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Kosovitsa in Northern Epirus: The village divided between Greece & Albania in 1923
Its centuries-old history, how it got its name – Its cession to Albania under the Florence Protocol (1913) and its final transfer to the neighbouring country in 1923 – The district that remained in Greece and the founding of the village of Agia Marina – The Battle of Mourgkana in 1948 and Kosovitsa as a passage into Albania
Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors issue arrest warrant for intelligence chief
She is suspected of disclosing classified information
Eleven arrested over murder of 20-year-old Portuguese tourist in Albania: Bar brawl followed by fatal beach fight
Suspect is a 29-year-old man who was found hiding in a car trunk — The young tourist reportedly tried to intervene to stop the fight but ended up being stabbed
Suspected gangster behind Kushner’s Albania land deal is facing drug charges
Albanian prosecutors have frozen the funds Artur Shehu received for disputed land near Zvërnec as cocaine trafficking charges emerge, while thousands of protesters call for Prime Minister Edi Rama to abandon the $5 billion venture
Are Europe’s massive wildfires becoming the new normal? How they ignite, what fuels them, and lessons from France and Spain
Blazes have burned 420 square kilometres in Gironde and forced 220,000 evacuations, while Spain's fires proved 20 times more likely due to climate change, as heatwaves push the fire risk further toward London and Paris
Trump family’s Albania resort works causing “massacre of biodiversity” to coastline
Scientists and NGOs say bulldozing at Zvernec's Narta lagoon has destroyed sea turtle nesting grounds and disrupted vital water exchange, as Brussels presses Tirana to scrap the 2024 legal changes that enabled the luxury project
Moscopole: The Greek town of 50,000 in Northern Epirus destroyed by Turco-Albanian forces in just three days in 1769
Where is Moscopole located? Who lived there? Why was it known as the "Athens of Ottoman Rule"? How many people lived there in 1769, and why was it destroyed by Albanian armed bands? The town's eventual capture by Ali Pasha
Clashes outside Albania’s parliament as police disperse protesters over Kushner-linked resort
At least nine people were injured and an unspecified number were arrested - The protests are being organized to protest the construction of a luxury hotel, an investment linked to Ivanka Trump
European Parliament recognises historic presence & property rights of Ethnic Greek Minority in Albania for the first time, says Beleris
Amendments highlighted Albania’s key shortcomings in the areas of the rule of law, human rights and minority rights, while the report includes an explicit reference to the Greek national minority for the first time in its history
