Albanian writer Ismaíl Kadaré has been bestowed with the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters. The decision was announced by the Jury in Oviedo today.
Albanian writer Ismail Kadare will receive Spain’s highest literary honour, the Asturias prize, at a Friday ceremony in Oviedo.
A second IMF mission will review Romania’s progress in achieving benchmarks linked to a major aid package, from October 28 to November 9.
The European Commission, EC, has criticized the reference prices system used by the Albanian Custom Administration to tax imported goods, saying that such system is not in line with EU standards.
Albanian economy experienced a good growth rate in the first half of this year, but in two remaining quarters growth will slow, projects the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD.
Albania’s healthcare system, often marred by corruption and graft allegations has the lowest budget in the region spending €238 million, just 2.74 per cent of gross domestic product, GDP, in the current fiscal year.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, is boosting competition in the Montenegrin retail sector by providing a €4.2 million loan to the country’s leading retailer Voli Trade.
Albania lost 1200 jobs in the non agriculture sector in the first six month of 2009, the National Statistical Institute, INSTAT, reported on Tuesday
Following decades of enforced separation, Albanians are discussing how different they’ve become.
A European Parliament, EP, committee supports the call of special rapporteur for visa issues, MEP Tanja Fajon, for the acceleration of visa liberalisation for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, once the two countries meet established criteria.
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