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, July 27 – Dozens of Albanian, Kosovo, Montenegrin and Macedonian and Bosnian publishers are displaying their publications in two separate book fairs in Montenegro’s Ulcinj and Kosovo’s Prizren. The biggest fair
The “Ritual of Life” a musical mixing Albanian folklore with contemporary element– which, premiered last June at the Opera House in Tirana– became the first cultural event to be hosted by the
TIRANA, July 25 – President Obama’s half brother was in Tirana this week to promote his first semi-autobiographical book “From Nairobi to Shenzen” which has been translated into Albanian. Writers, academics and
TIRANA, July 25 – Albanian artist Anri Sala has been announced the winner of the Absolut Art Award 2011, a prize awarded by Sweden-based Absolut Vodka since 2009. The jury’s citation reads:
TIRANA, July 27 – Alkan Nallabni’s “Garden Of The Gods” continues to be successfully displayed at the Promenade Gallery of the southern city of Vlora, which is in its peak tourist season.
TIRANA, July 25 – Dozens of researchers, poets and artists gathered in the southern town of Permet last week to inaugurate the opening of the seventh edition of the Poeteka poetry and
TIRANA, July, 28 – The northeastern town of Kukes will have a new historical museum by the end of this year. The UNDP-funded museum is being established in the town’s center next
Tirana Times TIRANA, July 18 – The South East European Heritage, a network of non-governmental NGOs from SEE, has made a public appeal to Albanian authorities to make the necessary legal changes
Lonely Planet tourist guide, which has put Albania as the top destination to visit in 2011, describes the Archaeological Museum situated on the waterfront as well laid out with an impressive collection
TIRANA, July 21 – The new season for the National Theatre and the Opera House will resume next September with two premieres. The National Theatre will stage the Amadeus play by Peter