Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings View of Berat in Albania. Old stone houses line the banks of the Osumi River ...

BERAT, Albania (AFP) — On a sloped, cobblestone street in southern Albania sits a small shop, empty except for a dozen framed panels on the walls bearing photos and stories from 500 years of Jewish ...

Albania's prime minister this month announced plans to open a museum dedicated to the stories of Albanian citizens who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust. Stone paths wind through the Ottoman-style ...

Berat is picturesque. And old. It also boasts of a Unesco World Heritage status and the nickname of 'City of 1,000 Windows'. Located in the central part of Albania (100km from the capital Tirana), the ...

BERAT, Albania — The sole Jewish history museum in Albania reopened in the southern city of Berat on Sunday, thanks to a businessman who rescued it from the brink of closure. The small “Solomon Museum ...

Many of Europe’s top holiday hotspots are struggling to cope with huge numbers of tourists following the pandemic. From Barcelona to Venice, cities have been forced to think of ingenious ways to cope ...

The country’s wine industry has an image problem – even within Albania. But a new generation of winemakers are digging deep into their native grape stock, with impressive results The only place on ...

Thanks to a contribution of 4,992 USD from the International Assistance World Heritage Fund, the State Party of Albania organized a training workshop for the development of monitoring indicators for ...

Albania is the only country in Europe whose Jewish population grew during the war. It’s thanks to a code of conduct called “besa,” Naomi Tomky writes. BERAT, Albania (JTA) — Stone paths wind through ...