Europe is arguably the best continent for city break holidays, offering a vibrant destinations characterised by historic old towns, exciting cuisine and creative communities. Yet prices for trips to ...

Vueling, easyJet, Iberia, British Airways and Ryanair offer return flights, with January being the cheapest month to visit ...

Compared to other European capitals, Tirana is small and easy to explore on foot. Buses in the centre are also very frequent (£0.35 for each ride). For a weekend getaway, stay near the lively Blloku ( ...

Charging angrily that Albania “deliberately keeps aggravating relations with the Soviet Union,” Russia last week ordered its ambassador in Tirana to pack up and come home. In turn, Albania’s ...

Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organised Crime raids a suspected crime group based at the National Information Agency, accused of running scheme to manipulate tenders. The Special ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Costume Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Costume ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

Teuta Hoxha says she remains determined despite growing fears for her health and five other prisoners staging protest “A lot of the times it feels like you’re being suffocated. Lots of things change ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt at ...

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