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22 September, 2005
Posted in: Miscellaneous

“The file on H”
by Ismail Kadare.  This is my second outing into the works of Mr.
Kadare, so I’m not a complete novice on  matters Albanian. In fact
I once went on a day trip to Albania.  Really, you’d rather not
know.  But yet, Albania remains a distant and weird place to
me.  Last night, Mr. Waffle and I gathered together the facts we
know about Albania:

King Zog
Prime Minister Fatos Nana
Great Roman remains
One of the dialects spoken in southern Italy is essentially Albanian
Battles with the Turks
Brought to its financial knees by the collapse of a pyramid selling scheme (I am not making this up)
Capital Tirana (other cities, if they exist unknown to us)
Enver Hoxha (dictator, unpopular with Russia)
Big believers in blood feuds

I think that Albania may be the weirdest country in the Balkans and that’s some accolade.

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Comments

UndercoverCookie

on 22 September 2005 at 16:08

Ads might be interesting.. How about blood feuds new and used on ebay, maybe? 0
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UndercoverCookie

on 22 September 2005 at 16:09

also, you know so much more about Albania than I thought there was even to know about the place. I can spell it and that’s about as much I know. 0
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NorahSplog

on 22 September 2005 at 16:14

I have a vague idea that they have lots of goats in Albania. This is everything I ‘know’ about the place. 0
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poggle

on 22 September 2005 at 16:16

I think you’re right, Norah. Goats and bandits. Not necessarily in the same gangs. 0
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formerfilmexpert

on 22 September 2005 at 16:46

was invaded by Italy before WWII – 1938 I think. After Ethipoia. 0
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belgianwaffle

on 23 September 2005 at 10:28

Pog, I’m impressed.
Cookie, well, remember that this is our pooled knowledge.
Norah, yes I think you’re right about the goats.
FFE, yeah, I knew that really, just forgot to put it down. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 0
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Star80

on 27 September 2005 at 00:18

As a fellow Albanian I would recommend you all to read more about the country before you stereotype about everything and everyone Albanian.
http://www.albanian.com/information/history/index.html
Stela    

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