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, Sept. 25 – Parts from Antonin Dvorak and Franz Schubert were performed this week in two concerts the Wiener Mozart Trio performed in Albania as part of an event organized by
TIRANA, Sept. 25 – Several ancient amphoras which used to carry wine and cooking oil have been found in the waters of the Durres Bay, says the Albanian Institute of Archaeology. The
“This year selected films bring in front of the public key social topics, such as domestic violence, organized crime and corruption, mafia and state capture, as modern slavery as a new form
TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Nude paintings dominate in an exhibition renowned Kosovo painter Xhevdet Spahija has opened in Tirana at the National History Museum in Tirana. A veteran painter from Kosovo, Spahija
The Aleanca Unstraight Art Residency has selected Swedish artist Sofia Hultin and Albanian cinematographer Ergys Meta to produce a new artwork together with the Albanian LGBT community TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Two
TIRANA, Sept. 16 – Agon, an Albanian-Greek co-production directed by Robert Budina is the only Albanian contender meeting criteria for the 86th Academy Awards for the best foreign language film submission. The
TIRANA, Albania’s internationally renowned tenor Saimir Pirgu has been announced the winner of the ‘Pavarotti d’Oro’ annual award organized by the Correggio commune of the Reggio Emilia in honour of Luciano Pavarotti,
Moments of inspiration can be seen when walking by a bunker converted into a tattoo parlor, a hotel room, a restaurant, a chicken pen, a canvass for street art, or even a
Using both wood and metal, Kreshnik Xhiku creates forms with an architectural essence, yet maintains the clear mark of the “artist’s hand TIRANA, Sept. 16 – Albanian-American sculptor is exploring the bounds
TIRANA, Sept. 2 – On his 100th birth anniversary, Vedat Kokona, one of Albania’s brightest translators and lexicologists is being commemorated with an exhibition at the National Library in Tirana. The exhibition
TIRANA, Sept. 5 – Rafet Jonuzi, an Albanian artist who shares his life between Austria, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo is coming to Tirana with his Artist Swatter exhibition at the