This semester, the University of Wisconsin’s Albanian American Student Organization has resumed operations after going on hiatus during the pandemic. The AASO’s president Jehona Zeneli said her goal ...

QUINCY – Winds carried the smell of roasting goat and the sound of Albanian music and language through Kilroy Square while the national colors of black and red flashed on banners, flags, clothing, ...

PRISTINA -- At least since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, common ground has been all too rare in the Balkans, and, where it exists, it has tended to be a source of bitter ...

Shaip Emerllahu, the director of the 'Days of Naim' international poetry festival in Tetovo, North Macedonia, tells BIRN about his decades-long struggle for Albanian rights - and how poetry works as a ...

QUINCY − Downtown Quincy will once again burst to life with the sights, sounds, smells and flavors of traditional Albanian culture. Leo Keka, sponsor of Sunday's second annual Greater Boston Albanian ...

But Albanian, which has until now been an official language only in areas where the minority makes up at least 20 percent of the population, would be used more widely under the legislation. The ...

Sinishta escaped from Yugoslavia to Austria in 1965, and after a stay in Italy came to the United States. He was first schooled by the Jesuits to become a priest, at a distinguished seminary in the ...

A historical drama by young Albanian film director Eduart Grishaj suggests that shared culture and human understanding can offer Albanians and Serbs a counter-narrative to prejudice, hatred and ...

WORCESTER - The Albanian Festival taking place this weekend has a family-friendly feel to it. "Family is the most important part of our culture," said festival co-chair Greg Steffon. Presented every ...

One block off Tirana’s Skanderbeg Square, Harel Kopelman is bringing traditional Albanian culture — in the form of dazzling wedding rituals, colorful costumes and delicious wines and cheeses — to ...

The official language is Albanian. Albania is a unitary parliamentary republic with a constitutional framework. Famous cities include Berat and Gjirokastër, both UNESCO sites with unique Ottoman ...