By Alan Andoni* One of the many characteristics of the Communist world was the insistence that the ‘ideal’ be constantly portrayed as ‘reality’ and that reality be relegated to the realms of the unspoken and untouched. From East Berlin to
TIRANA, July 6 – It is high time Albania and Serbia built a strategic relationship and local ownership is needed to move forward to a common future into the EU, Albert Rakipi, the executive director of the Albanian Institute for
By Lutfi Dervishi The Palace of Culture and Science, the high building in the center of the city of Warsaw- long time ago the only highest building nowadays surrounded by a number of skyscrapers- still remains the highest building. There
By Andy Zdan-Michajlowicz By the time you read this the world will be slightly the wiser about the United Kingdom intention to leave (Brexit) or stay in the EU. Despite the amount of discussion, newspaper columns and internet space
By GABRIEL PARTOS Twenty-five years have passed since the heady days of December 1990 when students’ protests about their living conditions turned into a chaotic but otherwise largely peaceful political revolution. In a matter of a few months, the revolution
By Ilir Ikonomi Journalist and author Washington, D.C. Following the Great War, the U.S. government was reluctant to grant de jure recognition to the state of Albania. Washington wanted evidence that the country had a stable central government. Vatra, which
How has Albania fared in the past quarter century? Our op-ed pages attempt to provide some answers with contributions from Dr. Elez Biberaj, EU Ambassador Romana Vlahutin, U.S.Ambassador Donald Lu, OSCE Ambassador Florian Raunig and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Frank Hantke. The Albanian
By Dr. Elez Biberaj* Twenty-five years after the demise of Hoxha’s totalitarian, communist regime, Albanians have reason to be proud of the political and economic progress that their country has made. Albania is a nation transformed. It has held eight
