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, June 30 – Albanian and foreign musicians will tour some of the country’s cultural heritage sites to perform at the “Vox Baroque” festival featuring 17th and 18th century music by some
TIRANA, June 20 – Italian Trio Masini Monticoli Lovato have opened the Durres Chamber Music festival which this year is marking its 11th edition in the newly reconstructed archeological museum. Seventeen artists
TIRANA, June 30 – The Chinese martial arts and their famous Shaolin Kung Fu will be performed in Tirana by a cultural group of China’s Henan Province. The concert, scheduled for July
TIRANA, June 23 – Albania-based Italian photographer Antonio Fantasia has captured the country’s abandoned communist sites in a nigh journey through Albania in a bid both to restore the collective and historical
TIRANA, June 22 – Albanian and regional folklore musicians and dancers have come together in the traditional Permet festival in southern Albania, celebrating the country’s cultural diversity. Musicians and dancers from several
“The pieces on show are documents of an era, imprints of the ideals and values that permeate everyday life and art,” says curator Krisztina Szipocs TIRANA, June 22 – A selection of
A well-thought selection from the art collection of Ludwig Museum, Budapest, will be displayed this Friday at Albania’s National Gallery of Arts. The exhibition, entitled “Ideals and Artworks” , will be opened
By Dr. Bajram Kosumi* The recent book by Ethem à‡eku, titled Kosovo and diplomacy since World War II: Yugoslavia, Albania, and the Path to Kosovan Independence deals with the Kosova issue and
TIRANA, June 13 – A medieval monastery in the Apollonia archeological park in southwestern Albania, and its landscaping are being rehabilitated under a Euro 700,000 EU-funded project that will boost tourism in
TIRANA, June 15 – A film festival and an exhibition featuring the best of Albania’s 20th century visual art will accompany tourists to the southernmost Albanian town of Saranda, one of the
TIRANA, June 16 – An event featuring Albanian actor Mirush Kabashi and three Dutch pianists has marked the closure of the Netherlands’ rotating EU presidency in Tirana. In an event staged on