Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

if he would be welcome in the U.S. Berisha spent his youth working to overturn Albania’s communist dictatorship. After the tyranny fell, he was, from 2005 to 2013, the young democracy’s prime ...

announced a plan in March 2024 to develop a luxury resort on the site of a communist-era military base in Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama did not hide his enthusiasm. “We need super luxury like ...

who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime in 1990 TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday.