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At the foot of the impressive dam, Vau i Dejës with its 30,000 inhabitants is a modest, dispersed town, squeezed between the dam, mountains, rivers and canals. Mainly developed together with the dam construction, you'll certainly pass through on your way to the magnificent sights in the area, be it

A small, modern town of apartment blocks 20km east of Puka along the Fan i Madh river, Fushë-Arrëz is surrounded by forested hills, remote and pretty villages, alpine pastures and ore-bearing mountains. Working hard on improving its tourism development, the town and surrounding destinations are in

On May 26, 2022, the Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan, or NUUz, hosted a meeting with Albanian-American poet Dr. Gjekë Marinaj.

Starting off as an ancient Illyrian settlement, Puka was founded along an important trade route from Shkodra near the Adriatic across the mountains to Prizren and onwards to the Danube. The town’s name quite possibly comes from the Roman word for this route, Via Publica. In the Ottoman era, fortre

THE attempted murder last week in upstate New York of Salman Rushdie by an Islamist fanatic had the fingerprints of the ayatollahs all over it.

Albania’s Malësi e Madhe or ‘Great Highlands’ district at the northern tip of the country is an outstanding tourist destination. The landscapes vary from the placid shores of Lake Shkodra to the wild alpine scenery of the so-called Accursed Mountains raising well over 2000 metres near the Mon

A small but historical town sandwiched between rugged mountain ranges and overlooking the confluence of the Vjosa and Drinos rivers, Tepelena was made famous by the aristocrat Ali Pasha Tepelena (1740-1822), who started off his career as a bandit robbing trade caravans but ended up as a ruthless gov

A few minute's drive south of Gjirokastra you enter the municipality of Dropull, stretching southeast along the fertile Drinos river valley to the Greek border. It's home to amazing ancient sites, mediaeval chapels and monasteries, and 35 villages with around 3500 Greek-speakers, whose rights are pr

Occupying the plains foothills and mountainsides across the valley from Gjirokastra and Dropull, Libohova municipality offers visitors tranquil village experiences, several historical sights linked to the Sufi Bektashi order, distinct folk culture and as always in Albania, excellent food and hospita

Deep in the southern Albanian mountains, the small town of Përmet with its 5000 inhabitants is developing into a very attractive base for cultural and natural exploration. With several excellent places to stay and delicious local specialities, it lies along the Vjosa river and the stunning mountai