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, the country's ...

In this episode, we explore a massive abandoned Cold War weapons factory in Albania, featuring decayed buildings and remnants ...

Protests have broken out in Albania over Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s $1.4bn purchase of the abandoned island of Sazan, a communist-era military base. In addition to the strip, the couple’s deal ...

State body in charge of Communist-era secret police files said it has started a search for the graves and remains of some 44 Albanians who perished in the infamous labour camp of Spac. This post is ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — 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 ...

Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence, ...

Musine Kokalari paid a heavy price for opposing Albania’s slide into totalitarianism; a newly opened museum recalls her largely forgotten struggle for a more liberated society. This post is also ...

Albania’s post World War II communist regime has proved to be with its own citizens as ruthless as Hitler’s Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) campaign in Poland on September 1 st, 1939. Enver Hoxha’s ...

Ismail Kadare, an Albanian novelist and poet who crafted a richly layered literature of resistance, drawing global attention to his isolated Balkan nation while cloaking critiques of the country’s ...

Aldo Renato Tussi, an Italian citizen whose Albanian father was murdered by the regime, has been looking for his father’s body for 30 years. His father had been at Burrel prison, about 40 miles north ...