When he was mayor of Tirana, Albania, Edi Rama mandated that houses be painted in bright colors to enliven the dark grey dingy city and create civic spirit in a demoralized place. Crime declined, even ...

Queen Géraldine, an impoverished young Hungarian countess, married King Zog of Albania in 1938, after years in exile. She became the darling of the media, who nicknamed her "the Rose of Tirana".