The isolated country for decades! Albania was almost out of the world, where life felt controlled with strict rules and a ...

Albania’s communist-era military bunkers – now a tourist attraction but also a reource for experimental artists – are dotted everywhere, from beaches to mountain tops. Bunkers – Albania has plenty of ...

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with absolute control for over forty years. He broke with Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and later ...

A facility that was designed to keep Albania running after a nuclear attack is the latest relic of the country's dark Communist past that is being reinvented as a modern tourist attraction. In its ...

Albania’s unique communist history Part of the reason for Albania’s unfamiliarity to Americans is its recent Cold War history of isolation. From the end of World War II until 1992, Albania was ...