Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop ...

It has been 21 years since the pogrom of Serbs in Kosovo, which broke out due to false news that Albanian boys drowned in the ...

Meanwhile, other sources say that nations including Albania, Croatia ... is an easy day trip by train from Sarajevo. Here you can cross an exact replica of the 16th-century Stari Most bridge ...

Should you be in Albania during Easter, here are some ideas on what ... It has a large 16-bell tower with an Orthodox-style cross on top, which bear fours “Paschal candles” that stand for the light of ...

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania elected Metropolitan Ioannis of Korçë as the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania on March 16, 2025, following the passing of Archbishop ...

Photo: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT An elderly woman wrapped in Romania’s national flag, supporter of Calin Georgescu, waves an Orthodox cross and shouts slogans as riot-policemen are deployed behind ...

Father Bendo and his wife, Georgia, moved their family from Albania to Lewiston, where they've received a warm and supportive ...

The Bektashi are ranked as the fourth-largest religious community in Albania, after Sunni Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics. And while the bureaucratic details of the state are still being ...

Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the first phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will end.

Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the existing ceasefire agreement and said its decision to cut off aid was “cheap extortion, a war crime and a blatant attack” on the truce, which took ...