Mayor Fredi Beleri Incarceration: Albania's Decades-Long Persecution of Greeks

Dionysis-Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of the town of Himara in southern Albania, was arrested only two days before the local elections on May 14. The charges filed accused him of "vote-buying" and he has remained incarcerated since …

Albania Medical Students Protest Over Obligation to Stay in Country

The government decision is designed to prevent the mass emigration of medical students from the public university, who for years have left to work in Europe, especially Germany, soon after getting their degrees. The plan has been public for some months, …

What it’s like to travel to Albania by train and ferry

As Intrepid Travel and sustainable operator Byway team up to offer flight-free trips, Diana Jarvis finds the joy is in the journey Some people just love travelling. I don’t mean sipping limoncello in an Italian backstreet cafe or soaking up the sun in …

Firefighters battle wildfire near Albania’s coast

Albania GDP up 3.23 pct YoY in Q2

Albania   Albania According to INSTAT, positive contributions to GDP growth came from construction with 1.43 percentage points; real estate activities (0.72 percentage points); public administration, education and health (0.66 percentage points); arts, …

Rocky Start: Cham Expellees Recall Tough New Life in Albania

The six-kilometre stretch of sandy coastline south of Durres in central Albania is currently one of the most overdeveloped areas in the country, full of multi-storey hotels and apartment blocks, which serve a growing demand for holiday homes from both …

Kosovo Grows Angry at Albania’s Poaching of its Football Talent

Mirlind Daku had only just come off the bench when he put the ball in the back of the net, the home crowd in the Albanian capital, Tirana, erupting in celebration at the prospect of Albania sinking Poland in the qualifying race for Euro 2024 in Germany. …

Discovering Albania’s timeless Vjosa River

A journey along southern Albania’s Vjosa River, one of Europe’s last undammed waterways, means traversing a landscape that looks much as it has for centuries. Flowing from Greece’s northwestern border to the Adriatic Sea, the Vjosa rushes into box canyons …

Students weave narratives into a tapestry of Albania

Last July, I formed part of a diverse group of University of Malta student volunteers who embarked on a remarkable journey that extended beyond mere distances. This experience, against the picturesque backdrop of Albania’s Kastrat Shkrel mountains, left …

Khaled Bin Mohamed leaves Albania after working visit

Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has left the Albanian capital Tirana following a working visit. Sheikh Khaled was bid farewell from Tirana International Airport (Mother …