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TIRANA, August 31 The influx of foreign tourists in the southern city of Gjirokastra increased significantly during the first half of 2017. Over 22,000 foreign citizens visited the city during …
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TIRANA, August 29 The Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry was forced to annul the concession for Bushtrica 4 Hydro Power Plant (HPP) because the construction project would affect …
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TIRANA, July 17 The project on the rehabilitation of the outdoor premises of Gjirokastra Castle, where the Ottoman cannons are exposed, implemented by the Peace Corps and Cultural Heritage without …
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TIRANA, July 11 Lumi i Gashit (Gashi River) and Rrajca are now part of the WORLD Heritage Property ‘Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany’. The World …
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TIRANA, April 19 The number of visitors to museums, parks, and monuments of culture increased by 17.5 percent during 2016. Meanwhile, revenues from those tourists increased by 19 percent. Albania …
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TIRANA, January 18 Even though the financial crisis that started in 2008 reduced funds allocated by various programs including UNESCO, Albania benefited from the program during the 2012-2016 …
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This is not an original article by Invest in Albania. The original can be found here. By Dan Flying Solo ‘Our guest house is in the Castle’ I slowly repeated to the police man. He wagged his finger …
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TIRANA, September 2016 Albania is lobbying for listing its Coast of Ohrid Lake as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The proposal will be completed within January 2017 in order to be officially submitted …
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This is not an original article by Invest in Albania. Click here to read the original article. An international team, co-directed by a University of Southampton (UK) archaeologist, has made a …
