World
Masked protesters set off firecrackers and block roads in Albania
Police used water cannons to disperse masked protesters in Albania’s capital, Tirana.
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Albania
Travel
Albania’s restored stone houses throw open the doors to visitors
A project to convert the country’s traditional kulla houses into guesthouses offers a true flavour of ancient hospitality in a part of the country almost untouched by tourism Sunlight pours through a tiny stone window, causing the wooden floorboards to creak as they warm up. The sound of sheep’s bells filters in from a passing flock. The scent of baking bread mingles with smoke from the previous evening’s fire. I wake up feeling I’ve been transported back to another time – but in reality I’m in modern-day Albania. I’m staying in a kulla, one of the traditional stone tower houses that are found
World
‘Nobody can stop them’: Who are Europe’s Black Bloc protesters?
Anarchistic activists who dress in black and clash with police are a regular feature of protests from France to Albania.
World
Global Voices condemns the attacks on Albanian fact-checking service Faktoje
We stand in solidarity with Faktoje following a series of coordinated attacks that have weaponized its transparent financial data to undermine its vital work exposing misinformation around local protests.
Politics
EU says Montenegro on track to become bloc's next member state by 2028
Brussels says Montenegro is likely to become the EU's 28th member state, followed by Albania and Moldova. It said Ukraine needed to speed up reforms and offered fresh hope to Serbia following elections last month.