Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence, ...

Nazmi Rrahmani, one of the first Kosovo Albanian writers to have his works published in isolated communist-era Albania, looks back on a career marked by struggles and strange surprises. “You on that ...

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the sudden death of Bishop Simon Kulli of Sapë in northern Albania on Saturday, Nov. 29, at the age of 52. The prelate, a close ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania's late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader's library, the country's ...

Travel to the capital of Albania, and you’ll see a surprising structure: an illuminated pyramid near the heart of the city. Today, the pyramid is a cultural destination — but it didn’t start that way.

Albania’s post World War II communist regime has proved to be with its own citizens as ruthless as Hitler’s Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) campaign in Poland on September 1 st, 1939. Enver Hoxha’s ...

Until December 1990, when widespread protests toppled a one-party state and ushered in a turbulent democracy, there was no place on Earth more adamantly Stalinist than Albania. A mountainous land to ...

Albania’s communist-era military bunkers – now a tourist attraction but also a reource for experimental artists – are dotted everywhere, from beaches to mountain tops. Bunkers – Albania has plenty of ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library, the country’s ...