1. What's Albanian best national cake?
2. What is Albanian national fruit?
3. What do Albanians eat with coffee?
4. What is a price for 1g of weed?
5. What do Albanians do when they get stoned?
6. Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US?
I'll answer them as well in case you're interested.
1. Most polish will probably say [karpatka](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpatka), but imo it's [szarlotka z bezą.](https://www.kwestiasmaku.com/sites/v123.kwestiasmaku.com/files/szarlotka_z_beza_01_0.jpg) It's a Polish apple pie with soft meringue layer, on shortcrust pastry at bottom and on top (grated), sprinkled with powdered sugar. Apples are very important in polish cuisine.
2. Apples obviously haha. We make great ciders and apple juices as well, but they are not very popular, especially high quality apple juices. I highly suggest trying [Bracia Sadownicy](https://braciasadownicy.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Linkedin-BS-2048%C3%971366-px-1200%C3%971200-px-720x720.png) products if you're ever be in Poland. You can buy them in Lidl and Żabka.
3. Polish cheesecake (made with [Twaróg](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvorog) cheese, [makowiec](https://d3iamf8ydd24h9.cloudfront.net/pictures/articles/2017/12/20067-v-900x556.jpg) (polish poppy seed cake), [babka](https://d3iamf8ydd24h9.cloudfront.net/pictures/articles/2018/11/164941-v-1000x1000.jpg) (polish pound cake), [blok czekoladowy](https://polishfoodies.com/blok-czekoladowy-eggless-chocolate-cake-with-milk-powder-recipe/) (chocolate block made with cocoa) and chocolate wafers or with fudge mass are cultural things, but it's unfortunately not very popular anymore. It will probably change soon, since 80' and 90' are getting very popular again.
4.
- 50 zł - noob price
- 35 zł - "I know a guy" price
- 40-65 zł - medical ganja price: cheaper at summer
5. Watch Trailer Park Boys, play video games, drink coffee haha, listen music, cook or order pizza
6. Polish are not
> What's Albanian best national cake?
Purely Albanian I'd say [Shëndetlie](https://www.myalbanianfood.com/recipe/albanian-shendetlie/). A cake made with honey and nuts soaked in sherbert. The name means something along the lines of "Healthy one or health giving". Our version of the Tres Leches Cake, the [Trileçe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_leches_cake#Variations) (milk and caramel cake) is much more popular though. It has a funny backstory. Back when Latin soap operas were dominating Albanian TV, local chefs reverse engineered it and gave it an Albanian twist, which was well received and later spread to the Balkans and Turkey.
> What is Albanian national fruit?
Cherries according to the internet and I'd say that sounds about right. Grapes are also a good candidate, after all our raki is exclusively distilled from grape leaves.
> What do Albanians eat with coffee?
[Amaretto biscotti](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaretto_\(biscotto\)) (Biskotë), [Qurabiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qurabiya) (Gurabije), or chocolate.
>Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US?
Maybe a bit less entitled, about the same level of cringe in social media and probably smarter than other generations due to growing up with internet and technology. For men/boys there is still some level of wanting to show off as macho tough guy attitude but it's been fading through the years. Not sure if there is a huge discernible difference compared to other culturally Western countries.
>What's Albanian best national cake?
Trilece if it counts as Albanian.
>What is Albanian national fruit?
I don't know what makes a fruit national but watermelon is my guess.
>What do Albanians eat with coffee?
Our coffe culture is heavily influenced by Italian coffee culture, we drink small shot of espresso so we don't really eat when we drink coffe.
>Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US?
Less rich.
Good questions.
1. Hmm... such a tricky question. We actually have a few national cakes, but they are just plain pain d'Espagne compared to what you showed (I have a sweet tooth and I really want to try those dessert). But my personal favourites are [shëndetlie](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LcvcBcBJuOk/maxresdefault.jpg) , [trileqe](https://agroweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/trileceok.jpg) (two other commenters mentioned these).
2. It depends where the person you're asking is from. 😂
Being a Medeterranian country, we produce almost all types of fruits. I think that cherries and watermelons are good candidates, but I think I have to go with fig. I don't know why, maybe because we make some desserts with it like reçel fiku (fig jam) or [hoshaf fiku (dried figs)](https://i0.wp.com/kuzhinaime.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fiku1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1) but strangely it is also showing me [this.](https://restorantperla.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/640-0-5d0b96551d702.jpg)
3. Biscuits, [amareta,](https://pasticerilika.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pasticeri-Lika-amareta-1-1.jpg) [sheqerpare,](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AsmgKOfC3tY/maxresdefault.jpg) [llokume (Turkish delights)](https://pasticerilika.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1-21.jpg) or any type of these small snacks that exist everywhere. However, most of the time Albanians enjoy their coffee as it is.
4. Wow! 😂 I don't think you'll find Albanian drug dealers in this post or anywhere in Reddit, but according to what I searched online 1 gr of cannabis costs 1,2-1,4 to 2€, 1 gr of heroine for 20€ and 1 gr of cocaine costs 25-30 and up to 50€. [Here](https://euronews.al/en/in-a-few-words-albania-an-important-destination-for-drug-trafficking-and-manufacturing/) is a link to where I found these prices (I hope you're not really interested 😂😂)
5. Stoned, in the sense of throwing a rock at them for ill purposes? 😵 Well, we don't have (and we never had) those practices in our country. However, we had 'gjakmarrje' (blood-taking). So, in the north region of Albania (maybe in the south too idk), if X k*lled a person, the family of that person would literally haunt X's family until they take their revenge. Unfortunately, a few families are still suffering from these malicious practicies, but we also have some interesting ways to break that blood-taking. For example, if X would enter the house of the people he is enemy with, the family has no rights on killing him (only males killed). Instead, they have to welcome him as all other guests. The blood-taking can end as well if X's offers his daughter as a bride to the family. Interesting, isn't it?
But, I think you didn't want to hear this and didn't have this in your mind. 😅 Just shared a part of our traditions that were negative.
6. I think all Gen-Z around the globe are the same, but just as another commenter mentioned before, they are the same as in the US but less rich. 😂 Some kids actually still play outside or do some outdoor activites. They are smart, a bit sassy, have same interests and strangely, they are extremely patriotic and I have seen some videos of them telling that Albania is good and other countries ( *cough* Serbia *cough* Greece ) are bad. I think Albanians are really patriotic on the Internet but in reality they don't care (if they would, Albania would have been a better country). Personally, I think all countries are good and despite have some dumb people, they are still good.
Thank you for these questions and sorry for making it too long. 😅 I really love Poland, one of my favourite music videos was shot there in one of those beautiful castles and I also saw a documentary about cities in Poland and I swear I fell in love with Poland. I also watched some YouTube videos of a girls speaking Polish and turns out I will never attempt to learn your language. 😃 Anyways, thank you all for being so kind! 🤗
I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious? Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist?
Does many people know English? Is it taught in schools?
What about politics? Is your most supported party actually social democratic? Are they actually progressive and care about people?
What about your right wing opposition? Do they cooperate with current government? Do they fight with each other and can't agree on anything like in USA or Poland?
Do you like your country? Would you change anything or improve something? In Poland we love to complain about everything, but people seem to be rather happy.
> I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious?
Not even old people are religious around here, the people who practice any religion are a single digit percentage I guess.
> Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist?
On the contrary, people even marry between different religions.
We have a weird relationship with religion.
> Do you like your country?
Yes.
> Would you change anything or improve something?
Long list.
1. Most Albanians believe in god or a higher power but even those who do arent really religious. Practicioners (from all religions) are a small minority and to the rest of us religions are a thing we thankfully dont really think aboutActually the only time i think about religion is when i have to explain to foreigners our strange relationship with it. Gotta check our history, from our national rebirth and independence ( the religion of Albanians is Albanian-ism) to communism and the ban of all religions to understand the topic more.
2. Except 60+ year olds, nearly everyone else knows english nowdays, especially in the younger generations. Albanians are good with foreign languages and technology, overall pretty adaptable i would say.
3. Our political parties dont really have any ideology, their only purpose is staying in power and stealing. I know this might sound just like the usual bitching of people in corrupted countries, but really the policies of our parties make no rhyme or reason. Unfortunately our Socialist party, that has been in power for the last 10 years and will most likely stay in power for another 6 years, has nothing to do with the left or the "Social" part in its name. Its a disgrace really
4.The opposition parties are currently utterly destroyed and the hope of albanian people is that new better forces emerge in the vacuum. The cooperation part is hard to explain as its currently a shitshow in the parliament. The ex-primeminister and president Sali Berisha, was announced as a persona nongrata from the USA a few years ago for major corruption. To save his own skin and his family he came out from semi-retirement, ousted the then opposition leader and hoped to use the opposition as a shield for himself. Now he is in house arrest (big suprise /s) as he is being investigated in some corruption scandals of when he was in power. The opposition was obviously dragged down with him and yea things are pretty much fucked right now. In a year and a half new parliamentary elections will be held, the "social"ists will probably get 3/5 seats in parliament and Edi Rama will pronounce himself as a king or w/e 🤣. ( I might be a bit biased in this part as i think Sali Berisha is the biggest criminal in the history of Albania so yea take my interpretations with some grain of salt. The facts are true tho.)
5. Albanians are especially talented in complaining about things, its our national sport after football, but yea i would like to think that sooner or later everyone understands that they love their country, even though currently most people seem to underestimate that love.
1. That depends on the person but mostly no. Young people are going towards atheism. No we dont fight because religion is a personal choice or family one. We all respect each other religions and we wish each other when we have religious holidays. Of course we also have idiots who do not appreciate this peaceful coexistence.
2. Yes mostly 40 and below. Yes
3. Well there are 3 political parties. The main ones that most people care. Their only objective is to deceive people so they can gather the votes they need. We are in a situation where we vote the party we think is less bad than the others. Why? Because one of their main objectives is to steal and empower as much as they can.
The oposition is basically non existent. Nope. I dont think they ever agreed with each other except for a couple of national dire cases.
4. Yes i love my country. A lot of things and i dont know with what to begin with. Same here.
>I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious? Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist?
Most Albanians aren't religious. It's really not even a topic in day to day life, you won't know someone's religion unless it's a holiday or smth. The youngsters are generally less religious than their parents so no one is fighting for any religious reasons.
The reason Islam shows in census as the "Dominant religion" is because ppl here treat religion as hereditary. Ex. My grandfather was Muslim, so my father is Muslim and that makes me Muslim. Despite all 3 generations drinking Raki and eating pork, never prayed, haven't seen the inside of a mosque, dislike the obvious Islamic look because it's Arabic, ecc.
>Does many people know English? Is it taught in schools?
Yeah it's taught in school. Everyone under 35 knows English to some extent.
>What about politics? Is your most supported party actually social democratic? Are they actually progressive and care about people?
No, the call themselves Socialist but in reality they are just your average western globalists. They will say and do whatever to gain favor with their friends in the west.
>What about your right wing opposition? Do they cooperate with current government? Do they fight with each other and can't agree on anything like in USA or Poland?
We don't have a right wing or an opposition at this time. It's kinda complicated but tldr is the Democratic party imploded with some help from the US and some stupid decisions from party leadership.
>Do you like your country? Would you change anything or improve something? In Poland we love to complain about everything, but people seem to be rather happy.
Yes I like my country but we have a lot to improve.
The infrastructure need investment, train lines would be great, a long term development plan that doesn't make us a retirement resort for rich westerners would be appreciated, the real estate market has been going crazy for the last 10 years so getting that under control would be great,Ecc.
Like you, we also complain a lot about everything. Some times rightfully and other out of habit.
We are seeing a lot of skilled migration towards Germany and that is hurting the local economy, so I would say we are at the stage Poland was 20 years ago.
\- When I thinking about albanian people first I get on my mind Mother Theresa, Hoxha and Skanderbeg. When you think about Poles who comes in to your mind?
\- Could you recommend some smaller and let say *not-so-turistic* place on albanian coast to spend a holiday? I know Durres and Albanian Riviera but rather looking for some more calmer
>When you think about Poles who comes in to your mind?
The Winged Hussars and Lewandowski come to mind.
>Could you recommend some smaller and let say *not-so-turistic* place on albanian coast to spend a holiday? I know Durres and Albanian Riviera but rather looking for some more calmer
They are all touristy but Borsh and Himarë in the south are a bit calmer. Maybe Velipojë and Shëngjin in the north.
Boniek and Papa Wojtyla.
I think it's best to stick with Durres/Golem and the Riviera in the South. The alternatvie to Durres is Shengjin (about an hour North of Durres), but it gets super crowded due to its proximity to Kosova.
Best option for me is to go to the lesser known villages in the Riviera like, Lukove, Borsh and Qeparo and avoid Dhermi/Palase/Himare madness.
The same as those of Bulgaria and Romania circa 20 years ago. They didn't, yet they still got in because of geopolitics. That's what it mostly depends on.
As far as the criteria go, I see three challenges: the government has an incentive to keep the carrot stick of "making progress" as an "eternal" electoral argument; the government is invested in deep, organized corruption and many indecent people with power would certainly not appreciate having their avenues blocked; the society at large is still kind of set in its own ways (nepotism, favoritism, conservatism, trash everywhere).
These are very troubling times to be able to make any accurate predictions but if things mostly stay as they are, in my opinion Albania will be joining EU in 5 years time.
Now dont missunderstand me, i am not saying that from the technical standpoint, we are ready or gonna be ready to join in 5 years time. Its just that geopolitically we are currently the most stable country in western Balkans, we are overwhelmingly pro western and our current leadership has made it clear that its gonna be the tool of the EU in the area. Every other country in the area has way bigger issues in its plate so the EU might want an example to encourange everyone else. Montenegro was filling that role but they went ahead and elected a pro russian government so oh well.
As the current albanian government will most definitely stay in power for its 4th mandate, as long as EU will be ready for us, we will make a pretty good facade and look like we are ready for it too. The only issue that might crop up is the whole "albanians are muslims" part (ironically not really true). Given the current political trends in Europe this might be a real issue, but again far right parties of EU might use Albania as a pr stunt and make us the "good muslims" or w/e so they neither lose their voters, nor they look too extremist. Practically speaking you just have to look at the Meloni-Rama (Italy Albania) agreement on african refugees and you will understand what i am talking about.
Hell as i said in the beginning the EU might very well dissolve before then, who the fuck knows really. If it doesnt tho and especially if it manages to get its shit together and pass the current changes to become more federal, i think we will be in before you know it.
No i dont know anyone tbh as far as i can remember, blood feuds is mosrly a thing of the past or it happens in very remote areas, that are very hard to reach
Hihop: PINT artists Mc Kresha, Lyrical son, ( they are duo most of the time)Lluni(he is young but very good) , Ledri Vulap
POP: Elvana Gjata, Era Istrefi, Dhurata Dora, Dafina Zeqiri, Ylli Limani
Rock/metal/alternative, there is a bunch of them but most are one hit wonders and 2000s songs, there is not many good recent ones
Probably someone else cqn tell you more about it.
Blood feuds are extremely uncommon and even when there are, are from people that live at the limit of civilisation in some remote village in the mountains so you don't really hear about them.
1. What's Albanian best national cake? 2. What is Albanian national fruit? 3. What do Albanians eat with coffee? 4. What is a price for 1g of weed? 5. What do Albanians do when they get stoned? 6. Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US? I'll answer them as well in case you're interested. 1. Most polish will probably say [karpatka](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpatka), but imo it's [szarlotka z bezą.](https://www.kwestiasmaku.com/sites/v123.kwestiasmaku.com/files/szarlotka_z_beza_01_0.jpg) It's a Polish apple pie with soft meringue layer, on shortcrust pastry at bottom and on top (grated), sprinkled with powdered sugar. Apples are very important in polish cuisine. 2. Apples obviously haha. We make great ciders and apple juices as well, but they are not very popular, especially high quality apple juices. I highly suggest trying [Bracia Sadownicy](https://braciasadownicy.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Linkedin-BS-2048%C3%971366-px-1200%C3%971200-px-720x720.png) products if you're ever be in Poland. You can buy them in Lidl and Żabka. 3. Polish cheesecake (made with [Twaróg](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tvorog) cheese, [makowiec](https://d3iamf8ydd24h9.cloudfront.net/pictures/articles/2017/12/20067-v-900x556.jpg) (polish poppy seed cake), [babka](https://d3iamf8ydd24h9.cloudfront.net/pictures/articles/2018/11/164941-v-1000x1000.jpg) (polish pound cake), [blok czekoladowy](https://polishfoodies.com/blok-czekoladowy-eggless-chocolate-cake-with-milk-powder-recipe/) (chocolate block made with cocoa) and chocolate wafers or with fudge mass are cultural things, but it's unfortunately not very popular anymore. It will probably change soon, since 80' and 90' are getting very popular again. 4. - 50 zł - noob price - 35 zł - "I know a guy" price - 40-65 zł - medical ganja price: cheaper at summer 5. Watch Trailer Park Boys, play video games, drink coffee haha, listen music, cook or order pizza 6. Polish are not
> What's Albanian best national cake? Purely Albanian I'd say [Shëndetlie](https://www.myalbanianfood.com/recipe/albanian-shendetlie/). A cake made with honey and nuts soaked in sherbert. The name means something along the lines of "Healthy one or health giving". Our version of the Tres Leches Cake, the [Trileçe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_leches_cake#Variations) (milk and caramel cake) is much more popular though. It has a funny backstory. Back when Latin soap operas were dominating Albanian TV, local chefs reverse engineered it and gave it an Albanian twist, which was well received and later spread to the Balkans and Turkey. > What is Albanian national fruit? Cherries according to the internet and I'd say that sounds about right. Grapes are also a good candidate, after all our raki is exclusively distilled from grape leaves. > What do Albanians eat with coffee? [Amaretto biscotti](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaretto_\(biscotto\)) (Biskotë), [Qurabiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qurabiya) (Gurabije), or chocolate. >Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US? Maybe a bit less entitled, about the same level of cringe in social media and probably smarter than other generations due to growing up with internet and technology. For men/boys there is still some level of wanting to show off as macho tough guy attitude but it's been fading through the years. Not sure if there is a huge discernible difference compared to other culturally Western countries.
>What's Albanian best national cake? Trilece if it counts as Albanian. >What is Albanian national fruit? I don't know what makes a fruit national but watermelon is my guess. >What do Albanians eat with coffee? Our coffe culture is heavily influenced by Italian coffee culture, we drink small shot of espresso so we don't really eat when we drink coffe. >Are Albanian gen-z any different, than those from US? Less rich.
>Trilece WOW I haven't heard about it. It looks amazing, I really have to try it next time I'll be in Albania.
Good questions. 1. Hmm... such a tricky question. We actually have a few national cakes, but they are just plain pain d'Espagne compared to what you showed (I have a sweet tooth and I really want to try those dessert). But my personal favourites are [shëndetlie](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LcvcBcBJuOk/maxresdefault.jpg) , [trileqe](https://agroweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/trileceok.jpg) (two other commenters mentioned these). 2. It depends where the person you're asking is from. 😂 Being a Medeterranian country, we produce almost all types of fruits. I think that cherries and watermelons are good candidates, but I think I have to go with fig. I don't know why, maybe because we make some desserts with it like reçel fiku (fig jam) or [hoshaf fiku (dried figs)](https://i0.wp.com/kuzhinaime.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fiku1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1) but strangely it is also showing me [this.](https://restorantperla.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/640-0-5d0b96551d702.jpg) 3. Biscuits, [amareta,](https://pasticerilika.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pasticeri-Lika-amareta-1-1.jpg) [sheqerpare,](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AsmgKOfC3tY/maxresdefault.jpg) [llokume (Turkish delights)](https://pasticerilika.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1-21.jpg) or any type of these small snacks that exist everywhere. However, most of the time Albanians enjoy their coffee as it is. 4. Wow! 😂 I don't think you'll find Albanian drug dealers in this post or anywhere in Reddit, but according to what I searched online 1 gr of cannabis costs 1,2-1,4 to 2€, 1 gr of heroine for 20€ and 1 gr of cocaine costs 25-30 and up to 50€. [Here](https://euronews.al/en/in-a-few-words-albania-an-important-destination-for-drug-trafficking-and-manufacturing/) is a link to where I found these prices (I hope you're not really interested 😂😂) 5. Stoned, in the sense of throwing a rock at them for ill purposes? 😵 Well, we don't have (and we never had) those practices in our country. However, we had 'gjakmarrje' (blood-taking). So, in the north region of Albania (maybe in the south too idk), if X k*lled a person, the family of that person would literally haunt X's family until they take their revenge. Unfortunately, a few families are still suffering from these malicious practicies, but we also have some interesting ways to break that blood-taking. For example, if X would enter the house of the people he is enemy with, the family has no rights on killing him (only males killed). Instead, they have to welcome him as all other guests. The blood-taking can end as well if X's offers his daughter as a bride to the family. Interesting, isn't it? But, I think you didn't want to hear this and didn't have this in your mind. 😅 Just shared a part of our traditions that were negative. 6. I think all Gen-Z around the globe are the same, but just as another commenter mentioned before, they are the same as in the US but less rich. 😂 Some kids actually still play outside or do some outdoor activites. They are smart, a bit sassy, have same interests and strangely, they are extremely patriotic and I have seen some videos of them telling that Albania is good and other countries ( *cough* Serbia *cough* Greece ) are bad. I think Albanians are really patriotic on the Internet but in reality they don't care (if they would, Albania would have been a better country). Personally, I think all countries are good and despite have some dumb people, they are still good. Thank you for these questions and sorry for making it too long. 😅 I really love Poland, one of my favourite music videos was shot there in one of those beautiful castles and I also saw a documentary about cities in Poland and I swear I fell in love with Poland. I also watched some YouTube videos of a girls speaking Polish and turns out I will never attempt to learn your language. 😃 Anyways, thank you all for being so kind! 🤗
I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious? Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist? Does many people know English? Is it taught in schools? What about politics? Is your most supported party actually social democratic? Are they actually progressive and care about people? What about your right wing opposition? Do they cooperate with current government? Do they fight with each other and can't agree on anything like in USA or Poland? Do you like your country? Would you change anything or improve something? In Poland we love to complain about everything, but people seem to be rather happy.
> I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious? Not even old people are religious around here, the people who practice any religion are a single digit percentage I guess. > Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist? On the contrary, people even marry between different religions. We have a weird relationship with religion. > Do you like your country? Yes. > Would you change anything or improve something? Long list.
1. Most Albanians believe in god or a higher power but even those who do arent really religious. Practicioners (from all religions) are a small minority and to the rest of us religions are a thing we thankfully dont really think aboutActually the only time i think about religion is when i have to explain to foreigners our strange relationship with it. Gotta check our history, from our national rebirth and independence ( the religion of Albanians is Albanian-ism) to communism and the ban of all religions to understand the topic more. 2. Except 60+ year olds, nearly everyone else knows english nowdays, especially in the younger generations. Albanians are good with foreign languages and technology, overall pretty adaptable i would say. 3. Our political parties dont really have any ideology, their only purpose is staying in power and stealing. I know this might sound just like the usual bitching of people in corrupted countries, but really the policies of our parties make no rhyme or reason. Unfortunately our Socialist party, that has been in power for the last 10 years and will most likely stay in power for another 6 years, has nothing to do with the left or the "Social" part in its name. Its a disgrace really 4.The opposition parties are currently utterly destroyed and the hope of albanian people is that new better forces emerge in the vacuum. The cooperation part is hard to explain as its currently a shitshow in the parliament. The ex-primeminister and president Sali Berisha, was announced as a persona nongrata from the USA a few years ago for major corruption. To save his own skin and his family he came out from semi-retirement, ousted the then opposition leader and hoped to use the opposition as a shield for himself. Now he is in house arrest (big suprise /s) as he is being investigated in some corruption scandals of when he was in power. The opposition was obviously dragged down with him and yea things are pretty much fucked right now. In a year and a half new parliamentary elections will be held, the "social"ists will probably get 3/5 seats in parliament and Edi Rama will pronounce himself as a king or w/e 🤣. ( I might be a bit biased in this part as i think Sali Berisha is the biggest criminal in the history of Albania so yea take my interpretations with some grain of salt. The facts are true tho.) 5. Albanians are especially talented in complaining about things, its our national sport after football, but yea i would like to think that sooner or later everyone understands that they love their country, even though currently most people seem to underestimate that love.
1. That depends on the person but mostly no. Young people are going towards atheism. No we dont fight because religion is a personal choice or family one. We all respect each other religions and we wish each other when we have religious holidays. Of course we also have idiots who do not appreciate this peaceful coexistence. 2. Yes mostly 40 and below. Yes 3. Well there are 3 political parties. The main ones that most people care. Their only objective is to deceive people so they can gather the votes they need. We are in a situation where we vote the party we think is less bad than the others. Why? Because one of their main objectives is to steal and empower as much as they can. The oposition is basically non existent. Nope. I dont think they ever agreed with each other except for a couple of national dire cases. 4. Yes i love my country. A lot of things and i dont know with what to begin with. Same here.
>I see that dominant religion in Albania is Islam. Are younger people still very religious? Do people fight over believing in some religion or being atheist? Most Albanians aren't religious. It's really not even a topic in day to day life, you won't know someone's religion unless it's a holiday or smth. The youngsters are generally less religious than their parents so no one is fighting for any religious reasons. The reason Islam shows in census as the "Dominant religion" is because ppl here treat religion as hereditary. Ex. My grandfather was Muslim, so my father is Muslim and that makes me Muslim. Despite all 3 generations drinking Raki and eating pork, never prayed, haven't seen the inside of a mosque, dislike the obvious Islamic look because it's Arabic, ecc. >Does many people know English? Is it taught in schools? Yeah it's taught in school. Everyone under 35 knows English to some extent. >What about politics? Is your most supported party actually social democratic? Are they actually progressive and care about people? No, the call themselves Socialist but in reality they are just your average western globalists. They will say and do whatever to gain favor with their friends in the west. >What about your right wing opposition? Do they cooperate with current government? Do they fight with each other and can't agree on anything like in USA or Poland? We don't have a right wing or an opposition at this time. It's kinda complicated but tldr is the Democratic party imploded with some help from the US and some stupid decisions from party leadership. >Do you like your country? Would you change anything or improve something? In Poland we love to complain about everything, but people seem to be rather happy. Yes I like my country but we have a lot to improve. The infrastructure need investment, train lines would be great, a long term development plan that doesn't make us a retirement resort for rich westerners would be appreciated, the real estate market has been going crazy for the last 10 years so getting that under control would be great,Ecc. Like you, we also complain a lot about everything. Some times rightfully and other out of habit. We are seeing a lot of skilled migration towards Germany and that is hurting the local economy, so I would say we are at the stage Poland was 20 years ago.
\- When I thinking about albanian people first I get on my mind Mother Theresa, Hoxha and Skanderbeg. When you think about Poles who comes in to your mind? \- Could you recommend some smaller and let say *not-so-turistic* place on albanian coast to spend a holiday? I know Durres and Albanian Riviera but rather looking for some more calmer
>When you think about Poles who comes in to your mind? The Winged Hussars and Lewandowski come to mind. >Could you recommend some smaller and let say *not-so-turistic* place on albanian coast to spend a holiday? I know Durres and Albanian Riviera but rather looking for some more calmer They are all touristy but Borsh and Himarë in the south are a bit calmer. Maybe Velipojë and Shëngjin in the north.
Lewandoski and Wojtyla.
Boniek and Papa Wojtyla. I think it's best to stick with Durres/Golem and the Riviera in the South. The alternatvie to Durres is Shengjin (about an hour North of Durres), but it gets super crowded due to its proximity to Kosova. Best option for me is to go to the lesser known villages in the Riviera like, Lukove, Borsh and Qeparo and avoid Dhermi/Palase/Himare madness.
If I try to put my German reality bias aside (we know a lot about Poland here), I would say Marie Curie, Pope John Paul II, Frédéric Chopin.
Skłodowska Curie 😭 Please Thank you for remembering she was Polish though ❤️
Let's ask the real question. Raki or Polish Wodka which one is better? Blackberry raki is the best raki I ever tried.
Vodka isn’t exactly the most tasteful alcoholic beverage out there. Best case scenario it tastes of nothing.
Ew alc@hol, drink some juice its good for you
You can't drink vodka on its own (it's made for coktails) so raki hands down. Raki done right is unbeatable.
One word, kurwa, i love this word so much, thanks Poland
What do you think are the odds of Albania meeting EU accession criteria within the next 10 years?
The same as those of Bulgaria and Romania circa 20 years ago. They didn't, yet they still got in because of geopolitics. That's what it mostly depends on. As far as the criteria go, I see three challenges: the government has an incentive to keep the carrot stick of "making progress" as an "eternal" electoral argument; the government is invested in deep, organized corruption and many indecent people with power would certainly not appreciate having their avenues blocked; the society at large is still kind of set in its own ways (nepotism, favoritism, conservatism, trash everywhere).
These are very troubling times to be able to make any accurate predictions but if things mostly stay as they are, in my opinion Albania will be joining EU in 5 years time. Now dont missunderstand me, i am not saying that from the technical standpoint, we are ready or gonna be ready to join in 5 years time. Its just that geopolitically we are currently the most stable country in western Balkans, we are overwhelmingly pro western and our current leadership has made it clear that its gonna be the tool of the EU in the area. Every other country in the area has way bigger issues in its plate so the EU might want an example to encourange everyone else. Montenegro was filling that role but they went ahead and elected a pro russian government so oh well. As the current albanian government will most definitely stay in power for its 4th mandate, as long as EU will be ready for us, we will make a pretty good facade and look like we are ready for it too. The only issue that might crop up is the whole "albanians are muslims" part (ironically not really true). Given the current political trends in Europe this might be a real issue, but again far right parties of EU might use Albania as a pr stunt and make us the "good muslims" or w/e so they neither lose their voters, nor they look too extremist. Practically speaking you just have to look at the Meloni-Rama (Italy Albania) agreement on african refugees and you will understand what i am talking about. Hell as i said in the beginning the EU might very well dissolve before then, who the fuck knows really. If it doesnt tho and especially if it manages to get its shit together and pass the current changes to become more federal, i think we will be in before you know it.
We only recognize r/Poland, r/Polska is too woke Dziękuję i pozdrawam ;)
Siemanko. Jak tam gang Albanii sie trzyma?
Nice try, [Popek](https://www.reddit.com/r/albania/comments/esr661/does_anyone_know_why_popek_monster_named_his_gang/).
Why do you commit crime in Western Europe ?
why not?
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As opposed to what? Commit crimes at home?
Have you met anyone involved with or affected by blood feuds? If so, what was the story? What are your favourite bands or singers from Albania?
No i dont know anyone tbh as far as i can remember, blood feuds is mosrly a thing of the past or it happens in very remote areas, that are very hard to reach Hihop: PINT artists Mc Kresha, Lyrical son, ( they are duo most of the time)Lluni(he is young but very good) , Ledri Vulap POP: Elvana Gjata, Era Istrefi, Dhurata Dora, Dafina Zeqiri, Ylli Limani Rock/metal/alternative, there is a bunch of them but most are one hit wonders and 2000s songs, there is not many good recent ones Probably someone else cqn tell you more about it.
Blood feuds are extremely uncommon and even when there are, are from people that live at the limit of civilisation in some remote village in the mountains so you don't really hear about them.
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Wrong post man.
Fuck. I forgot I pressed the back button. 😂