Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.

Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall ...

The landscape of this European country is dotted with concrete military bunkers that offer tourists an insight into its dark ...

Forty years after the death of dictator Enver Hoxha, whose four-decade rule over Albania drove it into isolation and poverty, Qasa Alom explores how the country has changed. In the capital Tirana he ...

A country once called the "North Korea of Europe" transformed their communist past by repurposing bunkers into things like ...

The home of Albania's former paranoid dictator is welcoming young artists from around the world in the country's latest step ...

Travellers won’t be in the dark for much longer, thanks to Albania’s irresistible blend of authenticity (it was a Communist country until 1991) and affordability. Tourism in this tiny country ...

Nazmi Rrahmani, one of the first Kosovo Albanian writers to have his works published in isolated communist-era Albania, looks back on a career marked by struggles and strange surprises. “You on ...

The creation of a religious state in Albania would have been unimaginable during the four decade communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha who banned religion outright and persecuted clerics and priests.

The most beautiful holiday destinations to visit in 2025 – without the crowds - Swerve the beaten track and discover some of ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by another coup a year later because of his hard-line ...