Joomla! site syndication http://albania-estate.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://albania-estate.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://albania-estate.com Joomla! site syndication http://albania-estate.com/blog/albania-albania-2010-is-really-looking-good.html 03/02/10 - Albania , Albania - a force to be reckoned with. Please read my facts as to why 2010 really is the time to be looking at our forgotten land. Investment in Real Estate is beginning to gather pace and is heading towards the highs of 2007 / 2008. Still a medium to long term investment with great potential for capital growth and yield in desirable locations as seen on our site. Albania's economic growth over the last four years has been higher than at any time in the last 100 years - with projected growth for 2010 the highest in the Europe - due to a series of government initiatives in recent years that have helped Albania to cope with the impact of the world recession. Albanian economy has been able to progress despite a number of significant shocks in the world's economy Albanian GDP growth has averaged 10% percent annually. Projected GDP growth for 2010 is the highest in the Europe and follows its peak growth rate in 2007-2008. Mr Berisha has doubled the budget, raised salaries, lifted Albanians from the poverty line and done an amazing job on the education system. Albanian tourism and investments is flourishing.Albania recently witnessed an impressive growth in tourism this year. The government of Albania announced that there was a 42 percent increase in the number of tourists visiting the country compared to last year. With new hotels, resorts, bars and restaurants, the Albanian private sector in tourism has been growing an average of 30 percent for five years. About - Blog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:55:44 +0100 http://albania-estate.com/blog/albania-kosovo-and-serbia-are-united.html 3/3/10 - Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has expressed today that Albanians stand ready to do whatever we can to ensure bright future in the region and to respect relations between Albania and Serbia and Kosovo. He states that Albanians, Kosovans and Serbians have important responsibility in trying to achieve global peace, and full integration into the civilized and developed Europe. He went on to add that Albanians, Kosovans and Serbians must lend all kinds of support in our regions and in the world in general in trying to achieve global peace, because this is not the time to make enemies, it's the time to make friends. is time to join Europe Union family. Overwhelmingly, the new generation in Serbia, Albania, Kosovo is looking for better days for the whole region. The students greatest wish is peace in their countries, improvement of economy and opportunities and one day, for the whole Balkan region to be part of the EU family. It's time for Europe to harvest this amazing will and act fast to have all the Balkan countries in the EU. The Balkans are indeed Europe. About - Blog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:44:33 +0100 http://albania-estate.com/blog/albania-top-tip-for-2010.html 2/1/10. 2010 is going to be a strong year yet again for telecommunications , services and property in Albania. As this article states, there are internationally marketed off plan developments available, allowing you to buy luxury property very cheaply. The fact that the properties are built to target overseas buyers and Albanians means that today’s investors will be able to sell to Albanian’s when they decide to cash-in their investment. Albania’s government has an excellent fiscal track record over the last decade. Between 2002 and 2006 they successfully brought a quarter of the nation’s poorest out of poverty. Albania then became a middle-income country according to the World Bank’s classification. This allowed Albania to borrow money from international banks instead of relying on handouts. Courtesy of www.overseas-property-world.com (http://www.overseas-property-world.com/) About - Blog Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:19:39 +0100 http://albania-estate.com/blog/albania-strides-towards-eu-accession-bbc-report.html 15/12 - Here is part of a recent report by Paul Henley from the BBC. Many in Albania - which has Europe's fastest-growing economy and aspirations to join the EU - feel the former dictatorship has come a long way fast. Lufti Dervishi (a director of Transparency International in Albania) is old enough to compare living in Albania today with how life used to be. Whenever he thinks the road towards European integration is not a fast enough one, he stops to remind himself how far his country has come since it threw off what was the continent's strictest communist regime only 19 years ago. I can remember the terrible things of the past , he says. There were times when you could end up in prison just for learning English. He describes how conversation with a foreigner could be harshly punished and how any mention of sensitive information , like the fact there were no potatoes in a shop, could result in a long jail sentence. And there was awful poverty, he says. I myself - we were four in the family, four children - can remember the time when my parents could only afford one egg between us for breakfast. But when I tell this story to my son who is 12 years old, he just laughs, he cannot understand the reality of the past. About - Blog Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:03:35 +0100 http://albania-estate.com/blog/albania-eu-membership-is-great-for-investors.html 24/11 Albania's path towards EU membership is going well. This week, European Union Officials have officially accepted Albania's formal application for membership, and the European Commission will now submit an opinion on Albania's bid. The chances of Albania becoming an EU member are relatively good, because of the country's continued reform process, and it continued investment in infrastructure and the welfare of its people. Between 2002 and 2006 Albania successfully brought 1 quarter of its poorest people out of poverty. This led to its classification being upped to a middle income country, which meant it could then apply for loans from international financial institutions as oppose to relying on hand-outs from the likes of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. It is expected that by 2016 at the very latest Albania will find itself as a fully fledged member of the European Union giving a visa free and easy access to all European visitors. The tide gradually turns for Albania and with the support of increased tourism year on year and a relatively stable economy, hugely improved infrastructure, access and the export of energy and raw material make an investment in Albania still a long term winning formula. Information courtesy of www.property-abroad.com (http://www.property-abroad.com/) About - Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:43:20 +0100