Topic: Tirana
TIRANA (Reuters) - A mosaic made with a million coffee beans by Albanian artist Saimir Strati, depicting five musicians, entered the Guinness World Records Monday as the world's largest coffee bean mosaic.Strati used 140 kg (309 pounds) of coffee beans, some ...
September has seen devout Muslims again flocking to Albania's only "burqa beach" after the Ramadan holy month, where women bathe in full hijab -- a short distance from the "other" Albania where girls romp in scanty bikinis.The contrast is not to ...
Nostalgia for a lost world and the nightmarish aspects of that world come to life in an exhibit in New York of art from Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union.The exhibit at the New Museum is called "Ostalgia," referring to the ...
Polls closed Sunday in Albania's tense local elections, seen as a major test of the volatile's country's stability as it tries to emerge from a two-year political crisis.The elections, the first political contest between the ruling right and ...
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Saturday played down pre-election violence and blamed the opposition for the tense atmosphere ahead of Sunday's local polls."This electoral campaign was calmer (than before). There have been incidents but no deaths," he told AFP ...
Tens of thousands of party faithful gathered in Tirana Friday evening for the final rallies ahead of local elections in Albania seen as a major test of the impoverished nation's stability.After deadly political violence earlier in the year, the run-up ...
On an Albanian spring day, dozens of Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians toil together up a steep, winding slope to St Anthony's Church -- different faiths all hoping for a miracle.Some of the pilgrims heading up the stoney path to the ...
Tirane is the biggest and the capital city of Albania. If you love history, then it's a must to visit Tirane. There are luxurious hotels in Tirane...
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Tiranë, Albania, the capital and largest city. It is in west-central Albania, 19 miles (31 km) from the Adriatic port of Durrës. Tiranë is the...
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