The government of Albania establishes national holidays. These are called red-letter days and are paid holidays under Albanian law. Weekly holidays are 36 hours periods that include Sunday. The weekly ...

Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving ...

(IN BRIEF) The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has appointed Prof. Winfried Nerdinger, an expert in Nazi history and founding director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of ...

This long journey from Berlin to Bavaria and on across the Austrian border to Salzburg takes in some very fine German cities ...

Albania's opposition continued what it called its campaign of “civil disobedience” against Edi Rama's government by blocking roads in six towns across the country. Opposition MP Flamur Noka, a ...

The Tour de France will have a more traditional look next year. After a rare finish outside Paris this past July, cycling’s biggest race is getting back to basics for the 2025 route that was ...

If you are planning to travel to Tirana or any other city in Albania, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Rinas Mother Teresa Airport along ...

Albanian officials say they prevented a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania ...

Another tourist disappears in the Albanian Alps. After a Belgian and a Lithuanian, who have been missing for several months and despite actions from the ground and air are not found, now a young ...

The UK has agreed to step up its partnership with Albania following a successful summer in which the two countries carried out a collaborative crackdown on drugs and crime. Over the summer ...