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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.

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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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Albanian director’s ‘Daybreak’ picked to make world premiere at Sarajevo Film Festival

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TIRANA, July 24 – “Daybreak,” an Albanian drama about moral compromises, has been selected to make its world premiere at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival, one of the leading movie events in

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Go North: ‘The art of simplicity. Buke, kripe dhe zemer. And a little Raki. #Valbona’

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“The art of simplicity. Buke, kripe dhe zemer. And a little Raki. #Valbona.” This tweet by Johann Sattler made headlines and almost went viral as the Austrian Ambassador to Albania recently visited

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Multicultural festival awaits visitors to Berat

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TIRANA, July 20 – Rafting, book promotion and musical performances opened this week the fourth edition of the multicultural festival in the southern city of Berat, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The

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UNESCO concerned over proposed Gjirokastra bypass project

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TIRANA, July 20 – UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has called on Albanian authorities to carefully examine plans on a bypass road in the southern city of Gjirokastra, a UNESCO World Heritage site

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The fate of Russian women trapped in 1960s Albania to be made into movie

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TIRANA, July 19 – Russian directors have started working on a movie tracing the fate of more than a dozen Russian women who were trapped in Albania in the early 1960s when

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Robert Pichler showcases flashback to early 1990s Albania

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TIRANA, July 13 – Back in the late 1980s just before the collapse of the country’s communist regime, Austrian historical anthropologist and photographer Robert Pichler was a student when he first visited

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Why the world calls us ‘Albania’ and the origin of ‘Shqiperi’

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By Eqrem à‡abej* Albanians are one of the few peoples of Europe and even other continents, who are known by two national names, one used internally, i.e. the name they call their

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‘Washed by the Moon,’ a British director’s documentary on Albanian iso-polyphony

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TIRANA, July 12 – Young British filmmaker Dan Shutt has picked the Albanian iso-polyphony to shoot his first documentary. A sophisticated form of group singing, performed mostly by men in southern Albania,

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First two Albanian natural sites get UNESCO protection

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TIRANA, July 10 – The first two Albanian natural sites have received UNESCO protection as an extension of the World Heritage site of the Primeval Beech Forests. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has

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Gjirokastra Qifqi: The magic of traditional cooking

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INGREDIENTS 500 gr rice 4 eggs Mint powder (dried mint leaves) Black pepper Salt Olive oil Ready in 40 minutes Serves 4 people The traditional qifqi originates from the southern

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Shakespeare plays dominate upcoming Butrint Theatre Festival

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TIRANA, July 6 – Chinese, Greek, Georgian and Albanian theatrical companies will be performing in the 15th edition of Butrint international theatres festival at the landmark Roman amphitheater of the UNESCO World

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Culture - Page 46

Spain Rules the World Again

K’cimi dancing of Tropojë – Gazmend Freitag

In Search of Albania’s Soul: Manuel Montobbio Returns to Tirana Through Literature

Albanian director’s ‘Daybreak’ picked to make world premiere at Sarajevo Film Festival

Go North: ‘The art of simplicity. Buke, kripe dhe zemer. And a little Raki. #Valbona’

Multicultural festival awaits visitors to Berat

UNESCO concerned over proposed Gjirokastra bypass project

The fate of Russian women trapped in 1960s Albania to be made into movie

Robert Pichler showcases flashback to early 1990s Albania

Why the world calls us ‘Albania’ and the origin of ‘Shqiperi’

‘Washed by the Moon,’ a British director’s documentary on Albanian iso-polyphony

First two Albanian natural sites get UNESCO protection

Gjirokastra Qifqi: The magic of traditional cooking

Shakespeare plays dominate upcoming Butrint Theatre Festival

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