Albania

Republic of Albania -- Republika e Shqiperise

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Albania Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Albania: CIA World Factbook
• Embassy of the United States in Tirana
• Embassy of Albania in Washington, D.C.--contact information

International Organizations and Development Programs

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Albania Country Page Information about Albania and USAID programs
• Albania and the IMF The IMF's Albania Country Page with links to articles
• Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe Information regarding the impact of recent wars on the national economies of Southeastern Europe

Internet Resources: General

• Albania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Albania Page of the Institute of East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Travel Information Travel to Albania with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Albanian Language and Literature Personal homepage devoted to Albanian Language and Literature (in Albanian, English and German)
• Albanian.com
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Online News Sites and Servers

• Albanian Daily News Daily electronic newspaper in English. May subscribe to an e-mail newservice
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Albanian Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Academic and Fellowship Information

• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships for research in the social sciences and humanities relating to Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,Slovakia, and the successor states of the former Yugoslavia
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2005