Albania

Old Soviet and Chinese fighters will soon give way to state of the art NATO planes.

Albania has plenty to offer: golden beaches, soaring mountains, ancient ruins. And kidnappers.

The shadowy People's Mujahedin of Iran set up camp in Albania six years ago with help from unknown friends.

Opposition MPs resign their mandates, stage symbolic occupation of parliament, ignoring warnings from Brussels and Washington.

After government abolished additional exam fees, protesters are now asking for better standards of education and dorm living conditions.

Foreign Ministry calls on Athens to curtail ultra-nationalists, condemn hate speech aimed at the Albanian minority.

Konstantinos Katsifas had made nationalist claims on social media in days before he died in a shootout near the Greek border.

Fatmir Xhafaj becomes the second interior minister to lose his job this year amid allegations of ties to organized crime.

Gambling has exploded in Southeastern and Eastern Europe, in part due to lack of proper regulations of the industry.