Albania

Albania is a small, mountainous country in the Balkan peninsula, with a long Adriatic and Ionian coastline.
Along with neighbouring and mainly n-inhabited Kosovo, it has a Muslim majority - a legacy of its centuries of Ottoman rule.

After World War II, became a Stalinist state under Enver Hoxha, and remained staunchly isolationist until its transition to democracy after 1990.
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The 1992 elections ended 47 years of communist rule, but the latter half of the decade saw a quick turnover of presidents and prime ministers.
Many ns left the country in search of work; the money they send home remains an important source of revenue.
During the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, nearly 500,000 ethnic n refugees from Kosovo spilled over the border, imposing a huge burden on 's already fragile economy.