Author name: Elvis Plaku

Elvis Plaku was born and raised in Tirana, Albania. He has been blogging about Albanian culture, travel and everyday life since 2004 — one of the country's longest-running English-language blogs. By day he runs the web agency Sfida.PRO; here he writes as a local, sharing the Albania he actually knows.

Albania General Elections 2009: The Process has Improved but Violations Persist

Albania General Elections 2009: The Process has Improved but Violations Persist

Citizenship, Diaspora & Homecoming, Politics

Albania General Elections 2009: The Process has Improved but Violations Persist!

Elvis Plaku / 29 June 2009

The final numbers for Albania’s general elections are not yet out, in my perspective the most important issue is the

Albania video footage 1978

Albania video footage 1978

Daily Life in Tirana, Day Trips, Diaspora & Homecoming, Digital Nomad Life, Internet Related, Media & Entertainment, Social Issues, Travel & Leisure

Great Presentational Video For Albania

Elvis Plaku / 20 June 2009

I found this great presentational video for Albania. It is only 7:49 seconds long and it does a pretty good

Heraklix — from article on Mountainbiking through Albania

Heraklix — from article on Mountainbiking through Albania

Albanian Blogger, Day Trips, Travel & Leisure

Mountainbiking through Albania

Elvis Plaku / 16 June 2009

Lately someone send me an email to let me know that there was a German guy who is mountainbiking from

Cabriole Mercedes - seen only in Albania

Cabriole Mercedes - seen only in Albania

Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Day Trips, Media & Entertainment, Travel & Leisure, Young People

Cabriole Mercedes – seen only in Albania!

Elvis Plaku / 7 June 2009

May be you may have seen some crazy pictures from China or Cambodia of people carrying about 2000 empty bottles

Albanian Blogger, Day Trips, Digital Nomad Life, Internet Related, Travel & Leisure

My RSS Email Subscription was down

Elvis Plaku / 5 June 2009

I cannot blame it on either of the political parties :-), however only today I realized that my RSS Feed

Undecided About My Summer Vacations

Undecided About My Summer Vacations

Albanian Blogger, Day Trips, Travel & Leisure

Undecided About My Summer Vacations

Elvis Plaku / 4 June 2009

I have already set the dates that I will be on vacation this summer, however, I till now am quite

miting-femijet

miting-femijet

Albanian Blogger, Diaspora & Homecoming, Politics, Social Issues, Young People

Who is Exploiting our Youth now?

Elvis Plaku / 25 May 2009

They are almost always free, innocent, oblivious, and look good if you line them up behind you when you’re giving