The migrant processing center at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania, on Wednesday, Oct. 16 ... It was on the ruins of ...

BERLIN (AP) — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large ...

A court in Catania on Monday rejected the government's decree on "safe countries," before eight asylum seekers were sent to Albania on board ... is unsafe due to some communist judges who do ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Another reason that Christmas is a little more “low profile” in Albania is the lingering effects of decades of Communist rule. The Marxist ...

“Communist judges” are blocking the Italian government’s scheme to process migrants in Albania, the country’s deputy prime minister has claimed. The controversial proposal to process ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. After years of repression of all religions in Albania, during its dark decades of Communist rule, both Christianity and Islam have ...

With tears in his eyes, Pope Francis gave a warm embrace to Father Ernest Troshani Simoni, 84, one of the last survivors of the terrible Communist persecution in Albania. TIRANA, Albania: With tears ...

In Albania, as in neighbouring Greece and Yugoslavia, several local resistance movements grew up, one in each country under communist control. When SOE did begin to send its agents in, by parachute, ...

Letters From Hell', an exhibition in Tirana, explores the grim conditions in two of Communist Albania's most infamous prisons, Spac and Burrel, showcasing correspondence from some of the prisoners.

In an election in which flags played a central role, one of the most important banners was hanging behind Ibrahim Rugova as the veteran nationalist claimed victory. Flying next to the Albanian ...