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, March 29 – The internationally known Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu will return to Tirana this week for the debut of Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermaus on March 31 at the Palace
TIRANA, March 15 – The post-Byzantine churches in Voskopoja and Vithkuq, southeastern Albania, have made it to Europe’s seven most endangered heritage sites for 2018, in a ranking that helps mobilize support
TIRANA, March 14 – The annual pagan holiday celebrating the official end of winter nationwide – Summer Day – had thousands flocking the capital and the city of Elbasan on Wednesday despite
TIRANA, March 14 – Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama presented on Monday the new National Theater construction project, despite protests by actors and citizens in February over the government’s plans to tear
TIRANA, March 1 – Kalo Gallery is artistically inaugurating March by bringing the Colors and Shapes exhibition to the audience. The exhibition, which features works by Erina Bektashi, will remain open until
TIRANA, March 1 – Albania’s Francophone spring will last throughout March this year, an annual traditional event celebrating French culture in several Albanian cities. This year’s events, scheduled from March 1-30, will
TIRANA, Feb. 27 – The United Nations organization is supporting an Albanian project aiming to gather the testimonies of hundreds people who suffered under the oppressive communist system in prisons and internment
TIRANA, Feb. 20 – Based on the new draft law on art and culture proposed by the ministry of culture, a number of visual arts institutions will undergo changes in their names
TIRANA, Feb. 20 – For the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the toppling of Enver Hoxha’s statue that took place in Tirana on Fe. 20, 1991, the National History Museum presented
TIRANA, Feb. 19 – The National History Museum hosted a unique polyphonic concert this week with Southern Albania groups from the Pilur village, located in the Himara district. In cooperation with the
TIRANA, Feb. 17 – This Saturday marked Kosovo’s ten year independence anniversary, finding Prishtina in celebration among public wishes by some of the newborn country’s international stars and Albanian political leaders, as