The government of Albania establishes national holidays. These are called red-letter days and are paid holidays under Albanian law. Weekly holidays are 36 hours periods that include Sunday. The weekly ...

Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving ...

If you are planning to travel to Tirana or any other city in Albania, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Rinas Mother Teresa Airport along ...

The UK has agreed to step up its partnership with Albania following a successful summer in which the two countries carried out a collaborative crackdown on drugs and crime. Over the summer ...

International success continues for the Iowa women's wrestling program. At the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania, Kylie Welker walked away with a World title. Her teammate, Macey Kilty, ...

Albania is implementing important structural reforms that will support equitable growth, raise productivity and competitiveness in the economy, create more jobs, and improve governance and public ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Italy’s government has declared 19 countries safe for migrants as part of a new law designed to salvage its €670 million plan to process asylum seekers in Albania. In an emergency cabinet ...

Meta served as Albania's president from 2017 to 2022. He now leads the center-left opposition Freedom Party. Freedom Party officials denounced his detention as a "criminal kidnapping." Video of ...

Italy’s right-wing government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, approved a decree on Monday aimed at bypassing the legal obstacles of a controversial deal with Albania to detain and process ...

The move comes as a court in Rome cast doubt on the legality and feasibility of the deal, which was agreed between Albania and Italy to limit migrant ... soar over the next decade 2024 election ...