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Spain Rules the World Again

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
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K’cimi dancing of Tropojë – Gazmend Freitag

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.
From left to right: AIIS Director Alba Cela, Ambassador Manuel Montobbio, Spanish Ambassador Gabriel Cremades.

In Search of Albania’s Soul: Manuel Montobbio Returns to Tirana Through Literature

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
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Gjirokastra folklore festival to make comeback in April 2015

“The organization of the National Folklore Festival in 2015 in Gjirokastra targets the preservation, protection and promotion of our best values in non-material heritage, ethno-musical, ethno-chorographical, ethnographic, folklore costumes and instruments, rites,
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Gjirokastra artisans display woven and felted items

TIRANA, Sept. 9 – Pillows, kilims, leather bags, animal figurines such as sheep, dogs, cats, elephants, bunnies, embroidered and decorative bowls, hot mats with felt balls and strips, necklaces and other accessories,
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Andi Hila displays ‘Dangerous games’

TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Painter Andi Hila has opened an exhibition in his hometown of Shkodra where he is featuring some 12 recently created paintings in the local public gallery. The “Dangerous
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‘Let us start from the middle’

TIRANA, Sept. 11 – After four years of operating in different places in the city, the Tirana Art Lab is inaugurating its own new facilities with the “Let us start from the
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Berat to host first multicultural festival

The cultural, ethnographic and architectural heritage of Berat in southwestern Albania, known as “the city of 1,001 windows” will be showcased for three days in late August in the first multicultural festival
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British Music Week kicks off in Vlora

TIRANA, Aug. 13 – Dj and presenter Goldierocks performed in the southern Albanian city of Vlora this week in the inaugural concert of the fifth edition of the British Music Week in
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Albania showcased at Prizren’s DokuFest

Albania is participating with four documentaries and short films in this year’s DokuFest, Kosovo’s biggest international film festival held in the historic town of Prizren, just 18 km from the Albania-Kosovo border.
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