During the height of communist rule, the infamously paranoid and isolationist Hoxha closed off Albania’s borders, shot those who tried to leave, and built enough bunkers to house every family in ...
For nearly half a century Albania experienced a brand ... an ambitious effort to prosecute former communist officials who committed crimes during the previous regime. However, the process has ...
The fall of communism has brought monumental changes to Albania, long the most isolated and repressed country of the Eastern bloc. During the last four years, the tiny nation has taken significant ...
But after the collapse of communism in 1990 ... a leading TV reporter and author of a documentary about Albania during the Second World War, welcomed the restoration work, but called on the ...
Through the real story of his grandmother – who hailed from Gjakova in Kosovo but remained in Albania during communism and was unable to meet her family back in Kosovo for around 40 years ...
Albania has hosted the group’s headquarters ... Our hearts preserved them for years. Our leaders during the Communist times ...
During the height of his rule ... efforts are also underway to preserve the history of Albania's communist period. Then in the farming village of Fishte, agritourism has breathed new life into ...
Buried in Albania’s past lies a bunker network born of Cold War paranoia. Learn more about the fascinating history of these ...