¤ E.U. Offers Visa-Free Travel to 2 Balkan Nations
In a move to help stabilize the region, citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania would be required to have biometric passports but not visas while traveling in the bloc. |
¤ Intrepid Shoe Executive Casts Lot With Albania
Donika Mici, who started a shoe company in Albania after the fall of Communism, says the country is heading the right direction to become a modern European nation. |
¤ Struggling to Help a Country Heal
Albania’s economy is struggling to overcome the scars left by 40 years of brutal authoritarianism. |
¤ Serbs' Claim of Kosovo Organ Ring Is Investigated
Human rights group Council of Europe begins investigation into Serb allegations that Serbian civilians were abducted in Kosovo during Kosovo war of 1998-99 and taken to Albania, where their organs were extracted for sale before they were killed; ethnic Albanian officials in Pristina deny allegations |
¤ On Speedboats, Albania’s Sex Trade Could Flare
 A reversed ban on speedboats and the financial crisis could lead to an explosion of human trafficking, experts say. |
¤ Governing Party in Albania Seeks to Assemble a Coalition
The opposition Socialist Party said the prime minister and the Democratic Party were acting prematurely in building a government during an election recount. |
¤ Albania Stakes E.U. Hopes on Vote
According to preliminary exit polls, Prime Minister Sali Berisha appeared to be edging ahead in elections viewed as a crucial test of Albania’s democratic credentials. |
¤ Eyes on Europe, Albanians Prepare to Vote
Albanians, feeling increasingly isolated, will vote in parliamentary elections that many hope could help integrate the country with the West. |
¤ Albanians, Cut Off, Get Set to Vote
 With parliamentary elections approaching, many Albanians say they feel imprisoned in a country that is unfairly isolated and ostracized. |
¤ 5 Top Serbs Found Guilty of War Crimes in Kosovo
The officials from the government of Slobodan Milosevic were given long sentences, but the former Serb president, Milan Milutinovic, was acquitted. |
