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Besar Likmeta
Besar Likmeta is a freelance journalist based in Tirana, Albania. He has been a metro writer for the Florida Times Union and features editor of the Tirana Times.
Articles written by Besar Likmeta
By Besar Likmeta
27 Sep 2006 |
World Politics Review Exclusive
TIRANA, Albania -- With the price of crude oil having recently hit $70 a barrel and
energy markets staying hungry, two trans-Balkan pipeline projects are
competing to bring Caspian oil to the West. Russia, Greece and Bulgaria
signed an agreement for the construction of a Bourgas-Alexandroupolis
pipeline on Sept. 4, and a rival Albania-Macedonia-Bulgaria pipeline is
on the drawing board.
By Besar Likmeta
11 Sep 2006 |
World Politics Review Exclusive
In attempt to boost its bid for a 2008 accession into NATO, the
Albanian government has hired former U.S. homeland security chief Tom
Ridge as a consultant to Prime Minster Sali Berisha. Since the collapse of Albania's communist regime in 1991, several
governments have tried desperately to integrate the country into the
European Union and NATO. Suffering one of the most difficult
transitions in the eastern block, followed by a serious image problem,
the endeavor has not been easy.