Poles Defeat Faroe Islands 2-0 in European Championship Qualifiers, Robert Lewandowski Shines

Poles Defeat Faroe Islands 2-0 in European Championship Qualifiers, Robert Lewandowski Shines

Polish footballers beat the Faroe Islands 2-0 at home in European Championship qualifiers thanks to two goals from captain Robert Lewandowski. Portuguese coach Fernando Santos’s men are in Group E after four rounds from third place, losing two points to the leader Czech Republic and one point to second Albania. Their match in Prague ended … Read more

Hoxha had a museum like a pharaonic pyramid. Only now has Albania rebuilt the monument to communism

Hoxha had a museum like a pharaonic pyramid.  Only now has Albania rebuilt the monument to communism

It was called the Tyrannical Pyramid. A brutalist museum built in the late 1980s in the center of Albania’s capital in honor of communist dictator Enver Hoxha has now been transformed into a computer training center for young people. According to Reuters, the small Balkan country thus removed the last vestige of a repressive past. … Read more

Stern message to Tirana over Beleri

Stern message to Tirana over Beleri

[Dimitris Papamitsos/Prime Minister’s Press Office] The decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to invite the president of Albania, Bajram Begaj, tο an informal dinner of Western Balkan leaders in Athens on Monday rather than the neighboring country’s premier, Edi Rama, is seen as a reflection of Greece’s dismay with Tirana over the ongoing detention of … Read more

Italian PM Orders Payment of Debts by Naughty Tourists

Italian PM Orders Payment of Debts by Naughty Tourists

Roma – Italia confronted with naughty tourists who destroy historical sites. But now Italy is embarrassed, its citizens flee leaving debts on vacation. Reported from BBC On Saturday (19/8), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni just received a visit from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. While talking, the Albanian PM confided in the behavior of Italian … Read more

Motorcycle Crash in Albania: Wohnout Singer Matěj Homola Hospitalized with Broken Collarbone

Motorcycle Crash in Albania: Wohnout Singer Matěj Homola Hospitalized with Broken Collarbone

The motorcycle vacation of Wohnout singer Matěj Homola ended prematurely. He crashed while traveling in Albania and ended up in the hospital. Due to a broken collarbone, the band had to cancel the concert, but next week Wohnout should play again in full line-up. ​Singer of the band Wohnout Matěj Homola did not enjoy his … Read more

The tug of war over Beleri

The tug of war over Beleri

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (r) talks with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on July [Dimitris Papamitsos/Prime Minister’s Press Office] As anticipated, the recent meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama on the sidelines of the NATO summit … Read more

A Controversial Kiss: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama Kisses Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Front of European Officials at EPB Summit

A Controversial Kiss: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama Kisses Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Front of European Officials at EPB Summit

Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video clip documented the Albanian Prime Minister kissing the Italian Prime Minister in a strange way in front of a number of European heads of state and officials. The video showed Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walking alongside a number of European heads of state as … Read more

Decision on Beleri’s detention expected Monday

Decision on Beleri’s detention expected Monday

File photo. The Special Court of Tirana will decide on Monday whether Fredi Beleri, the recently-elected ethnic Greek mayor of Himare in southern Albania, and his aide Panteli Kokavesi will be released or if their pretrial detention will continue, sources in the Albanian capital said on Friday. On Thursday, Theocharis Lalakos, the secretary-general of the … Read more

“Albania Cancels Entry Visa for Saudi Citizens and Neighboring Countries until End of Year”

“Albania Cancels Entry Visa for Saudi Citizens and Neighboring Countries until End of Year”

The account of the Saudi Embassy in Tirana (the capital of the Republic of Albania) revealed that the Albanian Council of Ministers canceled the entry visa for Saudi citizens, in addition to several neighboring countries that citizens are currently allowed to enter without a visa until the end of this year, including entering Kosovo without … Read more

Samuel Adekugbe became the first Canadian football player in the history of Galatasaray

Samuel Adekugbe became the first Canadian football player in the history of Galatasaray

Samuel Adekugbe, who Galatasaray added to his team from Atakaş Hatayspor, became the first Canadian football player in the history of the yellow-red team. The yellow-red club transferred 188 foreign players from 5 continents and 51 countries until the interim transfer period of this season in the Super League, which started in 1959. Reinforcing its … Read more