Spain clinches second FIFA World Cup title as Europe continues its dominance on football’s biggest stage By Gautam Karve, Editor-in-Chief, World Media Organization Tirana Times, July 22, 2026 – Spain secured its
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
TIRANA, Dec. 25 – “The Awakening of humanity” a classical ballet with music by Stravinsky, Smetana and Enescu is coming as a premiere at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in
TIRANA, Dec. 18 – Internationally renowned Albanian ballet dancer Kledi Kadiu has been handed the “European personality of the year” award by the Municipality of Rome for his successful career as a
“The darkness that descended over Albania during its communist dictatorship was brutal, for sure, but more concentrated and inward-focused than in most other countries,” says the outgoing ambassador. TIRANA, Dec. 18 –
Back in 2011, a corner with 15 pictures by late Albanian-American photographer Gjon Mili was set up in the cultural centre of the southeastern city of Korca where Mili was born in
TIRANA, Dec. 18 – After its display at the Zeta gallery in Tirana earlier this year, the exhibition “Exploration of a landscape, historical legacies and everyday life in the Macedonian-Albanian border area”
TIRANA, Dec. 18 – Artists from all over Albania have joined in the southwestern city of Fier in a collective exhibition as part of an art colony called “Fier on canvas.” The
TIRANA, Dec. 16 – The Albanian public broadcaster, RTSH, has selected 26 songs to participate in the traditional year-end national song contest which serves to pick Albania’s Eurovision representative. Elhaida Dani, who
TIRANA, Dec. 18 – The two landmark museums in the southwestern city of Berat, the Onufri and the ethnographic museums have been included in the Museumcultour, a project funded under the IPA
TIRANA, Dec. 10 – Researcher Blendi Kajsiu held a lecture this week at the Tirana Times bookstore focusing on his latest book “A Discourse Analysis of Corruption.” Looking at corruption through a
TIRANA, Dec. 17 – “The House without windows” an Albanian comedy written and directed by Saimir Gongo will premiere this weekend at the National Theatre in Tirana after it was chosen in
TIRANA, Dec. 19 – Anton Bruckner’s most famous symphony, known as the Romantic symphony No. 4 is coming this weekend at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in a performance by