An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) ...

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with paranoia and absolute control, isolating the nation for decades. Kennedy Center drops family that made Honors medallions for 47 years ...

Enver Hoxha, the longtime leader of Albania`s Communist Party who died early Thursday at age 76, will be buried Monday under one of the eucalyptus trees he introduced to his country. His epitaph ...

Pulling down the statues of Albania's real-life Dr. Evil, Enver Hoxha, was easy. Deleting his name from the mountain above town wasn't. The despotic crackpot who ruled this odd little country for ...

A pharaonic landmark in central Tirana built as a posthumous museum for Albania’s communist-era strongman, Enver Hoxha, is being transformed into a youth training and art center Via AP news wire ...

Few places, if any, have undergone such a dramatic facelift. At the end of the ’80s Albania, under the totalitarian regime of Enver Hoxha, was one of the planet’s most isolated states.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, centre, accompanied by government's officials visits the apartment of late communist dictator Enver Hoxha at a bunker built in Tirana, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014.

An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Credit: AP/Vlasov Sulaj ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library… ...