Mayor Erion Veliaj looks on course to continue governing the city from his jail cell – after the Constitutional Court annulled his dismissal and PM Edi Rama said he will not call early elections in ...

"The Grand Ballroom" Asllan Rusi sports palace project in Tirana, Albania by MVRDV. Image Courtesy of MVRDV "The Grand Ballroom" Asllan Rusi sports palace project in Tirana, Albania by MVRDV. Image ...

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has given the Pyramid of Tirana a colorful makeover and a future-facing new purpose. The structure was first built in 1988 as a museum honoring Enver Hoxha, the former ...

Rama announces new cabinet and calls fresh elections for the Tirana mayoralty – seven months after Mayor Erion Veliaj was arrested on charges of corruption and money-laundering. Albanian Prime ...

Ryanair has announced plans to open a new base at Tirana Airport (TIA) from April 2026, in an effort to expand its market share in Albania. On August 14, 2025, the Irish low-cost carrier said three ...

Early on Saturday, Albanian private television channel News 24 went off air during a police operation. Journalists call it an attack on press freedom. The premises ...

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The likes of Zagreb, Kraków and Sarajevo made Time Out’s list – read on to find out where topped the ranks When branding destinations as ‘affordable’, we obviously need to take things with a pinch of ...

Rising up from among Tirana's Soviet- and Fascist-era low-rise cultural monuments is a new wave of towering mixed-use buildings. At 6 ft 7 inches tall, Edi Rama, the Albanian prime minister, casts ...

The arrest of a popular funk singer in Brazil on suspicion of glorifying a powerful crime gang has revived a long-standing debate over the criminalisation of a genre born in Rio de Janeiro's gritty ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – The arrest of a popular funk singer in Brazil on suspicion of glorifying a powerful crime gang has revived a long-standing debate over the criminalization of a genre ...

A hugely popular Brazilian funk star whose songs glorify gang crime has been nabbed for the very same crimes he brags about in his songs. Marlon Brandon Coelho Couto Silva, better known as MC Poze do ...