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Ismaíl Kadare, Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Letters
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.
Ismail Kadare To Receive Prince of Asturias Prize
Albanian writer Ismail Kadare will receive Spain’s highest literary honour, the Asturias prize, at a Friday ceremony in Oviedo.
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.
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.
Serbia’s Kopanik Ski Resort
The Kopaonik ski resort offers reliable snow, good infrastructure and reasonable accommodation. Why travel further afield?
The Siege (2008) | By Ismail Kadare
The Siege by Ismail Kadare was published recently in English, almost 40 years after it came out in Albania. The historical novel, written during Albania’s isolation imposed by the communist regime, is a fascinating allegory of this part of the Balkans in the 1970s– a reality which no Albanian writer was allowed to describe in a more direct way at the time.
Croatia’s “Modest Beauty”
A new exhibition of photographs in London captures the rugged and unforgiving quality of the landscape of southern Dalmatia.
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.
