The UN identifies five environmental disaster areas in Albania.14 August 2001 TIRANA, Albania–An environmental agency has named five super-polluted spots–where heavy and chemical industry was based during the communist regime–in Albania. The report, issued by the Tirana office of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) on 5 August, said that pollution threatens lives in inhabited centers near the former chemical plants […]

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