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Crystallography in Albania

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This Special Report was published in the IUCr Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2011).

The Republic of Albania, in South-Eastern Europe, is poor by Western European standards. After 1990, resources devoted to sciences and technology were drastically decreased and approximately 40% of those with scientific training have emigrated. Expenditure for scientific Research and Development (R&D) is 0.2% of the GDP, few goods are exported and technological development is limited.

 Left to right: Professor Atsushi Nakagawa, Dr Chun-Jung Chen, Kruna Vukmirovic, Kezia Bowman, Santiago García Granda
Letter from the president
Professor Santiago García Granda

As we approach the end of 2025 and look ahead to 2026 and our 27th Congress and General Assembly, I would like to share a message of positivity and optimism about the future of our Union.