The pyramid scheme phenomenon in Albania is important because its scale relative to ... The mood is vividly captured by a resident who said that, in the fall of 1996, Tirana smelled and sounded like a ...

In a former memorial to Albania's Communist dictator ... The exhibition is housed in a brutalist pyramid in the capital Tirana that was once dedicated to former dictator Enver Hoxha. In recent years, ...

A map of Albania, the face of the country's national hero and a house-covered facade are among the defining features of these eight skyscrapers currently under development in Tirana. Tirana is ...

Once known as "the North Korea of Europe", Albania is turning to its millennia-old sites and rich cultural heritage to recast ...

This infamous communist-era pyramid is being reborn as a tech hub The Pyramid of Tirana was a symbol of Albania's brutal dictator. Now, MVRDV has plans to convert it into an "inhabited monument." ...

Connected to the towers by a plaza, a stepped pyramid structure rendered in white ... Other projects set to be completed in Tirana include a mixed-use high-rise composed of house-shaped "puzzle ...

How has Tirana, or Albania in general ... Resist the urge to check out the Pyramid of Tirana – the title is far more grandiose than the structure, which was initially built in honour of dictator ...

LLM contributor Shekha Vyas immerses herself in the unique energy of the bustling city of Tirana,which is gaining a ...

But today, Albania is working hard to reclaim its ... Similarly the towering Pyramid of Tirana has been transformed from a museum dedicated to Hoxha into a park and sculpture garden with ...

Abstract: What lessons can be drawn from the unprecedented growth and spectacular collapse of financial pyramid schemes in Albania? This paper discusses the origins of the pyramid schemes and the way ...