|Official Country Name:||Republic of Albania| |Region (Map
name):||Europe| |Area:||28,748 sq km| |GDP:||3,752 (US$
millions)| |Number of Television Stations:||9| |Number of
Television Sets:||405,000| |Television Sets per 1,000:||115.4|
|Number of Radio Stations:||21| |Number of Radio
Receivers:||810,000| |Radio Receivers per 1,000:||230.7| |Number
of Individuals with Computers:||25,000| |Computers per
1,000:||7.1| |Number of Individuals with Internet
Access:||3,500| |Internet Access per 1,000:||1.0| Background &
General Characteristics Albania is a land of clans. For
centuries the clans of Albania have feuded with each other,
making this eastern Adriatic region susceptible to occupation by
stronger empires. For two decades in the fifteenth century the
clans of Albania united in an alliance against the Ottoman Turks
under the leadership of Gjergj Kastrioti (1403-1468), better
known as Iskander Skanderberg. The Turkish surrender to
Skanderberg in 1444 brought Albania a brief period of
decentralized national uni