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Where Art Meets Memory: The Gallery Kalo Journey

A Q&A with Gallery Kalo founder Përparim Kalo on art, cultural heritage and the gallery’s expanding vision along the Vjosa Valley. Introduction Gallery Kalo is more than an exhibition space. It is

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Pride in Tirana Sends Message of Unity Against Hate

As Albania’s LGBTIQ+ community marches under the slogan “Together for Family,” activists say the real threat to family and society is not diversity, but hatred, exclusion and fear. Tirana Times, May 24,

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Culture·News·Social Issues

Pushing Against Inertia: How Harnex Is Testing the Balkans’ Appetite for Innovation

Tirana loves a good spectacle. Walk through the capital today and you are greeted by sleek new glass towers, vibrant urban spaces, and a relentless political chorus proclaiming Albania as the next

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Vjosa River scenery. Photo: Goran Å afarek

Albania and Greece reach deal on Vjosa River cross-border park

Culture·News

TIRANA, Feb. 6, 2023 – The Albanian and Greek ministers in charge of environmental issues have agreed to work together to create the first cross-border park on the path of the Vjosa

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Albanian Xhubleta joins UNESCO’s global ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list

Culture·News

TIRANA, Nov. 30, 2022 – One of the oldest known Albanian forms of women’s dresses, Xhubleta, has been included in UNESCO’s “intangible cultural heritage” list. The list includes the skills and culture

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Dua Lipa to perform in Tirana for 110th independence anniversary

Culture

TIRANA, Nov. 16, 2022 – Dua Lipa, the Albanian-British singer of international fame, will perform a concert in Tirana on Nov. 28, as Albania celebrates 110 years as an independent state and

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Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

Culture·Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 27, 2022 – Justina Sinani, a fifth year general medicine student at Tirana’s public University of Medicine, expects to graduate next year, but says that she started her studies with

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EU concerns grow as Western Balkans migration route numbers double

Culture·Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 17, 2022 – A major increase in irregular migration through and from the Western Balkans toward the European Union has renewed worries in EU states, which can lead to negative

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In aging Europe, Albania remains fourth youngest

Culture·News

TIRANA, Oct. 14, 2022 – Even as Albania rapidly ages due to continued emigration and low birth rates, it remains one of Europe’s youngest countries, the latest Eurostat data show. European statisticians

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Experts raise concerns as census postponed for a third year to 2023

Culture·Main·News

TIRANA, Oct. 9, 2022 – Experts in social and economic areas are raising concerns about the continued postponement of a national census and are seeking a firm implementation date from Albania’s Institute

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Peace Corps volunteers return to Albania after global pandemic withdrawal

Culture·News

TIRANA, Oct. 3, 2022 – The first group of Peace Corps volunteers in two years has arrived in Albania following the decision to withdraw resident volunteers globally in 2020 due to COVID-19

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AIIS conference explores past, present and future of U.S.-Albania relations

Culture·Features·Main·News

TIRANA, Sept. 27, 2022 – The past, present and future of relations between Albania and the United States were the focus of a conference held in Tirana on Tuesday by the Albanian

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Obituary: Violin virtuoso, Grand Master Hetem Qerimaj, 88

Culture

TIRANA, Sept. 13, 2022 – Grand Master Hetem Qerimaj, one of Albania’s most important and passionate orchestra players — a violin virtuoso — has passed away at 88, his son Fatos announced

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“The Flower of Vlora” Anna Cohen narrates in a book the history of her Jewish family in Albania.

Culture

By Keida Kostreci Born and raised in a small Jewish community in Albania, Anna Kohen has a special relation with her hometown, Vloren. Her new book “The Flower of Vlora” as she

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Culture - Page 6

Where Art Meets Memory: The Gallery Kalo Journey

Pride in Tirana Sends Message of Unity Against Hate

Albania and Greece reach deal on Vjosa River cross-border park

Albanian Xhubleta joins UNESCO’s global ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list

Dua Lipa to perform in Tirana for 110th independence anniversary

Albania looks to halt young doctors’ migration by suspending degree granting until three-year civil service completed

EU concerns grow as Western Balkans migration route numbers double

In aging Europe, Albania remains fourth youngest

Experts raise concerns as census postponed for a third year to 2023

Peace Corps volunteers return to Albania after global pandemic withdrawal

AIIS conference explores past, present and future of U.S.-Albania relations

Obituary: Violin virtuoso, Grand Master Hetem Qerimaj, 88

“The Flower of Vlora” Anna Cohen narrates in a book the history of her Jewish family in Albania.

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