Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved ...

When I met the 80-year-old Berisha recently at the Albanian Democratic Party headquarters in Tirana, the similarities with ...

Albania stands as one of the most unique examples of state-enforced atheism in the world. During the communist totalitarian regime, religion was outlawed, and from 1967 to 1990, belief in God and the ...

In 1967, Albania declared itself the world’s first atheist state. Despite the religious persecution, Baba Mondi grew up in a devout family that had to practice its religious life in hiding.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop ...

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

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios ... which was literally raised from the ruins after the fall of the atheist regime,” the church said in a statement. “He rebuilt church life from the ground ...