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[SkaNdErBeG]

........and I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners, and horseback rides

.... why dont you post a picture as well, while youre at it?

[Dardani6]

Originally Posted by daalbo

24. Graduated from a school in upstate NY in 2006.

........and I enjoy long walks on the beach, candle lit dinners, and horseback rides

lol. i was just asking cause you hold the same type of degree as my dad and there are few people with that in albania, i thought i was talking to one of his friends

[Kapedani]

candle lit dinners

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

[vari k.]

Originally Posted by Kapedani

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

LMAOOO had a lot of those

im doing civil engineering and it's pretty difficult, i know mechanical is harder and the other one i dont kno about

[TIAL]

Originally Posted by Kapedani

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

ahahahahahaha 17 vjet "demokraci"

[SkaNdErBeG]

Originally Posted by Kapedani

Dukesh qe je Shqiptar...

nuk po kuptoj.. whats that supposed to mean?

[vari k.]

Originally Posted by SkaNdErBeG

nuk po kuptoj.. whats that supposed to mean?

candle light dinners...s'kemi drita ne shqiperi

[SkaNdErBeG]

ahaaaaaaa!!!

[iLiR]

Originally Posted by vari k.

candle light dinners...s'kemi drita ne shqiperi

Blackout leaves most of Albania without electricity

17/01/2008
TIRANA, Albania -- An electricity blackout left most of Albania in the dark for 45 minutes early Wednesday (January 16th). A representative of the national grid operator, KESH, blamed it on a problem at a station in the south. Albanian authorities have been forced to impose strict restrictions on the electricity supply due -- in part -- to a major drop in water levels in most local rivers last summer. The country relies heavily on hydro-power. (Koha Jone, Shqip, Panorama, Standard, GazetaShqiptare - 17/01/08; Balkanweb, Top-Channel, ITAR-TASS, DPA - 16/01/08)

[DanMs]

Albania Tops SE Europe by Economic Freedom

Albania's economy is 63.3 percent free, according to our 2008 assessment, which makes it the world's 56th freest economy. Its level of economic freedom increased by 0.9 percentage point during the past year, and it has improved in six of the 10 freedoms. Albania is ranked 27th freest among the 41 countries in the European region.

Comparatively, Albania's freedom level is on par with those of other developing Balkan states like Croatia and Macedonia but still higher than that of Greece, a member of the European Union. Fiscal freedom, investment freedom, and financial freedom all rate significantly higher than the typical country's. However, the overall score is reduced by Albania's poor performance in property rights and freedom from corruption. The unimpressive score in property rights is largely a result of political interference in the judiciary, leading to erratic enforcement of the laws.

Albania's economic freedom ranks above the world average, and its score has risen over the past few years, a noteworthy achievement in a region characterized by federal separatism and instability. If Albania maintains its impressively strong investment freedom while doing more to combat corruption, its score should continue to rise.



Rest of article: http://www.idalb.com/index.php?itemid=79

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What we need to improve now is Business Freedom, Property Rights, Corruption and Labour Freedom.

If Albania can manage to put those above world average; We are on a good road.

[daalbo]

Swiss based, EGL, has signed an agreement with StatoilHydro for the joint operation of one of the proposed gas pipelines that go through Albania. This is great news since StatoilHydro is a major oil and gas company. I also wanted to point out that this is different from the other natural gas project that the other Swiss consortium, ASG, is proposing.

StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project
Media > Media Releases > Latest News > StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project


StatoilHydro Joins EGL in Trans Adriatic Pipeline Gas Project
Dietikon, 13 February 2008

StatoilHydro ASA and Swiss EGL Group will today sign an agreement to establish an equally-owned joint venture to develop, build and operate the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The pipeline will open a new corridor and market outlet for natural gas from the Caspian Sea and Middle East regions into Europe.

The 520-kilometre long pipeline will transport gas via Greece and Albania and across the Adriatic Sea to Italy’s southern Puglia region and further into Western Europe. TAP’s offshore length will measure about 115 kilometres. In its upstream part TAP will interconnect with Greece's existing pipeline system that is linked further to the east with systems in Turkey.

The gas transport capacity of the TAP pipeline will be around 10 billion cubic metres annually, with the option to expand to 20 billion cubic metres. TAP is expected to be operational at the earliest from 2011, depending on the gas shipment needs.

Implementation of the TAP project is subject to a final investment decision planned for the second half of 2009. EGL, which started the project, estimates it will cost 1.5 billion euros to build the pipeline. The final cost will depend on several factors at the time of construction, such as international steel prices and other pipeline equipment-related costs.

TAP is supported by the European Union
The TAP project is in its development phase supported by the European Union (EU) as a “Priority Project” under its Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) guidelines, as it contributes to the EU’s objectives and policies aimed at diversification and security of gas supply.

“We are pleased to join EGL in the effort of offering a new outlet for gas transported from Asia to Europe. We aim to add value to the TAP project by combining our market competence with a strong track-record in developing and building gas pipelines,” said Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President for Natural Gas in StatoilHydro. “Our joining of the TAP project should be viewed as a move to offer an attractive market outlet for the Shah Deniz gas to the European market,” said Mr Bjørnson.

StatoilHydro is today the second largest supplier of gas to Europe. The group holds a 25.5 per cent stake in Shah Deniz, a major gas field in the Azeri part of the Caspian Sea. The field commenced production in 2006. Recently, additional reserves were proven up to support the development of a second stage of the field.

Opening the Eurasia Gas Corridor
"TAP’s development is a natural consequence of EGL’s supply requirements, while it also matches Europe’s needs to diversify gas sources via the shortest route along a new Eurasian corridor,’’ said Joachim Conrad, EGL's Head of Gas Division and Member of the Executive Management. “TAP combines the principles of energy security, regional growth, stability and sound solutions, and StatoilHydro’s commitment to join us is proof of our realistic approach and determination with this project.”

EGL has expanded its natural gas procurement portfolio with long-term supply agreements for additional quantities from the Middle East in the amount of 5.5 billion cubic meters per year by 2011, thus enabling the company to make full use of its initial transportation capacity in TAP.

The project also includes the option to develop natural gas storage facilities and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Albania, which in turn would further contribute to increasing the security of supply in southeast Europe.

TAP is currently in the front-end engineering stage. The feasibility study was concluded by EGL in March 2006. TAP's extended basic engineering, including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was concluded in March 2007, and included the offshore survey for the pipeline, which was
carried out in 2006.

About EGL
Swiss-based EGL Group is an asset-based energy trader with 19 European subsidiaries and offices. It is accredited to trade on the most important European energy exchanges. EGL holds interests in Swiss power plants and gas-fired combined-cycle power plants in Italy, and holds long-term electricity supply contracts with electricity producers in France. It is investing in additional power production capacities and transport infrastructure in key European markets. The company is majority-owned (87.4 percent) by AXPO Group, a leading Swiss energy supply company. The remaining shares are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange, (ticker: EGL).

About StatoilHydro
StatoilHydro is a major international, integrated energy company, based in Norway. The company is the leading operator of oil and gas activities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). StatoilHydro has operations in 40 countries and 31,000 employees, building positions internationally. It is the world’s third largest net seller of crude oil and the second largest supplier of gas to Europe. As techni-cal service provider for the major pipeline systems for gas from the NCS and for two large gas proc-essing plants, StatoilHydro has extensive experience from transportation, processing and marketing of piped gas. StatoilHydro also markets liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Norwegian state is the big-gest shareholder in StatoilHydro with an ownership of 62.5 percent. StatoilHydro is listed on Oslo Børs (ticker: STL) and the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: STO).


Signing Ceremony

Media is welcome to attend the signing ceremony of EGL and StatoilHydro. Joachim Conrad, Head of EGL's Gas Division, and Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President for Natural Gas in StatoilHydro, will be present to answer questions.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 10 hrs
Sonnenberg Convention Center, Aurorastrasse 100, 8032 Zurich

http://www.egl.ch/int/ch/en/Media/Co...tnering.1.html

[SkaNdErBeG]

Great.. Hope this will contribute to make Europe less dependent on russian gas..

[7t]

While scrolling through the news flash on Top Channel, it caught my attention Ylli Pango's comments about tourist figures. According to him, 2.1 million tourists visited Albania last year. 1 million were foreigners and 1.1 million were albanians. These figures are not published in the Ministry of Tourism website.

[mirko1443]

Akoma i beson tralalat e debilave ti? Gomeret qeveritar qe kemi vetem rrena thurin, sa harrojne vete se cfare thojne. Sipas tyre do ishin bo superfuqi energjitike ne rajon deri tani, po jemi akoma ne shek. 19-te. Akoma vazhdojne koqet, qe amerika do na ftoj ne nato, kur vete uashingtoni i hedh posht keto idiotsira deklarata.

Sapo mora vesh bemen e fundit te sali gamorit. Me ne fund do vazhdoj luften kunder monopoleve te grurit te uli cmimet e bukes. Rrini ngulitur ne televizor djema, se shpejti do shikojme ushtrite shqiptare duke zbarkuar ne Amerike, Kanada dhe Ukraine, me armet 60-ce te kinezit(te pakten ato qe kane ngelur se shumica jane bo skrap metal).

O zot mjer ai popull, nga cfare debila qeveriset.

[daalbo]

You guys have lost it. All it was said is that 1 million foreigners visited Albania last year, and you get your panties caught in a bunch talking about the government. This had nothing to do with politics. It was a simple number that it was released, which frankly it's not even that impressive.

2.1 million people visited Albania last year, of which 1.1 were citizens of Albania and the rest were foreigners. I don't know about you, but I see nothing fishy there. The 1 million number includes people from Kosovo and Macedonia. Have you guys ever visited Durres during the Summer? It's packed with Albanian Kosovars and Albanian Macedonians. At the same time, that 1 million number is not unique visitors, and each person is counted every time he visits. So relax. There is no need to go crazy because there is nothing exciting about that number.

And btw mirko, how do you figure that we won't get an invitation to join NATO? Any source of what you say? Or was it just a case of oral diarrhea?

[SkaNdErBeG]

same old bullshit... Berisha is a criminal... Rama is an angel sent from heaven to save Albania... bla bla bla...

[TIAL]

Originally Posted by SkaNdErBeG

same old bullshit... Berisha is a criminal... Rama is an angel sent from heaven to save Albania... bla bla bla...

o kar kush po fliste per Edi Ramen... Nji mut jan te gjith... bashk me ty

[Dani_Albo]

The way he governed from 1992-1997---criminal is a compliment

now he is just a moron, he has about 10 lines memorized to help him answer questions. Improvising is not his thing, when he does improvise it leads to ridiculous psychotic rants. ex..."shqiperia do exportoj energji" kur ne pallatin perball bythes se berishes ikin dritat....

so yea "same old bullshit"...

[7t]

Se kuptoj pse i politizoni gjithmone gjerat
Nuk rrin dot pa lexuar nje koment ku permendet ky apo ai politikan, gjithmone politika futet ne debat. Pse mos te diskutojme lajmin pa folur per Ylli Pangon apo Safet Zhulalin... etj

[Dani_Albo]

2.1 million people visited Albania last year, of which 1.1 were citizens of Albania and the rest were foreigners.

Does the current population census include albanians who don't live in albania?