URL rewrite, server files check-up (speed optimize)

1. I have had a website developed recently, however unfortunately, something has not been done correctly. I'm trying to made corrections by myself. I need to rewrite these urls which are really long and incompatible with search engine robots. [login to view URL] [login to view URL] On those two urls, the only things that change are the city and/or country name, the number after "page", and the number after "ct" and after "con". I would like to rewrite the urls to something like: [login to view URL] or [login to view URL] With pr representing the numbers after ct and con. I would like to rewrite these urls with .htaccess or a better suggestion. 2. Another issue is with the speed page. The website speed has been optimized, but while running a speedtest, you'll notice that the server wait time for a particular page is really long (14-20 sec), which is not normal. That particular page is supposed to get information from other websites and display it to my website. I think the server server is taking much time to read the request before. Maybe it's the reason of the waiting. So, as I don't want to mess with the server, I want someone who know how to handle apache server, to see the [login to view URL] (Hostnamelookups), maybe the issue is there. 3. On that particular page, the search results is sorted by id number as default, I'd like to be sorted out by name if possible. This project might take an hour or 2 for someone who really knows what he is doing. So, please read carefully the description and get back to me if you think you can do it. Please send me proposition or explain me how you can do it. it'll help you and I to waste our time. Thanks