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This annotated portal describes more than 150 websites that inform
about Albania. It features websites of U.S. government offices,
websites produced in Albania, and websites produced anywhere
that have a singular focus on Albania.
In addition to the websites given here, researchers should also
consult Portals to the World's Central and Eastern Europe site, a selection of the most informative
websites from international, regional and other organizations
that cover all countries of Eastern Europe.
It is a common practice for many websites created in non-English
speaking countries to provide an interface not only in the national
language but also in English in order to reach an international
audience. Such websites are often most complete in the national
language.
General Information
Albanian.com (http://www.albanian.com/main/)
Informs about Albanian history, government, culture, media, recent news, travel
and major cities, and Albanians in Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. Links to
numerous maps, online media, and hundreds of Albanian home pages. In English.
Albanian Network Group (http://www.fajtori.com)
Provides lengthy essays on Albanian folklore, history, language, literature,
and the press. Includes biographies of many Albanian authors. In Albanian.
Albanien.ch (http://www.albanien.ch)
This Swiss information center for Albanian topics includes a
newsletter Albanien, archived back to 1993. Many of the articles are in German;
some are in French and English. The website itself is in German, French and English.
Big-Albania (http://www.geocities.com/big%5Falbania/)
Informs about a great variety of topics and includes perhaps the most thorough
portal (choose the category "Nyje") to many Albanian-language websites,
especially media, organizations, government and politics, and the Albanian diaspora.
In Albanian.
Frosina Information Network (http://www.frosina.org/home.shtml)
An NGO in Boston aimed at assisting Albanian immigrants in the United States.
Informs about culture, history, religion, and cuisine; and provides folktales
and book reviews. Includes a map, circa 1878, of the four Albanian provinces
administered by the Ottoman Empire. In English.
Shqiperia.com (http://www.shqiperia.com)
Provides lengthy articles and links regarding numerous aspects of Albanian culture.
In Albanian.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Albania (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html)
General information and statistics about Albania, with the following subdivisions:
introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation,
military, and transnational issues.
U.S. Library of Congress, Federal Research Division. Albania, A Country Study (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/altoc.html)
The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress published in 1994 an extensive handbook entitled Albania: A Country Study. The entire 288-page work is freely available as an e-book. (No revised editions are planned unless outside funding again becomes available.)
U.S. State Department--Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
Directories
Albanian Yellow Pages (http://www.albanianyellowpages.com)
A directory of companies and agencies, most of which are located outside
Albania but with some connection to the country. In English.
Retrospective Telephone/Address
Books from Albania (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/phonea/alpdr.html)
Describes the Library of Congress' holdings of directories from Albania.
Statistical Resources
Central and Eastern Europe: General Resources (http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/european/cee/resources/cee-general.html)
A Portals to the World site that includes links to websites providing statistics for each East European country.
Instituti i Statistikё (http://www.instat.gov.al)
Albania's national institute of statistics provides social and economic indicators.
In Albanian and English.
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