Albanian Videos

Sali Berisha is Albania’s prime minister and former president who came to power by defeating the Communists. He was elected on a promise to take Albania into NATO and the EU, but Brussels is worried about the lack of progress in the fight against crime and corruption. That is one reason why Albanians have not been granted visa facilitation and liberalisation rights, the first issue put to Sali Berisha by Sergio Cantone, EuroNews’ Brussels Correspondent: “Prime Minister Berisha, welcome to EuroNews. Do you think that Albania is being discriminated against, from a visa facilitation point of view, compared with other western Balkan countries?

Skanderbeg Warrior King of Albania
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This event took place in the University of Michigan, Dearborn.

The students that are dancing in this video are part of the Albanian American Student Organization ( a.k.a AASO) which is part of many major universities here in Michigan. For more info about this organization please visit www.aaso.net.

I hope you enjoy watching a variety of the dances these students performed from our rich folklor!

Albania’s entry live at the Eurovision song contest 2008 Final.

Olta Boka – Zemrën E Lamë Peng

“Tomorrow I Go” by Ledina Celo

Ranking and Points in the Final:

01 Greece 230
02 Malta 192
03 Romania 158
04 Israel 154
05 Latvia 153
06 Moldova 148
07 Serbia & Montenegro 137
08 Switzerland 128
09 Norway 125
10 Denmark 125
11 Croatia 115
12 Hungary 97
13 Turkey 92
14 Bosnia & Herzegovina 79
15 Russia 57
16 Albania 53
17 FYR Macedonia 52
18 Cyprus 46
19 Ukraine 30
20 Sweden 30
21 Spain 28
22 United Kingdom 18
23 France 11
24 Germany 4