Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their ...

The three-month pause in foreign aid imposed by the new US administration has left the future of numerous civil society, human rights and independent media projects in the Western Balkans in limbo.

The funeral of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania was held in Tirana, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presiding over the ceremony. Dignitaries from Greece and Albania, ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

The funeral service was attended by Orthodox patriarchs, archbishops, ecclesiastical delegations, representatives of the Vatican etc ...

People gather during the funeral of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, at the Cathedral of the ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who has passed away after almost 33 years as Primate, rebuilt hundreds of churches and schools, had a canny eye for business – and did his best to stay out of nationalist ...

The remains of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania arrived in Tirana for public veneration ahead of his funeral on Thursday.

TIRANA - Albania's government has granted strategic investor status to a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Mediterranean island ...

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"carried out illegal transactions worth over 1 million euros," Tirana police informed today. "Ferhat Karakus, using his business assets, had carried out illegal transactions using a card belonging to ...

Archbishop Anastasios, 95, was taken to the Greek capital Friday evening, four days after being admitted to hospital in Tirana with what ... in Muslim-majority Albania. He led the Church there ...