On the Tirana Free Walking Tour (tourtirana.com) led by our informative and charming young guide, Aurora, we take in Skanderbeg Square, the Et’hem Bey Mosque, Enver Hoxha Pyramid, the Mother ...

The conflict between little Albania and the Soviet Union is today at the center of the Soviet-Chinese rift. This first became apparent at the Bucharest Congress of June 1960, when of all the heads of ...

In Albania's capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance.

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.

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 ...

On top of that, hundreds of aging concrete bunkers, built during the reign of paranoid Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, dot the island. There are still munitions buried underground. Hoxha died in 1985.

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 ...

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 ...

An old video has recently appeared on social networks, where in a long speech the former communist leader, Enver Hoxha strongly condemns the attacks of the former Yugoslavia on Kosovo. It is about one ...

The speech comes from a press conference held by Rama and Blinken in Tirana, Albania, in February, which can be found on the US Department of State’s official YouTube channel.