It was a simple statement, uttered matter of factly, and somehow, over a long time, it became a challenge. Forty years ago, ...

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.

Prime Minister Edi Rama is getting closer to realising his dream of dotting the skyline of Tirana with a forest of skyscrapers - whose economic need is questionable, critics say. DownTown Albania ...