The church, prohibited during the communist era, was only reestablished in 1991. During Albania's communist period, when atheism was enshrined in the constitution, the country endured one of the ...

The idea of his former home in Albania's capital being opened up to all and sundry would have horrified Enver Hoxha, the ...

In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated ...

When police attacked the first demonstrations against Albania’s repressive communist regime in April 1991, four students were ...

Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries beset with rocky relations with its larger neighbour Serbia, holds parliamentary ...

FALLS VILLAGE, Conn. (RNS) — One day into a three-day retreat for Orthodox Jews who identify as LGBTQ+, Zippy Spanjer looked around and liked what she saw. A 29-year-old from Rochester, New York ...

The two federations, with the backing of their governments and UEFA, are determined to improve relations between the ...

if he would be welcome in the U.S. Berisha spent his youth working to overturn Albania’s communist dictatorship. After the tyranny fell, he was, from 2005 to 2013, the young democracy’s prime ...

Many also vowed to boycott the pub and encourage others to follow suite, prompting Cobblers Falcon to claim on social media the flags were planted on the pub without management's knowledge.

who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country's communist party in 1990. Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head ...