Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that.

Organizing free and fair elections is more important than the result itself

Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.

We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.

To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.

I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.