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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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The Francophone spring in Albania

TIRANA, Feb. 26- The Francophone Spring will launch another edition during March 2019, a tradition celebrating the French language and culture, and the friendship between Albania and France. This year also corresponds
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An Albanian composer in UK

TIRANA, Feb. 20- Young Thomas Simaku would take his utensils and use them as drumsticks at the dinner table. His mother thought it was his signal of hunger, but his uncle noticed
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“Albanica” journal returns after 83 years

TIRANA, Feb. 18- The League of Albanians in Romania (ALAR in Romanian) decided to republish the scientific and cultural magazine Albanica, originally established by Dr. Anton B.I. Balota in 1936. The ALAR
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Balkan Girl Power

TIRANA, Feb. 11- A picture is worth a thousand words. The Center for Openness and Dialogue at the Prime Ministry, has opened a photograph exhibition curated by British artist Lala Meredith Vula.
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Musine Kokalari, an Albanian feminist example

TIRANA, Feb. 10- The first Albanian writer, and probably the first Albanian feminist, Musine Kokalari, had her 102nd anniversary of birth this Feb. 10. She gave a major contribution to literature and
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Tirana celebrates 99th anniversary

TIRANA, Feb. 11- If the declaration of Albanian independence was signed on Nov. 28, 1912 in Vlore by Ismail Bej Qemali and other delegates, the country declared its freedom in Tirana and
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An “Eternal Femininity” through paintings

TIRANA, Feb. 7- Renowned artist Artan Shabani has curated an exhibition with women and femininity as its subject. “L’eterno femminino” (eternal femininity) is being exhibited at the residency of the Italian Ambassador.
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