How old is Tirana? One hundred, four hundred, or thousands of years old? This year the city celebrated a century as the capital of Albania, but today’s Tirana is not only the capital of one country; it’s the metropolis of the Albanian-sphere...
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On Sunday May 17, Albania’s National Theatre in Tirana was finally demolished after more than two years of protests and resistance from civil society, artists, and...
Few architectural styles are as contentious as brutalism. There are people who will say that baroque Catholic churches have just too much going on, or that the Chrysler...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Few cities in emerging Europe have changed as much over the past three decades as the Albanian capital Tirana. At first, the transformation was chaotic: hundreds of...
Following on from Lithuania being crowned as emerging Europe’s best-performing country when it comes to making progress in the fight against climate change, the...
There may be much tension at present between Belarus and Russia, as a row over energy supplies escalates and with negotiations between the two governments regarding...
In the early hours of Tuesday 26th November, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Albania, just 19 miles north of the capital Tirana. This was followed by a series of...
October has been a good month for emerging Europe’s giants of literature. Following on from Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk being named the winner of the 2018 Nobel...
For many years a symbol of the Albanian communist regime, Tirana’s iconic pyramid is stepping into the future. Having served as a museum, a temporary NATO base and...
Europol has opened its first liaison office in the Western Balkans, in the Albanian capital Tirana, highlighting the importance of both Albania and the Western Balkans...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on July 9 that it will expand its investment portfolio in the Western Balkans, prioritising competitiveness, innovation and...
