The Mayor of Tirana was once tipped to be Albania’s next Prime Minister. Now he is behind bars facing a very different future ...

By Aidą Kadyrzhanova in Prague Albania’s Special Court Against Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) has ordered the arrest of Erion Veliaj, the influential mayor of Tirana, on suspicion of corruption ...

European Union observers on Tuesday hailed Kosovo’s “peaceful and competitive” parliamentary election but criticized the left ...

Once seen as Albania’s rising political star, Tirana’s mayor now faces corruption charges tied to secret bank accounts, cash ...

The Special Prosecution Against Corruption SPAK in Albania ordered the arrest of the capital's mayor Erion Veliaj on Monday ...

The mayor of Albania's capital, Erion Veliaj, a key figure in the ruling Socialist Party, was arrested on Monday on suspicion ...

They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and ...

Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved ...

When I met the 80-year-old Berisha recently at the Albanian Democratic Party headquarters in Tirana, the similarities with ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

The agreement between Rome and Tirana allows up to 3,000 people intercepted by the Italian coastguard in international waters each month to be sheltered in Albania and vetted for possible asylum ...