sick and dying and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church, desperately wanted to visit her dying mother, who lived in Albania. Heads of state used all available diplomatic channels to help make ...

The main event was preceded by a bilingual English-Albanian Catholic Mass (actually trilingual, when you factor in the Latin hymnals) that coincided with the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas (best ...

Albanian foreign minister Igli Hasani visited India last year and announced the of opening of embassies of both the countries ...

Catholic and other religions. According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

Following news of the prelate’s death, Catholic Bishop Gjergj Meta of Rrëshen, Albania, praised the late Anastasios in a letter addressed to the Holy Synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church.

Pope Francis sent his condolences to the Orthodox Church in Albania on Monday following the recent death of Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos, who led that church for nearly 33 years.

Albania’s government has approved a €1.4 billion (£1.2 billion) project by Jared Kushner to transform Albania’s only island into a tourist destination - Studio Genesis/Instagram ...

TIRANA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious ...

QUITO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An Ecuadorean anti-corruption court sentenced eight people to prison and sanctioned three companies for their role in a money laundering scheme linked to the Albanian ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

Komani, who hails from Albania’s capital city of Tirana, is a board chair of the Albanian Conservative Institute, which describes itself as a “Leading center-right, conservative think tank for ...