Economy & banking: The advantages of a profitable market niche

In spite of the global slowdown, demand is strong for one of Albania’s highest-value exports. Sales of frogs’ legs to French and Italian food importers “have barely been affected by the crisis”, says Anest Bezhani, a founding partner in Vival, the country’s leading supplier of delicatessen products.

Water Found on the Moon

Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have thought that the lunar surface was bone dry. But new observations from three different spacecraft have put this notion to rest with what has been called "unambiguous evidence" of water across the surface of the moon.

The new findings, detailed in the Sept. 25 issue of the journal Science, come in the wake of further evidence of lunar polar water ice by NASA's

Is Albania cracking down on Islamic radicals?

On November 2, 2009, the day when Albania was hosting the Conference on Religious Tolerance, Albania authorities shut down an Islamic library in Tirana, as the city planners needed it for another project, wrote Ramiz Zekaj in Koha Jone, www.kohajone.com. As per Zekaj’s article, this has infuriated many Albanian Muslims and they are demanding to know why their library had to be closed.

Albanian newspaper editor beaten, prime minister Berisha condemns attack

TIRANA, Albania — A prominent journalist and newspaper editor has been hospitalized after being beaten, police said, in an incident condemned by the country's government and the United States embassy here.

Mero Baze, editor of the TemA independent newspaper, has become increasingly critical of conservative Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Berisha on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack, which he described as a "shameful, grave and unacceptable act to the free society."

Balkans in EU by 2014

Sources from international circles a told that America wants to end the “Balkan issue” as soon as possible and ensure lasting peace and stability in the region.

The U.S. has found its best ally for this in Athens, which is both close to the U.S. and Balkans countries.

The desired date for countries of the Western Balkans to join the EU, according to domestic and international speculation, is June 28, 2014.

Washington’s plan came to light in the so-called “road map” present by Athens, which proposes that the Western Balkans enter the EU on the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War I.

US economy starts to grow

The US economy returned to growth in the third quarter after the longest period of economic contraction since the Great Depression, official figures confirmed on Thursday.

US gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the quarter – slightly higher than analysts were expecting – after shrinking in each of the past four.

HTML color codes and names

About color codes and how to apply

HTML color codes are hexadecimal triplets representing the colors red, green, and blue. For example, in the the color red, the color code is FF0000, which is '255' red, '0' green, and '0' blue.

Complete information about how to apply HTML color codes using CSS, the tag and applying other font types can be found on document CH000072.

Is Windows 7 the Greatest OS Ever?

Steve Ballmer recently stated that Windows 7 is the best version of Windows ever. Now that Windows 7 is officially out, the public at large can join that debate and determine if Windows 7 is the best version of Windows yet, or even the greatest operating system of all time. Let's consider the hypothetical question of whether Windows 7 is the greatest operating system of all time.

Before the flaming comments start flowing about what a Microsoft fanboy I am, let me begin by stating that it's a hypothetical question, not a statement of opinion, never mind an assessment of any empirical facts.

How do you even measure such a thing, though? Choosing the ‘best' operating system is a little like selecting the ‘best' religion. They all have their pros and cons and the decision is very subjective because what one person considers a feature, the next person considers a bug.