Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

VOV.VN - The National Assembly will convene its ninth session early in May and Constitutional amendments will be part of the session’s working agenda, according to National Assembly Vice Chairman ...

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.

More than 400 parishes were reorganized in post-communist Albania. Some 150 new churches were constructed, while 60 churches, monasteries and cultural monuments were restored and 160 churches and ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Italian government told judges at the European Union’s highest court on Tuesday that its transfers of migrants to asylum processing centers in Albania comply with ...

TIRANA – In the heart of the capital, the villa of Albania’s former dictator welcomes ... role in helping transform the home of former communist leader Enver Hoxha into a chic new residency.

Romania and Albania, on the other hand ... So, would you say there's a specific way EU membership affects post-Communist mentality in the region? How is that intermixing of this kind of post-Communist ...

The son of an army general in communist Albania, Robert Budina was part of the student protests that helped bring down the regime, only to flee to Italy on an overcrowded boat. The experience has ...

No government in post-communist Albania has secured a fourth mandate—until Rama’s third term, even a third had never been achieved. This historic milestone raises concerns about political entrenchment ...