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 ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — European Union observers on Tuesday hailed Kosovo’s “peaceful and competitive” parliamentary election but ...

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 translators during America’s longest war. They were set to start n ...

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

A coast guard ship took 43 migrants from the port of Shengjin, 66 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of the capital, Tirana, to ...

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