Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime ...

TIRANA – When Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the annual gathering of the UN General Assembly in September, he used the opportunity to announce his government’s intention to create ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the ...

There have also been restrictions on freedom of assembly, religion and expression for ethnic Greeks. More serious, however, are the actions of the Albanian police and secret service in the south ...

During his forty-year reign, the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha banned religion, forbade travel and outlawed private property. Any resistance to his rule was met with severe retribution, including ...

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

The property return is not yet complete, with religious communities continuing to claim areas and buildings. Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ...

All forms of religion were banned in Albania for 23 years from 1967, when the country was completely isolated from the outside world. The Communists also expropriated the property of the ...