TIRANA, Albania — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library, the country’s ...

A spartan nuclear bunker built during the Cold War rule of the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha could have become a forgotten relic of his communist regime, instead it's become a tourist hotspot.

In 1973, when Enver Hoxha’s dictatorship was at its peak, I slipped into Europe’s most isolated country masquerading as a university lecturer. Journalists were routinely denied visas and subterfuge ...

Hoxha proclaimed Albania the world’s first atheist state and oversaw much economic progress, but adopted the practices of autocracy Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania By Blendi Fevziu, I.B. Tauris, ...

Littering the Albanian countryside and mountain valleys are hundreds of thousands of little concrete bunkers. These bunkers – bunkerët, were built from the 1960s to the 1980s, during the communist ...

For decades, this small European country lived in fear of invasion. Under the rule of dictator Enver Hoxha, more than 173,000 bunkers were built across the landscape as the nation prepared for a war ...

Albanian communist supporters pay their respects at the tomb of the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images An Albanian prosecutor has asked for the grandson of the country ...

Wife of the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha who was dubbed the Lady Macbeth of Albania To her enemies, Nexhmije Hoxha, who has died aged 99, was known as the Lady Macbeth of Albania, the sinister ...

TIRANA, AlbaniaTIRANA, Albania — Nexhmije Hoxha, the widow of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, has died. She was 99. Her death Wednesday was confirmed by her eldest son Ilir. “She ...