In many former Eastern Bloc countries, wrecking balls and social progress took out hulking Communist buildings and militaristic Cold War structures after the Berlin Wall fell. In Tirana, the ...

Protestors in Tirana have demonstrated a second time over the death of a seven-year-old-girl by an off-duty police officer speeding in a boat. They call for government resignations and tougher ...

Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". Starr Charles reports.