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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 Italian cinema in Shkodra

Recently the city of Shkodra has been the center of the cultural activities in Albania. The theatre “Migjeni”, the only theater of the city, has welcomed for weeks the premiers of the
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Year of Russian language and culture

The embassy of Russia has presented yesterday at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, in Tirana, the initiative of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to name this year, 2007, as the “Year of
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Art against stereotypes

TIRANA, April 5-6: The regional Festival “Art against stereotypes” took place in Tirana at the International centre of Culture ‘Pjeter Arbnori’. The Festival was organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation
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Belgrade hosts conference on cultural diversity

Belgrade, March.31- Respect and tolerance towards diversity has always been easier in the cultural field than in the political one. Belgrade hosted this weekend an international conference entitled “Cultural diversity and social
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Spring evening with “Carmen”

TIRANA, April. 2- The well known opera “Carmen” of the famous writer George Bize, will open the premier artistic season of the National Theatre of Opera. The show will start on the
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The Rhapsody of the blue of the South

VLORA, April.2 – Just a few steps away of the blue sea of the Vlora city, where the private gallery “Xhemart” is located, the painter Fatmir Veliaj chose to promote his exhibition
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Stone quarries ruin Neolithic habitat

A site that has resisted and survived for no less than five thousand years is ruined by dynamite explosions at a nearby stone quarry. This is what has happened to a Neolithic
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A German artist seeks Tirana’s identity

“The houses that shape Tirana” by German artist Geongrich were projected on Tuesday opposite the Pyramid in Tirana. With Curator Stefano Romano, Tirana conceived by the German artist was presented in all
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High hopes for Voskopoja’s revival

The Institute of Monuments of Culture, in cooperation with the Foundation, “Patrimoine sans frontiers” (Inheritance without Boundaries) (PSF), organized a Conference last Wednesday at the National Gallery of Arts. The paper called,
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