A swathe of international architects, personally selected by Prime Minister Edi Rama, is radically re-imagining Tirana as a ...

By the end of 1944 the communists had established control over Albania, and the following year Nexhmije married Enver Hoxha, who was to rule Albania until his death in 1985. From then, on Nexhmije ...

Albania is home to a huge number of abandoned bunkers, which were built during the paranoid communist government of Enver Hoxha from the 1960s to the 1980s ...

In Albania, a dictator’s home provides inspiration for the arts In Albania's capital Tirana, the villa of former dictator Enver Hoxha is set to welcome artists from around the world. PHOTO: AFP ...

Kosovo Albanians, however, continued to chafe against Yugoslav rule. Albania, meanwhile, closed its borders and descended into a paranoid, hardline dictatorship under Hoxha.

The idea of his former home in Albania's capital being opened up to all and sundry would have horrified Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who died in 1985 - and that's exactly the point.

An exterior view showing Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

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 history 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 ...

An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) TS ...