Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved ...

As Hoxha once put it in a New Year's address to ... basement swimming pool and an escape tunnel leading to an underground bunker, designed to offer shelter in the event of an attack - an unlikely ...

The bunker-building campaign ramped up intensity between 1975 and Hoxha’s death in 1985, consuming some 80% of the army’s resources. While some sources put the total of Albania’s concrete and metal ...

TIRANA, Albania — 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, ...

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist for nearly ... He became known as "Kolonel Bunker." ...

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, ...