Albania: Architects of Change
Foreign Affairs, Sponsored Section from January/February 2006 Issue After four decades of communist isolation Albania emerged a thriving, democracy-embracing country in the 1990’s. The pace at which its citizens were eager to achieve free market status may have caught some ministries off guard, causing electricity shortages and a near financial collapse due to a widespread pyramid scheme. But this Balkan nation proved its resilience and is now on the road to becoming a regional hub for trade, transport and tourism. President Sali Berisha was re-elected in 2005 and vowed to make EU and NATO integration and tourism development through FDI a priority. Strategic Media examines Albania’s economic advancements, discovering a whole new market blooming in the northeast European garden.
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Yemen: Poised to Prosper II
Foreign Affairs, Sponsored Section from January/February 2006 Issue In the second part of a report on Yemen, the country’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh discusses the challenges that the people of Yemen have overcome and the many accomplishments it has achieved since the formal reunification of North and South Yemen in 1990. Resources are being utilised to lead in social development reforms as poverty reduction and an increase in school enrolment. Strategic Media highlights Yemen’s diversification strategy and dives into the country’s tourism opportunities, a land described as a ‘living museum’.
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