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. 12 – A gala performance by Russian ballet dancers at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet on the evening of September 11 opened the Russian Cultural Days in Albania,
TIRANA, Sept. 14 – Meta (L) fora-MetaF (L) ora was the topic of the second conference of this year’s edition of the Poeteka international poetry festival held in the Metropol theatre in
TIRANA, Sept. 14 – International painters from different countries are displaying their works in the “Art Essence” exhibition at the gallery of visual art in Durres. Through a diversity of landscapes, compositions
TIRANA, Sept. 15 – For four consecutive nights, some of the best production of the Dutch cinema will be displayed for the Albanian public at the Marubi Academy in Tirana. The “Highlights
METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS – Mayor William Manzi has named Alketa (Kate) Niko as September’s Artist of the Month. Niko, a native of Albania, started painting when she was in elementary school. At age
Tirana Times Over 500 photos, from the overall number of 1000, have been selected to be part of this year’s exhibition at the National Historical Museum in Tiranaנwhich was developed with the
TIRANA, Sept. 7 – Albanian Hollywood sisters Greta and Vilam Zenelaj have announced they will shoot a film about the April 2, 1991 event in Shkodra where four young men protesting against
TIRANA, Sept. 7 – Vincere, an Italian-French co-production directed by Marco Bellocchio has been announced the winner of this year’s edition of the Durres film festival. The Italian director was awarded the
“The Forgiveness of Blood” a movie which grabbed the Silver Bear Award at the Berlinale 2011 for the best script written by Albania-born, New York-based scriptwriter Andamion Murataj will be premiered in
This year’s special guest of the festival was Francis Ford Coppola, the famous U.S director who arrived in Durres on August 31 to attend the premieres of his two latest productions Tirana
This year’s festival hosts participants from France, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Slovenia, Israel and Albania Tirana Times TIRANA, Aug. 31 – The sixth edition of the International Festival of Modern and Contemporary Dance,