For decades, Vatican City has held the title of the world’s smallest country, but this long-standing geographic fact may soon ...

The home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling ...

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, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious ...

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 ...

The property return is not yet complete, with religious communities continuing to claim areas and buildings. Anastasios was instrumental in revitalizing the Orthodox Church in Albania and was ...

"He gave a lot to Albania especially for us as a nation where religion was denied to us for 50 years. Ιt was difficult to start convincing people that they have to believe again somewhere," Iva ...

Butrint's history tells the story of the Mediterranean's shifting politics and its many cultures and religions – all of which have shaped modern-day Albania. "In 1992, [Butrint] was the first ...