by Monika Grill Tirana Times, July 11, 2026 – “K’cimi i Tropoja” – the dance that endured over centuries and kept the Albanian identity alive, has been officially declared part of the
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From left to right: AIIS Director Alba Cela, Ambassador Manuel Montobbio, Spanish Ambassador Gabriel Cremades.
Tirana Times, July 02, 2026. The Albanian Institute for International Studies and Tirana Times book house hosted a special literary evening in Tirana with Ambassador Manuel Montobbio, diplomat, writer, poet and academic, offering a rare encounter
Corruption remains one of Albania’s most stubborn obstacles toward development and its dream for European integration. Although the country marked its biggest historical leap in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for the
TIRANA, June 12 – On Friday, June 12, the Ambassador of Japan, donated in a small handover ceremony a collection of 74 books to the “Thimi Mitko” Library. The books were provided
TIRANA, April 18 – The US Embassy has donated 800,000 dollars for the preservation and restoration of cultural sites damaged by the November 26 earthquake in Albania. As part of the International
The virtual exhibitions are now a new reality. GALERIAKALO has shut the operation in physical spaces, but has never stopped thinking what to offer to all friends of the art wherever they
This video is made under the ‘Stay home, Stay safe’ regime. It contains 60 artworks by masters and well established Albanian artists like Guri Madhi, Myslim Mulliqi, Isuf Sulovari, Vilson Halimi, Vilson
At the start of the new academic year in September, a department of Albanology Studies will be opened for the first time ever at DePaul University in Chicago. This marks an important
Kruja Municipality received a grant of 72,800 Euros from the Government of Japan to enhance its post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction capacity. H.E. ITO Makoto, Ambassador of Japan to Albania, and Artur Bushi,
During the period commencing from 9 March to 8 April 2020, the ZETA Center for Contemporary Artwill launch the Regional Residency Program in Tirana, bringing together 7 artists from four countries in
From February 18 to February 20, with her unconditional love and passion for art, artist Ebtisam AlHouti brought to the Albanian public her second exhibition titled “Golden Hands” at the Tirana International
TIRANA, Feb. 5 – After 12 years, the ‘World Press Photo Exhibition 2019’, a global artistic initiative featuring photographs with substantial content, has finally come to Tirana. For the first time, the