What do you know about Albania?

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I would like to read your opinions about Albania

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Well, for one thing-- where is it?

Pucca · Answer

Isn´t it the country near Grece?

ATIFirehawk · Answer

I 've never heard  anything from this country except country's name .

Cool Breeze · Answer

Way back in the eighties I was told a lottery had been arranged somewhere.
First prize: a week in Albania.
Second prize: two weeks in Albania.

Cheers
CB

Englishuser · Answer

Hi Cool Breeze,

That isn't a very good joke...

Englishuser

Anonymous · Answer

All i know is that some years ago it was difficult to visit the country. Their government were very suspicious about the west and the country was essentially closed and off limits to the western people.

Cool Breeze · Answer

EnglishuserHi Cool Breeze,

That isn't a very good joke...

Englishuser

The reference was not to today's Albania but the Albania of the 1980s when a Communist regime ruled the country. All people understandably take pride in their country, and Albanians are not an exception. However, people living in the iron-curtain countries in the days of Socialism were not proud of their single-party system, which had been forced upon them. Consider how quick they were to reject it when given a chance.

It is a fact that the very inhabitants of these countries cracked some of the best jokes about their social system and the bureaucracy it entailed.

Cheers
CB

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