TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania unveiled a Holocaust memorial in the capital on Thursday to honor the dead and the Albanians who protected Jews from the Nazis. The marble memorial was put at an ...
It may now be Albania’s liveliest neighborhood, but a little over two decades ago it wasn’t even on the map. A tight-knit grid of nightspots and restaurants in the middle of capital city Tirana, the ...
There is nowhere to sit at the roomy Radio in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It’s a Thursday night, a New Orleans–style band is cranking out swing tunes, and the tables, surrounded by a vintage stash ...
Like many cities in Eastern Europe, Tirana has transformed since the early 1990s. Today it’s a mix of cultures and architectural styles from different eras in Albania’s history, from the Ottoman ...
Alba Ahmetaj (right), 44, and Edlira Mara, 43, show their matching tattoos, a day before their wedding ceremony, at their apartment in Tirana, Albania, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga At dusk on ...
Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave as a way of promoting religious tolerance. The compound in Tirana, the ...