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, July 6 – The cabin of a former Czechoslovak LIAZ truck used to smash the wall of the German embassy in Tirana in 1990 when thousands of Albanians entered the embassy
TIRANA, July 5 – Already in its peak tourist season, the lake town of Pogradec in southeastern Albania, is hosting a Balkan Film and Food Festival, an event enhancing cultural life and
GALERIAKALO started its activity on 12 November 2014. From that day to date, it successfully displayed hundreds of artworks from Albanian, Austrian, Australian, Croatian, Slovenian, French, Kosovan, German, Greek artists through 32
TIRANA, June 29 – European musicians will be performing for two weeks in Durres, the country’s traditional most popular tourist destination, in an international chamber music festival. The festival, now in its
TIRANA, June 29 – Italian and Albanian musicians will tour Albania for ten days in early July to perform at the “Vox Baroque” festival featuring 17th and 18th century music by some
TIRANA, June 22 – Four remaining post-Byzantine churches in Voskopoja, a present-day village in southeastern Albania that used to be Albania’s most thriving 18th century town are being restored in a bid
TIRANA, June 4 – Albanian writer Besnik Mustafaj has claimed the ‘Author of the Year’ award at the Prishtina Book Fair held last week in neighboring Kosovo. Mustafaj, a renowned Albanian writer,
TIRANA, June 13 – Carnival bands from Albania and the Balkan region paraded last weekend in Korà§a to celebrate the tenth edition of its international carnival festival in the southeastern Albania city
TIRANA, June 9 – The roof of an 18th century monastery in the southern Albanian district of Saranda has collapsed, causing severe damage to a post-Byzantine church and its frescoes, alarming experts
TIRANA, June 5 – Ermal Hoti and Suela Qemali have been announced the winners of a youth art contest and exhibition on dealing with the past and preventing violent extremism. The contest
TIRANA, June 1 – Albania will commemorate one of the fathers of the country’s opera history, composer à‡esk Zadeja with a concert tracing the maestro’s creativity and those who have followed in