Albanian Reality Check

Hi folks! Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted anything-not since the end of April, to be exact, so I guess that makes 4...

Yes, friends, despite appearances to the contrary, I'm still here, and as time permits, still trying to keep at least something of an ey...

PRISTINA, KOSOVO - There aren't many places in Europe where a minister of transport is a national hero whose name is sung in folk songs....

               GËZUAR PAMVARSISË! (For those who don't speak/read Albanian, the words under the stylised illo of Commandante A...

Hi folks! Just a short post to let you know that yes, I'm still here, and yes, the blog is still going, albeit it's been in sort of...

Just want to take a moment to wish all our readers and visitors of the Christian faith a very Merry Christmas! This year has certainly fit ...

Gezuar Diten e Flamurit-Happy Albanian Independence Day, everyone! The Diten e Pavarsise (Day of Independence) is always a special day for ...

Presented here for your viewing pleasure (?) is my first attempt at a video version of the blog.  I plan on doing from time to time video en...

....let us never forget who our REAL friends were on that "day of infamy"....and who they weren't . (For those who don't ...

9/11/01-9/11/08 We will NEVER forget.

Recently during this incredibly busy summer I've been having, I came across the writings of a blogger who's been around for quite a ...

Some of you readers might remember back last October when I did a post about a smear piece (aren't they all?) our "buddy" Juli...

La Julia and her buddies like to claim that Albanians, unlike their "Godly, Christian, open-minded, and tolerant" Serb neighbors, ...

One of the great things about hubris is that it causes people to openly say stupid things that expose themselves and their real intent to th...

I don't want to toot our horn too much, but I just thought I would mention briefly that it was 1 year ago today, July 22, that I decide...

While I know that the Serbian government certainly didn't time this on purpose to coincide with the 1st anniversary of this blog (and un...

From the New York Daily News . Serbian student in Binghamton beating may have fled with government help ...

From Balkan Insight, 21 June 2008 Serb Police Officer Shot Dead in Kosovo 21 June 2008 Mitrovica _ A Serb police officer has been found sh...

The other day, while making my periodic check of the different "Haters" websites, I decided to pay serbianna.com a visit, mainly t...

From balkantravellers.com Regarding official national holidays in Kosova: "Two dates not included in the list are the Kosovo Liberation...

Hi folks, just me making a quick "check in" to let y'all know I'm still around, and the blog is still active-if kinda hibe...

With all the craziness going on in my life right now (gotta love tax time, right?), I'd almost forgot about this: A couple of weeks ago...

Though this excellent (thanx to friend of the blog Francois for the heads up on it) article is a bit long, it's an easy, fast read, and ...