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Albania Raises Overflight Charges
Albania is expected to be one of the 19 out of 34 European countries to raise overflight charges for airlines in 2010, a proposal which has been sharply criticized by the International Air Transport Association, IATA.
Tirana Airport Completes Terminal Expansion
Tirana’s Mother Theresa International Airport, TIA, has completed the construction and testing phase for its newly-expanded passenger terminal, due to be officially opened to traffic on September 9.
Albania Southern Coast Hit by Summer Storm
A summer storm on the Ionian coast on Sunday, which caught tourists unprepared, has destroyed several beach-side facilities close to the city of Vlora, and threatened to sink a yacht.
Albania Registers Tourism Growth
Despite the global economic downturn, Albania’s National Tourism Agency says the country has seen an increase in visitor numbers in the first nine months of the year.
Smuggling Hub to Real Estate Boom Town
The city of Vlora in southern Albania, which a decade ago was considered a hot spot for human trafficking, is reinventing itself as a vacation hub.
A Sultan’s Resting Place
Surrounded by empty fields and the odd three-story house, around ten minutes outside of Prishtina, is the grand memorial ground of Sultan Murad I, reportedly the only Ottoman sultan ever to die in battle.
Croatia Protests British Tourist Warning
Croatia’s Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the UK embassy in Zagreb demanding an explanation of the Foreign Office’s warning to British citizens about the threat of organised crime in Croatia.
Italian Airline Seeks To Revive Albania Route
Italian carrier Eurofly has asked permission from Italian authorities to operate flights from Milan to Tirana’s Mother Theresa International Airport, TIA, a route formerly by Alitalia, which its scaling down its Malpensa hub after being privatized in December.
Macedonia To Launch CNN Promo Campaign
Skopje-Macedonia presented the first in a series of tourism promotion adverts that will start running on CNN this week to showcase the Balkan country’s cultural and natural treasures.
Ownership Row Continues on Club Med Project
Tirana, Dec. 20, 2008 (AENews) – “Documents issued by Ottoman Empire have not legal value in Albania”. This was the argument of a court in Tirana, who rejected ownership claims from villagers in Nivica, Albanian south coast.
