A country once called the "North Korea of Europe" transformed their communist past by repurposing bunkers into things like ...

Albanian prosecutors have put the containers in Porto Romano, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Durres port, saying they would ask government institutions to conduct lab tests. The Seattle-based Basel ...

A jailed Albanian people-smuggler was allowed to remain in the UK after a judge ruled that he had become a “valuable member of society” despite having no “objective” evidence to justify ...

An ambitious program aims to restore most of the railway lines that were the main mode of transport in Albania for most of the last century. Rebuilding and modernizing the railways would make ...

Book it: Three nights at the Plaza Boutique Hotel with Gatwick flights ... Book it: Seven nights' B&B at Melia Durres Albania hotel with Luton flights from £1,230pp (travelrepublic.co.uk).

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian ...

Albania’s friendly and warmhearted residents are one of the reasons that Deborah and James Riley, both in their 70s, are enjoying retirement in a village outside the port city of Durres.

Rain with a high of 64 °F (17.8 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). Night - Mostly clear with a 26% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 ...

The ethnic Albanians entered Balkan history in 1043 when they came from East Sicily and settled in present-day Central Albania by the Byzantine authorities.¹ Their ethnic origin remains still ...

New Delhi: India and Albania are ramping up cooperation in various fields such as infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare, tourism, technology, and pharmaceuticals, as both nations look to build ...

The UK did donate 15 electric vehicles, but they were not Porsches, and this was part of a wider deal between the two countries to facilitate the return of Albanian prisoners currently serving ...

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.