e of
Albania's Balkan neighbors
international: country code - 355; inadequate fixed main lines;
adequate cellular connections; international traffic carried by
microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece
(2003)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 4, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios:
1 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus 58 repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
700,000 (2001)

Internet country code:
.al

Internet hosts:
455 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (2001)

Internet users:
30,000 (2003)

Transportation Albania

Railways:
total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 18,000 km
paved: 5,400 km
unpaved: 12,600 km (2000)

Waterways:
43 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore

Merchant marine:
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 40,878 GRT/62,676 DWT
registered in other countries: 7 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 1, cargo 19, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Netherlands 1

Airports:
11 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 2
over 3,047 m: 1

Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)

Military Albania

Military branches:
General Staff Headquarters, Land Forces Command (Army), Naval
Forces Command, Air Forces Command, Doctrine and Exercises Command,
Logistics Support Command

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
19 years of age (2004 est.)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 956,107 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 775,422 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 36,584 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$56.5 million (FY02)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.49% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Albania

Disputes - international:
the Albanian Government calls for the protection of the rights of
ethnic Albanians in neighboring countries, and the peaceful
resolution of interethnic disputes; some ethnic Albanian groups in
neighboring countries advocate for a "greater Albania," but the idea
has little appeal among Albanian natio