What is that place?’ And he said ‘That’s Albania. No one can go there.’” Bohne remembers the overwhelming urge she felt in that moment to leap out of the boat and swim to the mystical ...

Albania’s ruling Socialist Party has won the country’s parliamentary elections, according to a near-complete vote count, securing Prime Minister Edi Rama an unprecedented fourth term in office.

Socialist party leader Edi Rama casts his ballot in a general election in which he is seeking a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister (Vlasov Sulaj/AP) Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a ...

"The incinerator case showcased what is wrong with the Albanian system. All safeguards failed, due diligence failed," said Andi Hoxhaj, a Balkan expert at King’s College London. Following ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Sali Berisha—the allegedly corrupt leader of Albania’s opposition party ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The grand opening of a new Albanian Community Center in Midland Beach drew hundreds of visitors on Sunday. Staten Island elected officials joined members for a ribbon ...

Standing on the beaches of Albania’s south, which attracts throngs of tourists during summer, it’s hard to imagine that boats from nearby Corfu once had to keep their distance for fear of being shot ...

Samir Mane fled Albania’s communist regime in the early 1990s and resettled in Austria where he made his first fortune. Now back in Albania, he oversees a real estate and retail empire ...

There are only about 60 Jews living in Albania. TIRANA, Albania — One block off Tirana’s Skanderbeg Square, Harel Kopelman is bringing traditional Albanian culture — in the form of dazzling ...

A bid to deport an Albanian criminal has been overturned on human rights grounds as his son has a learning disability. Blendi Axhami came to the UK clandestinely a decade ago. His son was born ...

ONLY eight Albanian prisoners have been sent home to serve their sentences in an £8million scheme meant to return 200 killers, rapists and drug barons. The hardened criminals were among some of ...

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this Muslim-majority nation became a haven for Jewish refugees.