Beneath the golden gladiator, which is the festival's emblem, posters bear the legend, "Art, my city's surname!" This event is designed to promote Durrës's image as a hotbed of thrilling creativity.

Albanian police arrested 20 people over their role in smuggling toxic waste from the Balkan country to Thailand, the force said Wednesday. Customs documents said the shipment carried iron oxide when ...

Ships are still dumping their waste in the open sea off Albania, highlighting the need for tighter regulations on ships entering the country's ports. Oil pollution that struck the beach of the ...

A court in Albania has sentenced sixteen members of the notorious Durres criminal gang to four life sentences and 267 years' imprisonment for murder, extortion and kidnapping. Albania’s Serious Crimes ...

Read on to find out what else you can do in the country, straight from the locals A COASTAL city you probably haven’t heard of is seeing a huge boom in demand from British tourists. Sitting on the ...

Stefano Boeri Architetti and SON Architects are announced as winners of the tender organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) for the conservation, ...

DURRES, AlbaniaDURRES, Albania — Albania’s main port of Durres has welcomed a huge influx of containers and big trucks this week ahead of NATO exercises, a concentration of military vehicles that U.S.

Durrës is Albania’s second largest city, its largest port, and its most important trading hub. Rapid, unplanned urbanization has created a number of problems with the outdated 40-year old water supply ...

Stefano Boeri Architetti and SON Architects are announced as winners of the tender organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) for the conservation, ...