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Albania (alb. Shqipëria) jest państwem leżącym w Europie na Bałkanach, będące częścią alternatywnej historii. W niej graniczy z Czarnogórą od północny, z Kencyrlą i Bułgarią od wschodu oraz z Grecją od południa. Kraj posiada 362-kilometrowe wybrzeże morskie. Albania (Shqipëria, Republika Albanii – Republika e Shqipërise) – państwo w południowo-wschodniej Europie na Bałkanach, nad Morzem Adriatyckim. Graniczy z Grecją (282 km), Macedonią (151 km) oraz Kosowem (114 km) i Czarnogórą (173 km). Łączna długość granic lądowych wynosi 720 km, ponadto państwo posiada 362 km wybrzeża morskiego. Albania (în albaneză Shqipëri/Shqipëria), oficial denumită Republica Albania (în albaneză Republika e Shqipërisë, pronunțat ɾɛpuˈblika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːs; în dialectul Gheg: Republika e Shqipnísë), este un stat suveran din sud-estul Europei. Se învecinează cu Muntenegru la nord-vest, cu Kosovo la nord-est, cu Macedonia la est și cu Grecia la sud și sud-est. Are ieșire la Marea Adriatică spre vest, și la Marea Ionică spre sud-vest. Se află la mai puțin de 72 km de Italia, de care o desparte strâmtoarea Otranto ce leagă Marea Adriatică de Marea Ionică. Albania was once a fleet officer and sailmaster of the Stench of Death. This character has since gone dormant, or has been deleted. Image:Pirate.png Arr! This article about a pirate in Puzzle Pirates be a stub. Ye can help YPPedia by [ expanding it]. L'Albania, conosciuta anche come Shqipëriasta, ufficialmente Federazione delle Repubbliche Democratiche della gente delle Tribù dell'Albania, ma conosciuta nel globo come Gloriose Nazioni Unite dell'Albania, è uno strano ma felice paese dei Balcani, uno degli stati seccessionisti dagli Stati Uniti d'America e dal 1991 sotto il protettoriato internazionale della Sacra corona unita unita alla dittatura albanese. Albania is a country in Europe. The President of Albania was Ismaili. In 2003, Albania sent their fleet into the Ionian Fleet in order to take back the Isle of Croxys after what they considered "an act of war." They wished for President Bartlet to negotiate an end to the Croxys dispute. 2033: The European Economic Community, southern France, Italy and southeastern Europe shatter into hundreds of city-states. Albania - państwo na Bałkanach, w którym mało kto był. Ma roszczenia terytorialne do wszystkich krajów południowej Europy. Nikt nie wie, jak dokładnie wygląda. Bezsensopedia wysłała tam eksperta w sprawie poznania prawdy, ale on od chwili przyjazdu, nie dał znaku życia. Albania, officially the Republic of Albania (Esperanto: Respubliko Albanio; Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is a member state of the European Federation. Its capital is Tiranë. After the Italians left in 1944, Albania came under the control of dictator Enver Hoxha, who would rule the country until his death in 1985. Hoxha's rule caused many Albanians to move to the United States of America, settling in major cities like Chicago and New York City. In the latter case, the Albanian immigrant community had a voice thorugh Joseph J. DioGuardi, a former member of the US House of Representatives, and the founder of the Albanian American Civic League. Among those who fled was Arten Bardha, who set up a sand and gravel business in the Big Apple, and Anton Vasic, who set up a bakery. Both men had significant ties to Albanian criminal elements like Ratko Petrovich. In 2004, Bardha was hired by those criminal elements to recover a shipment of heroin that had been stolen from <default>Albania</default> Lokalizacja Rok powstania Właściciel Mieszkańcy Rola Przynależność Albania (ang. Albania) — kraj położony na Bałkanach, graniczy z Czarnogórą, Macedonią oraz Grecją i Serbią oraz Kosowem. Jego stolicą jest Tirana. Kraj ma dostęp do Morza Adriatyckiego. Albania officially known as Republic of Albania is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Greece, Macedonia, [1]Kosovo and Montenegro. The capital city is Tirana. When Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena, stole her mother's diadem, she hid it in an Albanian forest. It remained hidden for several centuries, until Tom Marvolo Riddle discovered that Helena was the Grey Lady, the House Ghost of Ravenclaw, and managed to get the information about its resting place from her. He recovered it, and turned it into one of his Horcruxes. Albania was a nation in Europe. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, twenty-one-year-old Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was assigned to a Royal Navy mission to update British maps of the Greek islands. He ended up in Albania on a mission against Stalinist rebels. This was his first encounter with the extra-normal. He came into contact with the Immortals and went on a quest into the Greek Underworld. His mind was later wiped of these memories. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion) Albania first participated in the Olympic Games by 1972 and has been represented by the National Olympic Comitee since 1972. However They did not participated in the games between 1976 to 1988. Their IOC code is ALB. Albania is a select-able nation in Europa Universalis IV at the beginning in 1444. They start at war with the Ottomans. Its government type is a Despotic Monarchy. The Republic of Albania (IPA: al-ba-knee-ahh) (not to be confused with Albany, NY or civilization), also known as Albanistan and most commonly the Glorious United State of Albania, is an unincorporated unwanted territory of the United States of America located in South-Eastern Europe, at the western region of the Balkans. It is inhabited by Albanians, Serbs, Greeks, and Macedonians, but as Albanians claim to be the oldest in peninsula, everyone is believed to be Albanian. [Fuente] Albania es un país al sureste de Europa, fronterizo con Grecia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo y Montenegro. Se hace referencia más de una vez a este país como aquel al que fue Lord Voldemort a esconderse luego de su primer caída en la Primera Guerra Mágica. The Republic of Albania is a small parliamentary democracy in the southern part of Eastern Europe. It is less than 45 miles from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea. Albania has historically been dominated by several empires, including the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and finally the Ottoman Empire, before officially gaining independence in 1912. However, it was once again dominated by a foreign power, Italy, in 1939. As World War II progressed, Germany also occupied Albania, until they were driven out by primarily Communist partisans. Albania has a coastline on the Mediterranean, the country borders Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. Its official language is Albanian. There are about 3 and a half million people living in Albania. During the communist rule, Albania sided with China in the Sino-Soviet split, in which China and the Soviet Union stopped being allies due to their conflicting interests and communist ideologies. Albania was the only European nation to ally itself with China. Under Enver Hoxha, Albania thrived and maintained an excellent relationship with Josip Broz Tito's neighbouring Yugoslavia. This relationship deteriorated, however, after Tito's death in 1980. Albania was a country in southeast Europe, bordered by Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece. Some time before Day 1, Borvo Sobrinna's parents were murdered by ethnic Albanians, before the League of Communist Yugoslavia recruited him. (Findings at CTU) "Albania" is the eighth episode of the A Series of QI. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 23 October 2003, and was broadcast on BBC Two a week later. This episode was preceded by "Arthropods" and followed by "Antelopes". Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. Communist partisans took over the country in 1944. Albania allied itself first with the USSR (until 1960), and then with China (to 1978). In the early 1990s, Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven challenging as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks, and combative political opponents. Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding multiparty elections in 1991, but deficiencies remain. International observers judged elections to be largely free and fair since th e Albania (Shqipërisë),or as thë Ançënt Romans call it 'thë onë that got away', is amongst thë smallëst and financially opprëssëd countriës in Ëuropë. Albania usëd to strëtç ovër to Sërbia, Macëdonia, Montënëgro, and Grëëcë until thëir Albanian Gëorgë W. Bush (bëttër-known as Skandërbëg) bëttëd all thëir monëy on thë Ëuropëan Stock Ëxçangë (aka, "Ottoman Ëmpirë" and/or "Austro-Hungary). Albania, one of the Balkan countries, has been in a period of transition since the fall of communism in the late 1980’s. Under communist rule, Albania had alienated itself from not only western states, but even communist states, including the Soviet Union. First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour, Enver Hoxha, ruled Albania for four decades after World War II. Under Hoxha, Albania remained predominatly an agrarian state without freedoms of press and, particularly, religion. Islam is the majority religion in Albania, and along with Turkey, are two of the few countries in Europe where this is the case. Add links to other sites here Albania shares a border with Greece to the south/southeast, Macedonia to the east, Serbia (including Kosovo) to the northeast, and Montenegro to the northwest. Western Albania lies along the Adriatic and Ionian Sea coastlines. Albania's primary seaport is Durres, which handles 90% of its maritime cargo. Catégorie:lien vers Onomasticon Occitaniae sur Onomasticon Occitaniae (recueil de noms propres occitans)Catégorie:Renvoi vers Onomasticon OccitaniaeCatégorie:Nom propre From Medieval Greek Αλβανία (Alvania). The Albanian capital, Tirana, is home to approximately 895,000 of the country's 3.6 million people This is a collection of local flavor and sources of information about Albania, with a focus on individual voices. Please add other sources below. See the Bridge Index style guide for advice on how to list new sources on this page. +/- Obecnośc korporacji: Saeder-Krupp (cd.84) Według najściślej strzeżonych tajemnic NATO Albania nie istnieje. Nonsensopedia – jako jedna z niewielu liczących się instytucji naukowych na świecie – nie dała się nabrać na teorię spiskową przygotowaną przez masońskie siły stojących u władzy. Poza Nonsensopedią prawie cały świat nadal naiwnie wierzy w istnienie Albanii. Pewnie ciągle uważasz, że Albania istnieje? Udowodniłeś kiedyś solidnie, że aktualna informacja podawana jest właśnie z tego, a nie innego miejsca? Byłeś tam kiedyś, znasz kogoś kto był? Znasz jakiegoś Albańczyka? Nie – Albanii nie ma, Albania nie istnieje. Albania is a former Communist country located in eastern Europe and the home of Adil Hoxha. Albania is a country in Europe. Tirana is the capital and largest city. No ice hockey is played. But the Pogradec lake is used for skating, and in 2005 they converted the local football field into a rink for a few weeks. Albania is a small country on the shores of the Adriatic Sea - just opposite the stiletto heel of the Italian boot. The Albanian language is, much like Armenian (with which it should NOT be confused), another one of those weird offshoots of the Indo-European family tree, with no particularly close relation to any other European language. The Albanian word for Albania is "Shqipëria", usually translated as "Land of the Eagle", hence the flag. Those Albanians left outside the state caused plenty of problems too, but you probably knew that. The flag of Albania consists of a double-headed black eagle on a red field. Albania, officially known as the republic of Albania, is a country in South-Eastern Europe and it's capital is Tirana. It is bordered by Montenegro in the North-West, Macedonia to the East, and Greece to the South and South-East. Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country in Europe. Albania (Shqipëria, Republika Albanii – Republika e Shqipërise) – państwo w południowo-wschodniej Europie na Bałkanach, nad Morzem Adriatyckim. Graniczy z Grecją (282 km), Macedonią (151 km) oraz Serbią (114 km) i Czarnogórą (173 km). Łączna długość granic lądowych wynosi 720 km, ponadto państwo posiada 362 km wybrzeża morskiego. Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeastern Europe. Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria; Gheg Albanian: Shqipni/Shqipnia), officially known as the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on 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. Morne information on the Wikipedia page [1] Albania is a colony for the long repressed citizens of Albany, New York. Their story is similar to that of Israel, but intead of Palestinians, they Albanians who have moved back to the homeland had to fight off Greeks and Grateful Dead fans to establish their own state. In Albania it is still 2002. __HIDDENCAT__ Albania is a present-day country in Europe and its located in the southwestern region of the Balkans. Albania is also a NATO member. It is allied with the United States, and Europe, and the Albanians were occupied by various nations before gaining independence in 1912. The national hero is George Skanderbeg, a Catholic who mobilized an army consisting mostly of Albanians, with some coming from Venice, and Italy againsts the Ottomans. The current Prime Minister of Albania is Edi Rama. Albania's closest trading partner is the United States. Capital of Albania is Tirana. Maybe one day Albania join EU, but not yet. Currently, it is EU candidate. Albania have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times. The Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar, has been the organiser of the Albanian Eurovision entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2004, and has used the long-standing Albanian song contest, Festivali i Këngës, to select the Albanian Eurovision entry.

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Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria; Gheg Albanian: Shqipni/Shqipnia), officially known as the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on 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. Morne information on the Wikipedia page [1] Albania is a country in Europe. Tirana is the capital and largest city. No ice hockey is played. But the Pogradec lake is used for skating, and in 2005 they converted the local football field into a rink for a few weeks. Albania is a select-able nation in Europa Universalis IV at the beginning in 1444. They start at war with the Ottomans. Its government type is a Despotic Monarchy. Albania - państwo na Bałkanach, w którym mało kto był. Ma roszczenia terytorialne do wszystkich krajów południowej Europy. Nikt nie wie, jak dokładnie wygląda. Bezsensopedia wysłała tam eksperta w sprawie poznania prawdy, ale on od chwili przyjazdu, nie dał znaku życia. Albania (Shqipëria, Republika Albanii – Republika e Shqipërise) – państwo w południowo-wschodniej Europie na Bałkanach, nad Morzem Adriatyckim. Graniczy z Grecją (282 km), Macedonią (151 km) oraz Kosowem (114 km) i Czarnogórą (173 km). Łączna długość granic lądowych wynosi 720 km, ponadto państwo posiada 362 km wybrzeża morskiego. The Albanian capital, Tirana, is home to approximately 895,000 of the country's 3.6 million people 2033: The European Economic Community, southern France, Italy and southeastern Europe shatter into hundreds of city-states. Albania (Shqipëria, Republika Albanii – Republika e Shqipërise) – państwo w południowo-wschodniej Europie na Bałkanach, nad Morzem Adriatyckim. Graniczy z Grecją (282 km), Macedonią (151 km) oraz Serbią (114 km) i Czarnogórą (173 km). Łączna długość granic lądowych wynosi 720 km, ponadto państwo posiada 362 km wybrzeża morskiego. Albania was once a fleet officer and sailmaster of the Stench of Death. This character has since gone dormant, or has been deleted. Image:Pirate.png Arr! This article about a pirate in Puzzle Pirates be a stub. Ye can help YPPedia by [ expanding it]. Capital of Albania is Tirana. Maybe one day Albania join EU, but not yet. Currently, it is EU candidate. Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeastern Europe. __HIDDENCAT__ Albania is a present-day country in Europe and its located in the southwestern region of the Balkans. Albania is also a NATO member. It is allied with the United States, and Europe, and the Albanians were occupied by various nations before gaining independence in 1912. The national hero is George Skanderbeg, a Catholic who mobilized an army consisting mostly of Albanians, with some coming from Venice, and Italy againsts the Ottomans. With 3 million people, Albania's enemies are Serbia, and to some extent, Greece. Albanians remain divided on Turkey, most Albanian Christians and Albanian Atheists/Agnostics oppose Turkey, even some Muslims. Contrary to popular belief, Albania is not very religious, in fact, 25% of the population are atheists. Albania was the first nation in human history to be fully Atheist, after Communist dictator Enver Hoxha outlawed religion in 1967, banning religion for three decades. The current Prime Minister of Albania is Edi Rama. Albania's closest trading partner is the United States. Reowned for its mountanious geography, beaches, and rivers, Albania is now getting exposure to the world after decades of isolation. Add links to other sites here Obecnośc korporacji: Saeder-Krupp (cd.84) Albania is a colony for the long repressed citizens of Albany, New York. Their story is similar to that of Israel, but intead of Palestinians, they Albanians who have moved back to the homeland had to fight off Greeks and Grateful Dead fans to establish their own state. In Albania it is still 2002. The Republic of Albania (IPA: al-ba-knee-ahh) (not to be confused with Albany, NY or civilization), also known as Albanistan and most commonly the Glorious United State of Albania, is an unincorporated unwanted territory of the United States of America located in South-Eastern Europe, at the western region of the Balkans. It is inhabited by Albanians, Serbs, Greeks, and Macedonians, but as Albanians claim to be the oldest in peninsula, everyone is believed to be Albanian. Word has it that they descended from the Illyrian tribes, but few people know the truth, and less care. Albanians are renowned emigrants, and (anecdotally) fierce nationalists. Reliable sources claim there are about 4 million of them living abroad, with some highly reliable sources claiming as many as 20 million. Albanians think about half of the most prominent figures in history or the media are Albanian. Thus, Alexander the Great, Mother Teresa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lewis Hamilton, Steve Jobs and - most recently - Barack Obama are all rumored to be of Albanian origin. Albanians are kind, hospitable people who are very understanding towards people of other religions, mainly because they, Albanians, have no religion. A typical Albanian muslim is tipsy in the morning, just before he goes to the mosque, and completely shitfaced by the time he takes his family to the church later that day. In April 2009, the country wholeheartedly accepted an invitation to join NATO. The prime minister called it "a miracle of freedom". What he meant (if he meant anything) was not exactly understood but greatly appreciated. Later that year Albania confirmed its interest in joining the EU by officially begging applying for membership. Present day Albania boasts very lively nightclubs, flashy cars and pricey hookers who probably don't care much about NATO. The unemployment rate is close to 70%, and of those unemployed, nobody would take a job unless it requires no effort and pays well. Despite this, the economy seems to be doing fine and - according to the PM - the country is and will not be affected by the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. If that were true, Albania would join the Vatican, the tribes of the Amazon, and the Moon in being recession-proof no matter what. Albania is a former Communist country located in eastern Europe and the home of Adil Hoxha. Albania have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times. The Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar, has been the organiser of the Albanian Eurovision entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2004, and has used the long-standing Albanian song contest, Festivali i Këngës, to select the Albanian Eurovision entry. Albania, one of the Balkan countries, has been in a period of transition since the fall of communism in the late 1980’s. Under communist rule, Albania had alienated itself from not only western states, but even communist states, including the Soviet Union. First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labour, Enver Hoxha, ruled Albania for four decades after World War II. Under Hoxha, Albania remained predominatly an agrarian state without freedoms of press and, particularly, religion. Islam is the majority religion in Albania, and along with Turkey, are two of the few countries in Europe where this is the case. After Hoxha’s death in 1985, socialist power in Albania began to slowly dwindle, leading to the end of the one-party system in 1990 to the defeat of the Socialist party in 1992. This, however, did not lead to a sudden shift in Albanian politics. Albania has been continuously dealing with election fraud and political corruption. Though, within the past ten years, Albania has worked towards increasing its diplomatic efforts. It is currently a potential candidate for European Union membership, it is a current member of NATO, and during the conflict in Kosovo in 1997, Albania helped accept thousands of refugees from the region. Albania is a small country on the shores of the Adriatic Sea - just opposite the stiletto heel of the Italian boot. The Albanian language is, much like Armenian (with which it should NOT be confused), another one of those weird offshoots of the Indo-European family tree, with no particularly close relation to any other European language. The Albanian word for Albania is "Shqipëria", usually translated as "Land of the Eagle", hence the flag. Having been passed around between the Romans, Byzantines, Greeks, Bulgarians, Sicilian-Normans, Serbs and Venetians for pretty much her entire history, Albania ended up as an isolated backwater of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. The people largely became Muslim and were loyal to Ottoman rule. Albanians were often used as enforcers by the Turks, which sometimes worked but occasionally backfired, as in the case of Muhammad Ali--sent to Egypt to enforce Ottoman rule, he ended up founding his own separate state and turning on the Turks. Lord Byron particularly admired the Albanians and considered them a counterpart culture of the Scottish Highlanders he was familiar with--from a mountainous region, wore kilts and had clans perpetually fighting each other. When, in 1913, Turkey-in-Europe was invaded by the surrounding Christian nations, Albania was cut off. The Albanians, helped by Great Power realpolitik, managed to remain independent of Serbia and Greece, but large numbers of Albanians were left outside the state. A man born Ahmet Zogolli became its prime minister from 1922-24, then its president from 1924-28 and finally King Zog of Albania until 1939. Unfortunately, he couldn't prevent Albania from being snapped up by Mussolini's Italy, keen to keep the pace with the German conquests of new territory. German occupation eventually followed, and the Albanian people distinguished themselves by collectively rallying round to protect the Jews in their midst, thanks to an extreme cultural case of Sacred Hospitality. Only one Jewish family was found and deported, and Albania was unique in Europe in ending the war with more Jews than it started with. After the war, Communist partisans under Enver Hoxha (pronounced "Hodgah") took over and Albania became part of Commie Land, though Hoxha's regime wasn't part of the Warsaw Pact - they thought the Soviets were too soft, and aligned themselves with Mao's China instead. At least until they decided the Chinese had gone soft as well and decided to go it alone. Albania became the most isolated and secretive nation in Europe, a sort of European North Korea, until Hole in Flag and the revolutions that swept Europe in 1989-91. Recently in the UK Albania has become known for a Germans Love David Hasselhoff-type fondness for Norman Wisdom films. This is because they were some of the few Western media allowed in the country under Communism, because Norman Wisdom tended to play cheeky working class characters who stuck it to The Man. The new, democratic Albania has had its problems, too. Decades of isolation and poverty have wreaked havoc on its infrastructure and economy, especially in 1997 when pretty much the entire country fell for some spectacular pyramid schemes and the end result was rioting in the streets and UN intervention. Those Albanians left outside the state caused plenty of problems too, but you probably knew that. Still and all, Albania has pulled itself together again, entering the Eurovision Song Contest, joined NATO on April 9 2009, and applying for European Union membership. * James and John Belushi were of Albanian descent. * Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Tirana airport is named after her. Rather interestingly, she was actually born in Skopje, in what is now Macedonia. * Eliza Dushku, she of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse fame, is of Albanian descent and has the country's symbolic eagle tattooed on the back of her neck. * For Your Eyes Only - the famous scene with the pistachio shells in the warehouse was set in Albania. * Wag the Dog, in which a Washington spin doctor devises a fictional war in Albania to boost polls - released just as Albania imploded in the mid-90s. * Taken - The slave traders who capture the main character's daughter and friend are Albanian. * The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Kate at one point wonders about a lorry, in point trying to think of if it came from here. Turns out it's more carrying a cargo from the northern part of Europe.. * Harry Potter - Voldemort spent over a decade hiding in an Albanian forest. * Frank Castle goes up against the Albanian mafia's sex slave trafficking operation in Punisher: Slavers. * The Simpsons once took in an Albanian exchange student. Unsurprisingly, he turned out to be a communist spy. * Albanian gangsters show up in Grand Theft Auto IV. * A major oil refinery is located in Vlorë in Tom Clancy's End War and is a possible battlefield which is, like Albania and the rest of the Balkan peninsula (Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, etc.), under Russian control by 2020, when World War III starts. File:125px-Flag of Albania svg.png Albania (alb. Shqipëria) jest państwem leżącym w Europie na Bałkanach, będące częścią alternatywnej historii. W niej graniczy z Czarnogórą od północny, z Kencyrlą i Bułgarią od wschodu oraz z Grecją od południa. Kraj posiada 362-kilometrowe wybrzeże morskie. From Medieval Greek Αλβανία (Alvania). Albania, officially the Republic of Albania (Esperanto: Respubliko Albanio; Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is a member state of the European Federation. Its capital is Tiranë. <default>Albania</default> Lokalizacja Rok powstania Właściciel Mieszkańcy Rola Przynależność Albania (ang. Albania) — kraj położony na Bałkanach, graniczy z Czarnogórą, Macedonią oraz Grecją i Serbią oraz Kosowem. Jego stolicą jest Tirana. Kraj ma dostęp do Morza Adriatyckiego. Według najściślej strzeżonych tajemnic NATO Albania nie istnieje. Nonsensopedia – jako jedna z niewielu liczących się instytucji naukowych na świecie – nie dała się nabrać na teorię spiskową przygotowaną przez masońskie siły stojących u władzy. Poza Nonsensopedią prawie cały świat nadal naiwnie wierzy w istnienie Albanii. Pewnie ciągle uważasz, że Albania istnieje? Udowodniłeś kiedyś solidnie, że aktualna informacja podawana jest właśnie z tego, a nie innego miejsca? Byłeś tam kiedyś, znasz kogoś kto był? Znasz jakiegoś Albańczyka? Nie – Albanii nie ma, Albania nie istnieje. Wszystko działa na zasadzie fenomenu podobnego do Henryka Batuty. Spisek jest bardzo dobrze przygotowany – fałszywe mapy, szerokości i długości geograficzne, notki w encyklopediach i podręcznikach. Media należące do układu od dziecka karmią nas papką z paroma niby-albańskimi wyrazami (Tirana – fikcyjna stolica państwa; Kosowo – państwo przygotowane przez twórców spisku, by przekonać nas o istnieniu Albańczyków), by utwierdzić nas w przekonaniu, że coś wiemy o Albanii, więc ona pewnie istnieje. Specjalne służby wysyłają nawet w świat agentów udających Albańczyków, by pogłębiać tę fikcję. Spotkałeś kiedyś jednego z nich? Przyjrzyj mu się dobrze. Albańczyków często grają mieszkańcy Bałkanów, łatwi do rozpoznania. Cała ta mistyfikacja staje się dla nas jasna w chwili, kiedy zrozumiemy, że Albania nie istnieje – jest tylko wymysłem. Wówczas zrozumiemy, że wszelkie pseudodowody są oszustwem – nie mogą dowodzić istnienia Albanii, bo przecież ona nie istnieje. Albania first participated in the Olympic Games by 1972 and has been represented by the National Olympic Comitee since 1972. However They did not participated in the games between 1976 to 1988. Their IOC code is ALB. [Fuente] Albania es un país al sureste de Europa, fronterizo con Grecia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo y Montenegro. Se hace referencia más de una vez a este país como aquel al que fue Lord Voldemort a esconderse luego de su primer caída en la Primera Guerra Mágica. Albania was a country in southeast Europe, bordered by Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece. Some time before Day 1, Borvo Sobrinna's parents were murdered by ethnic Albanians, before the League of Communist Yugoslavia recruited him. (Findings at CTU) This is a collection of local flavor and sources of information about Albania, with a focus on individual voices. Please add other sources below. See the Bridge Index style guide for advice on how to list new sources on this page. +/- The flag of Albania consists of a double-headed black eagle on a red field. Albania has a coastline on the Mediterranean, the country borders Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. Its official language is Albanian. There are about 3 and a half million people living in Albania. During the communist rule, Albania sided with China in the Sino-Soviet split, in which China and the Soviet Union stopped being allies due to their conflicting interests and communist ideologies. Albania was the only European nation to ally itself with China. Under Enver Hoxha, Albania thrived and maintained an excellent relationship with Josip Broz Tito's neighbouring Yugoslavia. This relationship deteriorated, however, after Tito's death in 1980. Countries in the Continent of Europe Image:Earth large 2 tone.png This -related article is a stub. You can help Liberapedia by expanding it. The Republic of Albania is a small parliamentary democracy in the southern part of Eastern Europe. It is less than 45 miles from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea. Albania has historically been dominated by several empires, including the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and finally the Ottoman Empire, before officially gaining independence in 1912. However, it was once again dominated by a foreign power, Italy, in 1939. As World War II progressed, Germany also occupied Albania, until they were driven out by primarily Communist partisans. For the early part of the Cold War, Albania was a close ally of the Soviet Union, until a schism turned Albania to the People's Republic of China. By 1978, Albania had turned away from China. With the end of the Cold War, Albania saw a period of unrest until stable democratic reforms took hold in the early 21st century. Albania, officially known as the republic of Albania, is a country in South-Eastern Europe and it's capital is Tirana. It is bordered by Montenegro in the North-West, Macedonia to the East, and Greece to the South and South-East. L'Albania, conosciuta anche come Shqipëriasta, ufficialmente Federazione delle Repubbliche Democratiche della gente delle Tribù dell'Albania, ma conosciuta nel globo come Gloriose Nazioni Unite dell'Albania, è uno strano ma felice paese dei Balcani, uno degli stati seccessionisti dagli Stati Uniti d'America e dal 1991 sotto il protettoriato internazionale della Sacra corona unita unita alla dittatura albanese. Gli albanesi sono molto fieri della loro storia, specialmente perché non hanno molti personaggi ed eventi su cui essere interrogati, come accade agli immigrati in Italia. Durante tutto il periodo della storia[citazione necessaria] quella terra è stata invasa dai Romani, Slavi, Veneziani, Bizantini, poi Turchi, Slavi, Ceceni, Ostrogoti, Zulu e infine ancora dai Turchi. La storia[citazione necessaria] dell'Albania è rappresentata da 5 protagonisti: la Regina Teuta, Skanderbeg, Re Zog, Enver Hoxha e infine Berisha & Co"" assieme a tutti i plebei che si accontentano di case ed edifici costruiti in carta e argilla. Teuta era la moglie di un re illirico Agron, il quale nutriva dei forti rancori verso i conquistatori romani, che, come vuole la tradizione, lo avevano circonciso all'età di 6 anni, facendolo passare per ebreo. La regina, per vendicarsi, iniziò una guerra[citazione necessaria]contro le persone che le avevano impedito di godersi la vita. Poi si tolse la vita. Basta. Skanderbeg, che vorrebbe dire Alessandro il Grande (il suo cartone preferito) fu preso in ostaggio dai turchi quarantadita, e cresciuto nel palazzo del Sultano, dove divenne noto in tutto l'impero per il suo talento a calcio. Tornato in Albania, fondò una confederazione calcistica. La sua fama lo fece diventare eroe nazionale dell'Albania. Il re Zog I (in albanese: Re Primo Uccello) diventò tale dopo aver fatto il giro d'Europa, e come disse lui, non trovò paese più bello del suo[citazione necessaria]. Divenuto re, era molto stimato tra la sua gente, che tentò spesso di ucciderlo. Con bravura e furbizia sfuggì a 55 attentati, ma lasciò il paese nel 1939, dopo aver perso una partita a poker con Vittorio Emanuele III. Enver Hoxha è conosciuto come il comunista più adorato dalla storia dell'umanità, che per ben 40 anni, regnò nel suo paese facendo diventare il suo popolo uno dei più felici al mondo[citazione necessaria], lasciando perdere il mondo, i quali guardavano con interesse l'Albania come in Grande Fratello, incuriositi dalle strane tradizioni e usi di questa gente. Nel 1990 cadde il sistema democratico comunista[citazione necessaria]}, dando l'opportunità agli albanotti di viaggiare nel mondo. Presidente della monarchia pseudorepubblica divenne Sala I Berisha (sua madre conobbe Ferdi Berisha in una spiaggia in Montenegro). L'Albania si ritiene uno dei paesi che non sono stati compiti dalla crisi economica, con una crescita del PIL pari al 66% al secolo. Inoltre il paese sogna spera sta cercando di dovrebbe entrerà nell'Unione della Sacra Corona Unita Europea. Albania was a nation in Europe. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, twenty-one-year-old Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was assigned to a Royal Navy mission to update British maps of the Greek islands. He ended up in Albania on a mission against Stalinist rebels. This was his first encounter with the extra-normal. He came into contact with the Immortals and went on a quest into the Greek Underworld. His mind was later wiped of these memories. (PROSE: Deadly Reunion) Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country in Europe. Albania shares a border with Greece to the south/southeast, Macedonia to the east, Serbia (including Kosovo) to the northeast, and Montenegro to the northwest. Western Albania lies along the Adriatic and Ionian Sea coastlines. Albania's primary seaport is Durres, which handles 90% of its maritime cargo. Catégorie:lien vers Onomasticon Occitaniae sur Onomasticon Occitaniae (recueil de noms propres occitans)Catégorie:Renvoi vers Onomasticon OccitaniaeCatégorie:Nom propre e Albania (Shqipërisë),or as thë Ançënt Romans call it 'thë onë that got away', is amongst thë smallëst and financially opprëssëd countriës in Ëuropë. Albania usëd to strëtç ovër to Sërbia, Macëdonia, Montënëgro, and Grëëcë until thëir Albanian Gëorgë W. Bush (bëttër-known as Skandërbëg) bëttëd all thëir monëy on thë Ëuropëan Stock Ëxçangë (aka, "Ottoman Ëmpirë" and/or "Austro-Hungary). Aftër losing $150,000 USD (whiç is about $15,000,000 AL) ministër Skandërbëg gavë a hëartfëlt apology to his pëoplë by going ovër to ëaç of his plëbian supportërs in përson ... and had marrëdhënie seksuale with thëir wivës and daughtërs. Now that is thë rëason why ëvëryonë looks so similar. Albania (în albaneză Shqipëri/Shqipëria), oficial denumită Republica Albania (în albaneză Republika e Shqipërisë, pronunțat ɾɛpuˈblika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːs; în dialectul Gheg: Republika e Shqipnísë), este un stat suveran din sud-estul Europei. Se învecinează cu Muntenegru la nord-vest, cu Kosovo la nord-est, cu Macedonia la est și cu Grecia la sud și sud-est. Are ieșire la Marea Adriatică spre vest, și la Marea Ionică spre sud-vest. Se află la mai puțin de 72 km de Italia, de care o desparte strâmtoarea Otranto ce leagă Marea Adriatică de Marea Ionică. Albania officially known as Republic of Albania is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Greece, Macedonia, [1]Kosovo and Montenegro. The capital city is Tirana. When Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena, stole her mother's diadem, she hid it in an Albanian forest. It remained hidden for several centuries, until Tom Marvolo Riddle discovered that Helena was the Grey Lady, the House Ghost of Ravenclaw, and managed to get the information about its resting place from her. He recovered it, and turned it into one of his Horcruxes. Following his downfall in 1981, Tom Riddle, now known as Lord Voldemort, fled to Albania in his weakened state. During this time (1946-1992), Albania was a communist country, and the government refused to let anyone leave or enter. Following these rules, wizards could only get in or out through apparition, or, in Voldemort's case, his ghost-like weakened state. In 1991, he encountered Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell, who was looking for him, so that he could at the very least try to capture him or at best learn from him. However, Quirrell overestimated himself, and Voldemort completely overpowered the man, thus leaving Albania and back to London. Following his failed attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort returned to Albania, where he was discovered by his former servant, Peter Pettigrew in 1994. Voldemort also broke the mind of Bertha Jorkins in Albania after she ran into Pettigrew at a wayside inn, learning of the Triwizard Tournament and setting into motion a plan to kill Harry Potter and return to full vitality. After the Italians left in 1944, Albania came under the control of dictator Enver Hoxha, who would rule the country until his death in 1985. Hoxha's rule caused many Albanians to move to the United States of America, settling in major cities like Chicago and New York City. In the latter case, the Albanian immigrant community had a voice thorugh Joseph J. DioGuardi, a former member of the US House of Representatives, and the founder of the Albanian American Civic League. Among those who fled was Arten Bardha, who set up a sand and gravel business in the Big Apple, and Anton Vasic, who set up a bakery. Both men had significant ties to Albanian criminal elements like Ratko Petrovich. In 2004, Bardha was hired by those criminal elements to recover a shipment of heroin that had been stolen from Hydar Raheem. Bardha went overboard, however, and killed several people in the process of recovering the drugs. (L&O: "Enemy") Meanwhile, Vasic used his connection to very subtly bully non-Muslims in the neighborhood. It has yet to be proven that he's committed any serious crimes, but it is suspected that his mob connections were responsible for burning down an adult movie theatre that was located near their local mosque. (L&O: "Angelgrove") Albania is a country in Europe. The President of Albania was Ismaili. In 2003, Albania sent their fleet into the Ionian Fleet in order to take back the Isle of Croxys after what they considered "an act of war." They wished for President Bartlet to negotiate an end to the Croxys dispute. "Albania" is the eighth episode of the A Series of QI. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 23 October 2003, and was broadcast on BBC Two a week later. This episode was preceded by "Arthropods" and followed by "Antelopes". Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. Communist partisans took over the country in 1944. Albania allied itself first with the USSR (until 1960), and then with China (to 1978). In the early 1990s, Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven challenging as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks, and combative political opponents. Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding multiparty elections in 1991, but deficiencies remain. International observers judged elections to be largely free and fair since the restoration of political stability following the collapse of pyramid schemes in 1997; however, there have been claims of electoral fraud in every one of Albania's post-communist elections. In the 2005 general elections, the Democratic Party and its allies won a decisive victory on pledges to reduce crime and corruption, promote economic growth, and decrease the size of government. The election, and particularly the orderly transition of power, was considered an important step forward. Albania joined NATO in April 2009 and is a potential candidate for EU accession. Although Albania's economy continues to grow, the country is still one of the poorest in Europe, hampered by a large informal economy and an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure.

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