September 24, 2021 Conflicts between Macedonia and Greece No war is going on in northern Macedonia, but the country has long been plagued by internal and external conflicts. Controversies between Albanians and…
September 23, 2021 Albania Politics and Economy (Republika and Shqipërisë). State of the Balkan Peninsula (28,748 km²). Capital: Tirana. Administrative division: districts (36). Population: 2,862,427 (2019 estimate). Language: Albanian. Religion: Muslims…
September 22, 2021 Albania Economy The communist regime had rescued the country from the extreme backwardness inherited from its feudal past, carrying out the agrarian reform with the abolition…
September 22, 2021 Uruguay History In 1980 the military called a referendum to approve a Constitution of their liking, but the electorate rejected it. The army then (1981) appointed…
September 21, 2021 Albania History: From Independence to The People’s Republic In that singular situation, a provisional government proclaimed independence in Vlore (November 28, 1912). An international conference, meeting in London in December 1912, recognized,…
September 20, 2021 Albania History: The Collapse of The Communist Regime Part II The presence of a multinational protection force and the new socialist government finally seemed to favor the internal pacification process and to recreate, with…
September 19, 2021 Albania History: The Collapse of The Communist Regime Part I The incessant events that followed one another and culminated in the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) soon had an echo also in Albania:…
September 18, 2021 Albania Culture and Literature Culture The cultural events of Albania present traits common to many countries of the Balkan area that have passed from centuries of Ottoman domination…
September 17, 2021 Albania Literature Part II The Thirties were marked in poetry by two prominent figures, opposed to each other: Migjeni (1911-1938), whose Free Verses (1936) inaugurate the socially inspired lyric with…
September 16, 2021 Albania Literature Part I As a country located in Europe according to localcollegeexplorer.com, Albanian literature registered a particular boost with the country’s independence (1913). The Ottoman domination, which…
September 15, 2021 Albania Arts and Music CULTURE: ART For the medieval Albanian age, a distinction can be made between a coastal area with Venetian-Tuscan artistic forms and a more internal…
September 14, 2021 Albania Theater and Cinema CULTURE: THEATER Archaeological excavations have brought to light the ruins of some theaters (one of which, in Bylis, with 7000 seats) active in the…
August 20, 2021 Ukraine Geography Geography in Ukraine The approx. 604,000 km² state area of Ukraine lies almost entirely on the territory of the Eastern European level, which is…
August 18, 2021 Turkey Geography Geography in Turkey Turkey extends geographically over an area of approx. 783,500 km² across the border area of the two continents Europe and Asia….
August 14, 2021 Switzerland Geography Geography in Switzerland Most of Switzerland’s national territory lies in the western Alps and the foothills of the Alps that adjoin Narden and extends…
August 11, 2021 Spain Geography Geography in Spain The travel destination Spain is located in south-western Europe and extends over most of the Iberian Peninsula. With an area of…
August 9, 2021 Slovenia Geography Geography in Slovenia Slovenia is located in Central Europe on the south-eastern edge of the Alps and in the transition area between the Alps…
August 7, 2021 Russia Geography Geography in Russia At around 17 million square kilometers, Russia is by far the largest country in the world and comprises around eleven percent…
August 6, 2021 Romania Geography Geography in Romania Romania lies north of the Balkans and forms the transition area between Central, Southern and Eastern Europe. In the east the…
August 5, 2021 Poland Geography Geography in Poland Poland is located in Central Europe between the East Sea in the north and the Carpathian Arch in the south on…
July 24, 2021 Lithuania Geography Geography in Lithuania In terms of landscape, Lithuania is part of the young moraine land, which was covered by the ice of the Vistula…
July 22, 2021 Latvia Geography Geography in Latvia Latvia is located in Northern Europe in the center of the Baltic States. As the middle of the three Baltic states,…
July 16, 2021 Italy Geography Geography in Italy The Italian national territory, including the islands, covers an area of over 300,000 km². The Italian peninsula, which extends in the…
July 13, 2021 Greece Geography Geography in Greece The travel destination Greece is located in south-east Europe and forms the south of the Balkan Peninsula. In the west, south…
July 12, 2021 Germany Geography Geography in Germany Germany is located in central Central Europe and extends over an area of approx. 360,000 km² from the North and Baltic…
July 11, 2021 Georgia Geography Geography in Georgia Georgia is located in the Middle East on an area of a little less than 70,000 square kilometers. In the north…
July 10, 2021 France Geography Geography in France The French territory includes Central European France, the island of Corsica and the French overseas territories of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique,…
July 4, 2021 Bulgaria Geography Geography in Bulgaria The Republic of Bulgaria is located in the east of the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria borders Romania to the north, Serbia and…
July 1, 2021 Austria Geography Geography in Austria As a landlocked country in Central Europe, Austria lies in the northern and eastern Alps and the adjacent Pannonian Plain. The…
June 30, 2021 Poland Wildlife, Economy and Food Animals and Plants What is growing in Poland? Almost a third (27 percent) of Poland is covered with forest. Pine and beech are the…
