The municipality of Tirana said on Friday it has picked a consortium of local construction companies Ndregjoni and Rafin to ...

Back in 2014, a five-storey nuclear bunker near Tirana, originally built for dictator Enver Hoxha, was transformed into a tourist hotspot and art exhibition space, showcasing artefacts from World ...

Once the home of dictator Enver Hoxha, who governed Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, the house has been newly converted into an artists’ residence in partnership with French art foundation ...

"This space will be used to create everything that Enver Hoxha despised," he said at the opening ceremony. It is "enough to make him turn in his grave from shame", he said.

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist after taking power at the end of the second world war. Hoxha, who became paranoid and reclusive during his years power, died aged 76 in 1985 ...

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 history of ...

An interior view of Villa 31 where the late communist dictator Enver Hoxha, once a symbol of totalitarian rule used to live, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) ...

The dictator Enver Hoxha was paranoid and lived in constant fear that Albania could be attacked by capitalist countries. So he ordered the construction of 200,000 bunkers all over the country ...

Sky History’s fascinating new documentary also explores Enver Hoxha, often referred to as the “Hitler of Albania” and Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president who is still alive ...

For decades, Albania's legacy of over 220,000 bunkers — built to fortify the country against potential invasions during Hoxha's regime — served as grim reminders of a nation consumed by fear.

Former communist dictator Enver Hoxha left Albania covered by thousands of bunkers. Now the once-isolated country is giving them a second life by turning them into gastronomic and cultural ...