Culture in Brief

Tirana ensemble takes part at dance international festival in Bilbao TIRANA,Aug. 15 -Albania’s Tirana Ensemble took part at the International Festivalof Dance held recently in Bilbao, Spain, along with some 28 ensembles from all over the world. There were held

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Albanian-American Association celebrates 60th anniversary

TIRANA, Aug. 5 – The Albanian-American National Organization celebrated its 60th anniversary over the weekend with a series of activities throughout Albania. There were many members, some 500 of them, who had come to the country for the first time.They

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Italian-Albanian new radio station starts in Durres, first karaoke night held

DURRES, Aug. 7 – A new Italian-Albanian radio station started broadcast last weekend in Durres during three days of festivities of a tourist package titled ‘Three days and three nights enjoyment without borders’ held Aug. 10-12. The new radio station

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Mediterranean Vlora 2006 festival held in the port city

VLORA, Aug. 5 – The four-day Mediterranean Folk Festival Vlora 2006 ended last Friday after many groups from Israel, Spain, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Montenegro and Albania presented their songs. The concerts were held in three different places in the port

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Rehabilitated the Shen Gjergji (Saint George) church in Korca

KORCA, Aug. 8 – The Shen Gjergji church in the Shipske village in Korca district got rehabilitated from a 100,000 euro private investment from Greece, experts said Tuesday. The work in Shen Gjergj church started two years ago after the

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Prizren international documentary and short film festival held

PRIZREN, Aug. 8 – The fifth edition of the international Festival of the documentary and short films Docufest started Tuesday in the Kosovo town of Prizren. Some 57 films from many countries would compete in seven categories. Twenty-eight other films

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Culture minister cancels construction near Rotonda monument in Durres

TIRANA, Aug. 7 – Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports Bujar Leskaj decided to block the construction of a high building near the Rotonda monument downtown Durres. The decision was based on the law of protection of the cultural

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