Albania

The third road: Albania and the end of the resource colony - opinion

The world is, for the first time in its history, willing to pay for what Albania has.

|ByBELLA BARDA-BAREKET
Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 7, 2023.
ISRAEL STRIKER Oscar Gloukh and Albania's Elseid Hysaj are shown a yellow card by referee Milija Savovic after an altercation stemming from the booing of Hatikvah before Israel's 1-0 friendly victory over host Albania in Tirana.

Israel beats Albania in tense soccer friendly after booing of Hatikvah

“Throughout the three years of the war, I’ve become used to boos," said midfielder Eliel Peretz. "It’s unpleasant and disrespectful. But in the end, we’re professionals."

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Albania

Everything you need to know about Europe’s new travel capital

Between the Balkans and Greece lies Albania, which offers everything you could dream of: Culture and rich history, magical coastal towns with white sand, mountain trips, and much more.

|ByWALLA! TOURISM
Students and their teachers from Berlin’s Refik Veseli School and Tirana’s Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri pose for a group shot in front of Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2026.

German school named for Albanian who saved Jews sends students to Tirana for Holocaust remembrance

Ordinary Muslims and Christians in Albania, an isolated Balkan nation with no more than 300 native Jews, risked their lives during World War II to hide nearly 2,000 foreign Jewish refugees

|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA

Albanian police search empty Iranian embassy after papers burned

Following Albania's Prime Minister Rama's instruction to Iranian diplomats and staff to close the embassy and leave the country, Albanian counter-terrorism police searched the empty Iranian embassy.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022ByREUTERS
Personnel of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran can be seen through a closed door, as Albania cuts ties with Iran and orders diplomats to leave over cyberattack, in Tirana, Albania, September 7, 2022.

Iran thought it had impunity until Albania reacted- analysis

Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran and is outraged over a cyber-attack. Albania's decision to stand up to Iran is important.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Police stand guard during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament in Tirana, Albania May 25, 2019

How is Albania's severance of ties with Iran related to Israel?

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the group that attacked his country also attacked Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
EVEN AFTER THE Cyberserve/Atraf disaster, Bennett is more afraid of overregulation than he is of lacking the power to save the private sector from its own occasional cyber laziness or cheapness.

Iran calls cyberattack claims 'baseless' after Albania severs ties

The US condemned the Iranian cyberattack against Albania, a NATO ally, warning that it would take action to hold Iran accountable.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 13, 2022.

'Israel Culture Week' in Tirana, capital of Albania

The Israeli Embassy in Albania conducted fifteen Israel-related activities over a ten-day period. Here are the highlights of the events:

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The “Silver Show,” a modern dance show

What does 'refugee' really mean? - opinion

Each of these people has a name, a profession, a family and their own lived experience. And most importantly, their stories are far from over.  

AUGUST 26, 2022ByZOE EDELMAN
The Israeli IsraAid team, Yotam Polizer, Danna Harman and Roni Aboulafia, getting on the evacuation flight together with the Afghan delegation leaders.

Albania arrests 2 Russians, Ukrainian trying to enter military plant

During communism, the Albanian Gramsh plant was used to produce Russian AK-47 rifles.

AUGUST 21, 2022ByREUTERS
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 13, 2022.

Kosovo-Serbia: The background to the sirens in the Balkans - explainer

The recent gunfire, sirens and border closings between the two Balkan countries have raised alarms. Here is an explainer on the region's complex history.

AUGUST 1, 2022ByAARON REICH
Kosovo police patrol a road in Zupce, Kosovo August 1, 2022.

America-first policies are good for US-Israel ties, the world - Grenell

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Former US acting director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell promotes a Trump-esque America-first agenda.

JULY 22, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
RICHARD GRENELL: I want US-Israel relations to not be dependent upon conflicts of the need for military support.

Coexistence: What the world can learn from Albania - opinion

Albania is a small country, sometimes far from the global political agenda. Nevertheless, it has a lot to teach.

JULY 20, 2022ByROBERT SINGER, VALENTINA LESKAJ
ALBANIA’S PRIME Minister Edi Rama and US President Joe Biden speak at the NATO summit in Madrid, last month.