Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence ...
The son of an army general in communist Albania, Robert Budina was part of the student protests that helped bring down the regime, only to flee to Italy on an overcrowded boat. The experience has ...
'Letters From Hell', an exhibition in Tirana, explores the grim conditions in two of Communist Albania's most infamous prisons, Spac and Burrel, showcasing correspondence from some of the prisoners.
For nearly half a century Albania experienced a brand of communism unknown to the rest of Eastern Europe. A fateful blend of isolationism and dictatorship kept this tiny Balkan country the poorest ...
A generation after the fall of its Communist dictatorship, Albania is starting to uncover evidence of thousands of people executed by the former regime. More than 30 years after his death ...
Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving them a second life by turning them into gastronomic and cultural attractions ...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Raised in a poor village of then-communist Albania, Leo Karruli fled political and economic turmoil when the Mediterranean country’s communist party fell. He made a dangerous ...