Appeals court dismisses plea to release the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, who is in detention as charges of corruption and money laundering are investigated.

During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this ...

Tirana, the Albanian capital, is a multicultural, culturally wealthy, and energetic city. Whether you are visiting town on ...

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 ...

Since January 2011, a Council of Europe Office in Tirana is set up as a new institutional form of co-operation. As representative of the Secretary General in Albania, the Office works to promote the ...

The Council of Europe (the Council) is currently implementing the project “Sustaining Public Administration Reform at Local Level in Albania”, funded by the German government, throughout a period of ...