed to changes from this art-leveler method. 3.1 Development of poetry One of the main reasons why socialist realism influenced more the Albanian poetry was related to the fact that this literary genre was considered a follower of partisan songs. Since they were the strongest expression of liberation cause, partisan songs embedded in the recipient, thus conveying psychological and propaganda effects. As Milazim Krasniqi explains "lyrics of partisan songs written by Andrea Varfi, Fatmir Gjata, Kole Jakova, Qamil Buxheli, Shefqet Musaraj, and even Mehmet Shehu and Shefqet Peci, began the process of changing the function of the aesthetic text and promoted that as an exclusively ideological function" (Krasniqi, 2005, p. 164). This feature propaganda function spread through poetry prevailed in a powerful way,...
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