TIRANA, Albania — The tiny Balkans country — where thousands of egg-shaped concrete gun emplacements and bunkers still disfigure the land, a reminder of the paranoia of the past — is pushing hard for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. American filmmaker Joshua Marston knew from the beginning that making ...

The Albanian code of honor stipulates that it is better to die than to turn one’s back on a person in need. “The Albanian Code,” a documentary film that tells the story of how Albania, whose ...

In a small movie theatre in Tirana, Albania’s capital, a film called “Shqipëria Turistike” (Touristic Albania) was recently screened showing attractive young Albanians touring the country. It was ...

GJIROKASTRA (ALBANIA) - Inside the stone walls of a 13th-century fortress, Albanian and Russian actors are striving to re-enact a little-known but troubling chapter of their shared history for the big ...

Turkish Film Week, organized by the Yunus Emre Institute, began Monday in the Albanian capital. The five-day festival was inaugurated with the film, Miracle in Cell No. 7, in a movie theater in Tirana ...

Inside the stone walls of a 13th-century fortress, Albanian and Russian actors are striving to re-enact a little-known but troubling chapter of their shared history for the big screen. Co-written by ...