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

In Albania, a dictator's home provides inspiration for the arts In the heart of the capital, the villa of Albania's former dictator welcomes young artists from around the world, the country's latest ...

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 ...

An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, ...

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

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 ...

Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built. Pope Francis only spent 11 hours in Albania when he visited the country in 2014. But for some ...

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 ...

Her presentation was based directly upon her master’s thesis at DMU, “Inter-cultural effects of the experience of trauma in communist Albania.” “They’re [the Soviet-designed small arms ...

He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support ...