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
Corruption remains one of Albania’s most stubborn obstacles toward development and its dream for European integration. Although the country marked its biggest historical leap in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for the
Last week the book, “Medieval miniature and painting in Albania (VI-XIV Centuries)” was promoted at the Academy of Sciences in Tirana, the work of the distinguished scholar and theologian Theofan Popa. This
TIRANA, March.12 – the song that won this year’s National Music festival was Frederik Ndoci’s “The stone ballad”. An automatic entry for the European Song Festival, Ndoci’s song had to have a
ELBASAN, March.13- Inspired from the Elbasan festivities of the Summer Days Festival last year, Tomislav Marijan Bilosnic published the book “Doves in the land of eagles” which was recently translated into Albanian
MILANO, March.15- ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS is a series of video presentation that launched the works of four Albanian artists: Jakup Ferri, Armand Lulaj, Anri Sala and Fani Zguro. Organized in the ambiances of
LONDON, March. 12- National Italian Bank manager of the London branch, Alessandro Roselli has recently published a book on the history of financial transactions between Albania and Italy during the period of
On 14 and 15 of March the second edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival, IHRFFA 2007 was launched in Tirana. This is an incentive of the Marubi School of Film
Durres, March. 5 – Honoring the first death anniversary of the well-known Albanian painter and sculptor Gavril Priftuli a new arts gallery was opened in Duress that will carry his name as
On Wednesday at the “Arbnori” International Centre of Culture an exhibition opened entitled, “The secrets of the art of photography.” The exhibition has 40 artistic photographs by pupils of the Artistic Lyceum
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and his younger brother Luc Dardenne, are a well known duo of film producers from Belgium. They write scripts, direct and produce films. The Dardenne Brothers have produced documents and
Winners of two editions of the Cannes Film Festival, Belgian brothers Luc and Jean Pierre Dardenne, have organized a competition to find Albanian actors for their latest production. This competition being run
At an archaeological conference organized in Thessalonica covered by the Greek press, it was announced that archaeological excavations at Dion, Greece unearthed a statue of the Goddess Hera that dates back to