Berat, a Unesco World Heritage Site about two hours south of Tirana, Albania’s capital, lines the banks of the river Osum, ...

The bunkers are a legacy of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania, once one of the world’s most isolationist communist ...

Mother Teresa’s visit to Albania in April 1989 whereupon she visited the gravesites of her mother and sister Then-U.S. secretary of state James Baker’s visit to the country in June 1991, which drew ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Greece reflects on the loss of several iconic figures who shaped the nation’s modern identity ...

The elements behind Trump’s war on Venezuela are fourfold. They center on the theft of Venezuela’s oil; the removal of Cuba’s ...

If the founding leader of the Palestinian national movement had been wanted for Nazi war crimes, you might assume ...

Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least ...

The anti-communist Russian Second Lieutenant Shilo and his defection to the German “camp” – His assignment to eliminate ...

FOR EDI RAMA these are the best of times and the worst of times—but mostly the best. In May Albania’s prime minister was elected to a fourth consecutive term. His country’s GDP has grown by 160% in ...

The State Department is so far refusing to comment on a growing corruption crisis engulfing the Balkan nation of Albania, a vital U.S. ally in the region. Following an Albanian court’s decision to ...

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Democracy and the rights of women are being undermined in Albania by the ...

An Egyptian snack, Icelandic pool culture, Cuban music and Albanian lahuta music also get recognition. The home secretary told MPs on Monday around 700 Albanian families were "living in ...