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, Sept. 11 – Internationally renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare has been honored by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga with the Independence Order for the promotion of Albanian cultural and literature and his
TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Thirty-two films have been shortlisted for the fourth edition of the Albanian Film Week in New York. The festival scheduled for October 30 to November 5 will showcase
TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Some 44 films from all around the world will participate in the tenth edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival in Albania organized by the Marubi film
TIRANA, Sept. 17 – Animated films from all over the world will show in the northern Albanian city of Shkodra in the sixth edition of AniFest Rozafa festival. Italy is presenting four
TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Switzerland-based jazz singer Elina Duni has chosen Tirana as her first stop as part of her Balkan tour promoting her latest Dallendyshe (Swallow) album, a mix of
TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Albania’s veteran painter Maks Velo, who was imprisoned under communism for his modernist tendencies, has opened a solo retrospective exhibition at the National Art Gallery in Tirana featuring
TIRANA, Sept. 11 – Albanian writer and journalist Fatos Lubonja has been awarded the Dutch Prince Claus Award for his honest and lucid literary accounts of cruel episodes in Albania’s recent history.
TIRANA, Sept. 11 – “Someone who’ll watch over me,” a play by Irish dramatist Frank McGuinness is premiering at the National Theatre in Tirana. Directed by Albania’s Esmeralda Stafa and featuring Marin
TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Mozart’s Don Giovanni will be the new premiere at the Opera House staging as Italian-Albanian collaboration. Directed by Italy’s Mariano Bauduin and conducted by Paolo Carbone, the opera
TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Two Albanian artists, Barbara Gashi and Skender Strica are being featured in an exhibition in Austria at the Heurigen Galierie Plos in Baden. The exhibition called “End of
TIRANA, Sept. 10 – Two exhibitions have opened at the National History Museum in Tirana featuring three artists. Artists Leonardo Voci and Muhamet Kerpaci are being featured at a joint exhibition which