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Albania is celebrating its 100th anniversary of independence with national flag blanketing city squares, apartment buildings and public institutions. [caption id=“attachment_538516” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  AP[/caption]Wednesday’s celebrations will start in the southern city of Vlore where Albanian notables declared the country’s independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. Albania is now a parliamentary democracy, a member of the United Nations and NATO and has applied for the European Union membership. Associated Press
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