TIRANA, Nov. 10 – People’s Sculptor Muntaz Dhrami celebrated Friday evening his 70th birthday among friends and colleagues at the Gallery of Arts covered with his works over the last 16 years. Dhrami is one of the best sculptors in
TIRANA, Nov. 10 – The Council of Radio and Televisions nominated Friday Petrit Beci as head of the public Albanian Radio and Television (RTSH). He will replace Artur Zheji. Beci was head of the private Klan television station and has
SHKODRA, Nov. 12 – Giffoni children festival held in Albania for the second year in succession was a good experience and a positive label for the country, according to its main organizer Namik Ajazi. The festival had a series of
TIRANA, Nov. 14 – Rehabilitation of the Arts Gallery was a top priority for the new head Genc Mulliqi. The building was very outdated and it had lacked funding to get repaired, thus creating problems to its many pavilions and
PESHKOPI, Nov. 13 – The nationwide folk festival Oda Dibrane awarded Monday many prizes to the participants coming not only from Albania but also from Macedonia and Kosova. Shkodra cultural center was nominated as the best followed by that of
Two Italian films opened the second edition of the “Giffon Albania” Festival of Films for Children” on Monday 6 November, held this week in Shkodra (NW Albania). “The Secret of the Saint” (20 Minutes), produced by Herve Ducroux, script by
After being tested in many languages, the book, “The Sea” one of the foremost successes of writer John Banville is now available to the Albanian public too. Rendered into the Albanian by translator Azem Qazimi and published by the “Dora
Last week, there was a conference in the city of Ohrid of the Ministers of Culture of SE Europe, “Cultural heritage, a bridge towards a common future.” At this conference which was held under the auspices of UNESCO, the Ministers
On Wednesday the 9th Book Fair “Tirana 2006” closed which was opene for one week in Tirana at the Arbnori Inetrnational Centre of Culture. During its seven days, this Fair was visited by 100 thousand people, including readers, writers, personalities
The play, “Youth and Insanity” by the well known author John Osborn is a play which will be back on the stage of the National Theatre this week end. This play was last staged at the end of October for
