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, August 2 – ‘Personal’ will be the newest and first exhibition by Albanian painter at the National Arts Gallery in Tirana. Haliti, 44, will feature 18 artworks in the exhibition which
TIRANA, July 23 – The sudden death of modern poet Ali Podrimja has left the public both in his native Kosovo and Albania shocked. Podrimja, 70, was found dead last weekend in
TIRANA, July 25 – “Your only real thing is time,” an exhibition by Albanian painter Artan Shabani has opened at the Promenade Gallery of the southern coastal city of Vlora. The exhibition
TIRANA, July 23 – Reko Dida, the wife of the Albanian ambassador to Japan, has compiled the first Japanese-Albanian dictionary in her country, a concise work containing 13,000 words, Japan’s Daily Yomiuri
TIRANA, July 26 – Albania’s central bank has held two exhibitions in the southern UNESCO World Heritage towns of Berat and Gjirokastra displaying banknotes and coins it has issued during its 100-year
TIRANA, July 24 – Experts of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where Skanderbeg’s personal armament are displayed, have reconfirmed the Albanian national hero’s helmet and sword will be brought to Tirana in
TIRANA, July 23 – The opening of a new pavillion on communist regime terror in Albania and commemorating events on Albania’s 100th independence anniversary has considerably increased the number of visitors to
The new e-ticketing system is a joint investment by the Albanian Culture Ministry and the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) TIRANA, July 16 – The national park of Butrint, a UNESCO World Heritage
TIRANA, July 18 – After several editions, ArtKontakt returns with its intercultural dimension, continuously seeking to include artists from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Their creations in this festival seek to evoke
TIRANA, July 13 – U.S Ambassador to Albania Alexander Arvizu visited Gjirokaster last weekend to mark the completion of renovations undertaken with the support of the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation in
TIRANA, July 16 – As part of the initiative “Bring EU closer to citizens” undertaken by the EU info centres in Shkoder and Vlore, the EUIC Shkoder has inaugurated the photo exhibition