Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in ...

Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has ...

An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid a new attempt ...

Italy says it is transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third ...

The body of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania who died on Saturday is lying in state at the Athens ...

If created, the enclave for the Islamic Sufi order would be one of the world's smallest states. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Albania is set to establish a sovereign spiritual state in Tirana for the Bektashi Order, an Islamic Sufi sect, in a move ...

Albania to Create a Vatican-Style, Bektashi State in Tirana TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the ...