SHKODRA, ALBANIA — Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance’s attempt to flee Albania’s regime, then one of the world’s most repressive and isolationist. She swore ...

SHKODRA, Albania — Drene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a hard-labor camp, punished for her fiance’s attempt to flee Albania’s regime, then one of the world’s most repressive and isolationist. She swore ...

A 70-year-old woman from northern Albania is one the few women still making the ancestral dress called the Xhubleta – which UNESCO recently added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List. File Kola ...

<p>KUKES, Albania &mdash; Hate Ora has been weaving carpets and rugs for more than half a century, since learning the craft as a child by sneaking into her aunt’s workshop.</p> <p>Ora, 64, is now ...

Two young anthropologists have delved into the ways Albanians have traditionally interpreted dreams – and what this says about their culture and society. Eating honey signals sorrow and bitterness, ...

QUINCY – Winds carried the smell of roasting goat and the sound of Albanian music and language through Kilroy Square while the national colors of black and red flashed on banners, flags, clothing, ...

Elona Demollari does not know when her big day will come, but she is trying on wedding gowns anyway as Albanians yearn for the return of the big, brash weddings that are a cornerstone of social life ...

THETH, Albania -- THETH, Albania -- The Accursed Mountains tower high above the Shala Valley, snow clinging to their summits even in the summer. Their jagged peaks hide one of Europe's most remote ...

Julita Mulla moved to Waterbury from Albania 20 years ago, and now she’s bringing a piece of her homeland to the Brass City. Mulla, 33, and her husband Florjan Dragolli, opened up their first ...