Three Albanians believed to have smuggled the refugees were arrested a few hours after the accident.

三名被认为走私难民的阿尔巴尼亚人在事故发生几小时后被捕。

The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy's tax police division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation's coast.

意大利税务警察部门和海岸警卫队一起在意大利海岸巡逻。该部门的官员们表示，遇难者据信是来自阿尔巴尼亚或科索沃的阿尔巴尼亚人。

Perhaps this was why Albanians liked him.

也许，这就是阿尔巴尼亚人喜欢他的原因。

On November 17th Kosovo Albanians go to the polls.

11月17号，科索沃的阿尔巴尼亚人将进行选举。

This has incurred much enmity from Kosovo's Albanians.

这招致了科索沃阿尔巴尼亚人的敌意。

For Kosovo Albanians the demand is for their own state.

而阿族人要求建立他们自己的国家。

Tough love for the Macedonians, Bosnians and albanians.

对马其顿，波斯尼亚和阿尔巴尼亚应恩威并重。

Kosovo has about 2m people, of whom 90% are ethnic Albanians.

科索沃有大约2百万人口，90%属阿尔巴尼亚民族。

Macedonia's ethnic Albanians have mostly stayed out of this debate.

在这场论战中，马其顿的阿族人大部分选择作壁上观。

The Albanians in Kosovo used to have rights before all this happened.

在所有的事情发生之前，科索沃的阿族人享有权利。

Kosovo has a population of some 2m, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians.

科索沃人口约二百万，其中90%是阿族人口。

Music has always been a potent means of national expression for Albanians.

音乐对于阿尔巴尼亚来说是表现其民族特征的一种有效方式。

His business is thriving, though: Albanians short of cash are desperate to sell things.

他的生意现在蒸蒸日上，虽然这背后的原因是：缺钱的阿尔巴尼亚人在拼命地卖掉自己的东西。

Remittances from the quarter to a third of Albanians who live abroad have dropped sharply.

四分之一的汇款来自三分之一的国外的阿尔巴尼亚人近期急速减少。

Most Western countries (but not, eg, Spain) accept that Kosovo's Albanians had that right.

大部分西方国家(但不是所有，例如西班牙)接受科索沃的阿尔巴尼亚人有自决权。

Just like the Albanians, Italians and Hispanics who live nearby, its patrons are Americans.

像附近的阿尔巴尼亚、意大利和西班牙店铺一样，这儿的老主顾都是美国人。

Kosovo's Albanians will be happy with this-but they will have a bitter pill to swallow too.

科索沃阿族人将对此感到满意——但他们也会吞下苦药。

And the commission's decision means that Bosnians, Albanians and Kosovars feel left behind.

而欧洲委员会的决定让波黑人，阿尔巴尼亚人和科索沃人感到被冷落了。

Eurocrats scoff that the Albanians cannot even hold a local election without its going wrong.

欧盟的官员嘲笑阿尔巴尼亚连小小的地方选举里都搞得一团糟。

It lies close to Kosovo in the Bujanovac area of south Serbia, home to many ethnic Albanians.

基地位于靠近科索沃的塞尔维亚南部布亚诺瓦茨地区，是阿尔巴尼亚部落的居住地。

Yet 90% of Kosovo's 2m population are ethnic Albanians, who are ferociously hostile to Serbia.

但科索沃200万人口中，有90%是阿尔巴尼亚族，他们对塞尔维亚敌意很重。

Yet a few hundred metres south, across the River Ibar, Albanians stroll around in the sunshine.

而不远的南边几百米处，伊巴尔河的对岸，阿尔巴尼亚人却在阳光下徜徉。

Deep in Kosovo, surrounded by often-hostile ethnic Albanians, the 24 monks just get on with life.

在科索沃内部被敌对的阿尔·巴利亚人包围着，24位僧侣的生活刚刚好转。

It would be easy to manipulate, he says, adding that there are actually only 1.7m Albanians in Kosovo.

这使大局容易操控，他补充说道，实际上只有170万阿尔巴尼亚人在科索沃。

Some Albanians would like that, but only if they get Albanian-inhabited parts of south Serbia in exchange.

一些阿尔巴尼亚人也想要如此，但前提是拿塞尔维亚南部阿尔巴尼亚人居住区作为交换。

Twenty years ago Greeks welcomed more than 600,000 Albanians who walked over the border to start a new life.

20年前希腊人接纳了60多万越过边境的阿尔巴尼亚人开始新生活。

Before, we were somehow like shock absorbers between Serbs and Albanians, but now we have our backs to the walls.

以前，某种意义上我们就是塞尔维亚和阿尔巴尼亚的减震器(shock absorber)，但现在我们陷入绝境、走投无路了。

Many Serbs live in this area so it is a problem both for Serbs and Albanians, in other words, for ordinary people.

可见，塞尔维亚人和阿尔巴尼亚人同样都面临着问题，换句话说，是所有普通老百姓都面临着问题。

Now Albanians are chuckling at headlines that have them dancing in the mouth of the crocodile (the European Union).

现在的阿尔巴尼亚人则看着关于他们在鳄鱼(欧盟)嘴边跳舞的新闻忍俊不禁。

And if Serbia and Croatia can hand out passports in Bosnia, why should not Albania issue passports to Kosovar Albanians?

而如果塞尔维亚人和克罗地亚人能在波黑出示护照，为什么阿尔巴尼亚人不能给科索沃阿族人发放护照呢？